Update on the rash

The routine that I was put on seems to be working. The rash is not as bright and has mostly gone from my body!  I'm also back at home. I'm on the same routine as in the hospital with one Zyrtex in the morning and 4 cephalexin throughout the day as an antibiotic. Some of my blood results have come back and showed that I do have an infection.  They still don't know the cause of the rash.

Red skin rash - the cause and solution?

According to my GP, I have contact dermatitis, but nobody seems to have a clue what's causing it and it's not going away. Anyway, I've ended up in hospital.  In case anyone else in a similar state, here's what has happened:

1. dermatologist came in, looked shocked and asked why nobody had taken a biopsy of my skin. "How do they know what the cause of the rash is if you haven't had a biopsy". He then took a chunk of my leg away and will find the results soon.

2. He put me on oral antibiotics

3. I was on a drip for a while to rehydrate and "flush out the kidneys".  After a day they then took the drip away again.

4. They have now given me this rather complex routine:

a) sigmacort 1% cream to run onto my face
b) diprosone 0.05% cream to put onto my body
d) then cover myself in wet towels for 30 minutes.  I must admit that I looked rather strange under all the towels and they got very, very cold after about 10 minutes
e) pat dry
f) cover myself in hydraderm moisturiser
g) when the moisturiser dries then put sigmacort 1% ointment on my face and diprosone ointment on my body.

Repeat 3x per day.

Let's see how it goes!