Thread: The environmental dr. says she suspects erythema ab
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Old 03-08-2016, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by kiwi33 View Post
Healthgirl, as far as I can see Erythema Ab Igne is not usually a consequence of sun exposure.

There is some information about differential diagnosis of it and livedo reticularis here http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2922811/ and a general discussion of it here http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1087535-overview.
Yeah, now that I have done some reading, I think she is wrong. It seems more like livedo. What ever happened we have all had major thinning of the skin in the past 2-3 years.
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