Have you checked for lyme symptomes,i now there are several strains of Borrelia species.

I thought maybe lyme with me, then maybe with my other child, but now three of us with the same rash in the sun. I'm thinking something environmental. So confusing.
They are ok, unlike me who is severely affected. I can only hope and pray it won't do to them what it did to me.

have you checked into hereditary skin rashes from sun exposure? I'm just thinking where you all three have it, it may be something hereditary.

We have never had it in our lives until this summer. It is just bizarre! I'm crazy trying to figure this out. It goes away when we get out of the sun in about 20-30 min and doesn't occur every time.

It makes sense that if it was a toxin it would occur whenever you were outside. Where it is only happening when you are in the sun, maybe google skin rashes from sun exposure and see if you can find something there.

Hi healthgirl

Just a maybe: Photosensitivity Dermatitis:

http://dermnetnz.org/reactions/photosensitivity.html

and another one:

http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed...hotodermatitis

Thanks Blues fan,
It isn't dermatitis but interestingly enough, as I was in the waiting room under a fluorescent light the other day, I was putting my palm of my hand facing down and then up. Every time I faced it up toward the light the skin mottled right before my eyes. I thought... nah... it can't be- but according to this link, fluorescent lights can cause the photosensitive reaction.
Crazy!
I'll point that out to the dr.
Now if they could just find out why our bodies are suddenly responding this way.

I checked out everything I could find and went to the derm. He said it is levido, but can't figure out what is causing it in all of us. There is no itchiness or lesions. It is below the skin, so its not really like a regular rash.
It happens anywhere in the sun where ever.

You've typed levido, but do you mean Livedo?

Livedo Reticularis looked a little similar although there are several different types of Livedo and looking through the information on Livedo, they're usually caused by some serious underlying conditions and I would doubt that 3 of you in same family of varying ages would suddenly develop that plus some of the info about the benign form of Livedo actually says it resolves with heat... and that appears to be the opposite of what you're all experiencing.

There is another condition called _ Erythema ab igne _ that appears to be more heat related than Livedo.... but heck, I'm not a doctor so it's all just guess work. It is associated with chronic exposure to infrared radiation or low levels of heat.

It sounds as if it's related to your exposure to the sun. Maybe you're all just really sensitive to UV radiation from the sun??

Are any of you anaemic? The skin in your photos looks very translucent. I remember seeing others you posted on another thread and skin looked translucent and pale there too.

Exactly this could also be something to check,maybe its something genetic