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Red ring shaped rash
Rash with target-like lesions: central spot surrounded by pale red rings, also called a "target", "iris", or "bulls-eye"
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A male asked:
When certain part of my body heated up, red ring shaped rashes will pop out. Are they ringworm? They will get bigger and itchy.
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A 24-year old male asked:
I am experiencing rash (quality: itchiness, ring shaped) . The following also describes me: Skin redness or irritation. What should I do?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am experiencing rash (quality: itchiness, blisters, crusty, bumpy, red or bluish purple, ring shaped) , blackheads and pimples. The following also describe me: Skin redness or irritation, Stress, Flushing, and Painful skin. What should I do?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I am experiencing genital rash, rash with itchiness, that is crusty, with flaking or scaling, and without blisters, that is not red or bluish purple, that is not ring shaped, that is not bumpy, flaky skin, and skin redness or irritation. I am not experien
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A 29-year old male asked:
I am experiencing rash (associated with: itchiness, blisters, crusty, flaking or scaling, bumpy) (not associated with: red or bluish purple, ring shaped), flaky skin, skin redness or irritation, dry or cracking skin, skin swelling, and genital rash. I am
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A 35-year old male asked:
Have a rash on waistline that is getting worse . Started as 1 oval shaped red ring and a yellowish centre. It has spread now to both hips and concentrated in one area on both sides. It has recently started itching. Can i buy something to help it?
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A 49-year old male asked:
I am experiencing skin rash (quality: itchiness, blisters, crusty, bumpy, red or bluish purple, ring shaped, flaking or scaling) wearing vinyl gloves?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I am experiencing skin rash (quality: bumpy, red or bluish purple, ring shaped) . Brown spots on arms ?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I am experiencing skin redness or irritation, rash (quality: ring shaped, red or bluish purple) and abdominal skin redness.
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A 30-year old female asked:
29 y/o female. Will a skin biopsy detect discoid lupus? Ring shaped rash on arms, itchy, red. Dermatologist did biopsy and said it was eczema?
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A 25-year old asked:
I keep having skin rashes appear. My skin becomes exceptionally itchy and once scratched the area becomes inflamed in red rings of different sizes.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Have few circular rashes on chest, one went away, outer edge has a red, inflamed ring with white center that has really dry skin. Dry skin/worse?
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A 44-year old female asked:
I have a sensitivity to many ingredients in typical shampoo so I have resorted to washing my hair with egg. However I get 2 quarter size red, irregular shaped, circular, slightly elevated "rashes" on the left of my forehead when I do. Ideas?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I am having red rashes on my arms since last 1 week. I started getting burning sensation since last 2 days and also rashes increased. They look like ring worm but am not sure if they can be heat rash or something else. Wanted to know the dr's opinion?
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A 30-year old female asked:
What could the red rash ring around my babys anus be?
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A 37-year old asked:
How long after taking steroids can redness rashes heal?
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A 41-year old asked:
Red ring rash photos what is it?
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A member asked:
What does ichiness redness rashes and bumps mean when they apear on boobs?
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A 26-year old female asked about a male:
My 10months old baby been having rashes & redness ard his anus. Usually 3-1week recover. Comes and go easily.
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A 25-year old female asked:
A wk ago I noticed a red ring shape rash on my thigh,the outer skin is a little more red than the inside. Does not itch.
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A female asked:
Hi, I have developed a sort of a red round kind of like a ring rash around my lower bottom, I am embarrassed to go to doctor about it not sure what is?
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A 29-year old asked:
I have a small oval shaped itchy red rash with flaking skin on my back.?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have a rash on the back of leg that is red and in a ring and is very itchy?
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A 43-year old female asked:
My son has a red ring around his belly button and a rash around it what could that possibly be! Should I worry?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have a red butterfly shaped rash on face it is always there but will get lighter and darker it does not hurt or itch but will feel hot when darker?
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A 22-year old male asked:
How about applying clindamycin solution and betamathesone w/ gentamycn on my face? Is it effective for redness rashes on my face?
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A 43-year old male asked:
How can I treat my alopecia. I have it on my head along with rashes and redness. I am also getting bald patches on my head.
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A 36-year old female asked:
I have a rash on my belly that is odd shaped raised red. That has been here for last two days sorta itches but not too bad.?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Is it possible that lupus is causing my hypothyroidism? My face gets red daily & occasionally extra redness in shape of butterfly rashes
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A 19-year old female asked:
Itchy rash over entire body. Red/pink spots, surrounded by a white ring. At least 5/7 days/week for last month. No contact w/ known allergies.
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