kafie Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 I was wondering if anyone else has this and if anyone knows why? I have redness on my upper chest/collar bone area and neck (usually not in the upper center portion though, but the sides all the way up to my ears and jawbone). I've been getting a lot of facial flushing as well. It doesn't seem to come on with any specific trigger and the redness on my neck is almost always there. The only thing I can think is vasodilation in the area, but I can't figure out for the life of me why it'd be specifically in that spot and spare the windpipe area). I might just have to chalk it up to my body being strange or a weird autoimmune symptom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayAtHomeMom Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 9 hours ago, kafie said: I was wondering if anyone else has this and if anyone knows why? I have redness on my upper chest/collar bone area and neck (usually not in the upper center portion though, but the sides all the way up to my ears and jawbone). I've been getting a lot of facial flushing as well. It doesn't seem to come on with any specific trigger and the redness on my neck is almost always there. The only thing I can think is vasodilation in the area, but I can't figure out for the life of me why it'd be specifically in that spot and spare the windpipe area). I might just have to chalk it up to my body being strange or a weird autoimmune symptom. Have you seen a doctor or dermatologist about it? I get rashes but not just redness. In fact last week my dermatologist just did a biopsy on my collarbone area. Could your redness be from sun exposure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafie Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, StayAtHomeMom said: Have you seen a doctor or dermatologist about it? I get rashes but not just redness. In fact last week my dermatologist just did a biopsy on my collarbone area. Could your redness be from sun exposure? Definitely not sun exposure. I get it all year around and even when I've been inside all day. It doesn't peel or anything like that either - just red (and sometimes hot, especially in my face - so maybe inflammatory in nature? I'm totally not sure). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayAtHomeMom Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 I ask about the sun exposure because I get it half of the year. If I go outside it will bother me sometimes a week or more. It is kind of a weird thing. Was diagnosised with Polymorphic Light Eruption a few years ago. Mine is itchy and burns when I itch like a sunburn. But is a raised bumpy rash. Do you take any medications that could cause redness? Or have hot flashes? Or high BP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kafie Posted September 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 I don't take any medication that should cause redness (plaquenil can cause discoloration, but to my knowledge that's grey/blue - also had this symptom long before I started that medication). I do get hot flashes (I have PCOS and my hormones are premenopausal), but they don't always coincide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyGirls Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 You mentioned plaquenil....my mom gets a red rash like that across her chest, neck and then around her upper back/neck. It was biopsied and she was diagnosed with dermatomyositis. It was based on the lab results as well as clinical. It's an autoimmune disease, she has lupus, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayAtHomeMom Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 I ask because when my mom got menopausal that is what she would do when she would hot flash and when her BP was on the rise due to her high blood pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuriousThinker Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 I believe this happens to me from heat. Chest, maybe neck, but never face. Could be some kind of flushing. Maybe mast cells, not sure. I have ME/CFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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