Redrum....???



Do NOT spell it in reverse, or, you will become a fan of these sorts of movies......

I have tiny red dots that seem to look like (the beginning of) blisters or mosquito bites. Is this what other people have?

Yes, this is it.

You could also imagine a little non-quite-healed scab from a pin prick, multiplied by several times. I sometime have only a few (10 - 20) but some people have them by the hundreds. Along with the alarming look, they have a feeling like you want to scratch (although not quite "itchy") and as you can see, there are a variety of suggestions on how to deal with them. Personally, I like a deep moisturizing lotion like Eucerin.

Mike

I don't know quite what to say, red dots everywhere...I myself haven't noticed anything resembling the effects described, just have what sorta remind me of heat rash, but that's not on my affected limb(leg) it's on the back of my arm on the same side though. Disconcerting. Have had many many more pimple looking things on my leg though, I just assumed it was the lack of hair and the remaining follicles getting clogged. Lord help us all, may this curse be found to be curable, reversible, and happen for a reason only He knows. God Bless. Smoke

That's an ok King piece, but I much prefer the stand. Just think, 99.9% of all people gone, and we find out that rsd confers immunity...no overpriced meds, drugstores open all the time, and the housing options are awesome...colorado sure is a nice place to live...just stay away from trashcan man, k?

well one way out of this mess is get you guys to throw a blanket party on me with a #9 iron,,itd be a mercy killing,,,, then throw a party in my behalf,,,the drs dont know squat,,,as long as you have money and insurance ,your a sick man,,,when that runs out your healed!,,,what a life. i just came off the steroids and the red dots came back,,they were gone while i was on the prdnisone,,,and my legs look alot better,, but my money is riding on the Lord jesus to heal us,,,

I have found only one thing that makes it not stop hurting, but the pain lessen. I walked all over the ****** place saturday and sunday, and lemme tell you, it hurt like **** sunday night. Took my meds, went to sleep, got up and had a fairly hard day at work,(monday) bending at the knees, lifting and moving heavy objects, had shooting needles and stuff, but...it hasn't been as bad, almost like the more I use it, within reason, the better it is. I've had it settle down enough to not need any painkillers twice in the past six years, and in both cases, I worked it until it was better.(worked it every other day) I was on painkillers while I was working it, mind you, so it wasn't horrid, but over a period of months, it slowly seemed to get better and better, and I took less and less of the pills. This time when it hit, it hit very much harder. I don't expect any remission like I had before, but I do expect that it will get better if I have sufficient painkillers to move my body in a normal manner. I don't expect most folks can really manage this type of 'treatment', as their pain levels are, from what I'm reading, above mine. It's either that or I'm on enough stuff that actually works to make it possible. Dunno. Oh, I also was on prednisone, percocet and soma when this first started, as we were treating a supposed sprain/strain. I found it to be a very good combo, however, I had some odd effects from the prednisone. Usually it only occurs in elderly patients, but I had sorta a psychotic episode, talking to a friend of mine at work, I had the intense almost uncontrollable desire to behead him. It really messed with my mind. I almost instantly realized it was from the prednisone, and over the next few days I tested it by taking a quarter pill, seeing the effect, etc. It was. I am a Christian, and beheading an innocent with a knife is NOT something Jesus would approve of, I am sure. Anyway, I should also say the reason I believe my pain levels aren't hateful and it hasn't spread is quite frankly, I'm poor, and have been. I couldn't take off work to let the leg sprain heal, had to pay bills, so I worked on percs and soma for the first 5 months of it, and pretty much have worked labor jobs ever since. I credit that to my mild symptoms, and intend to continue making sure I use it whether I want to or not. I'm soon to lose my best job ever and take advantage of retraining money to attend school for puters, I guess, but I know I either have to join a gym(yuck) or get a second job doing something manual labor-y. Maybe a stocker at walmart, that would be enough lifting and stuff, without being over the line. Anyways, I hope this helped you some, and keep your head up, it could be worse, what with cancer and leukemia, aids and hepatitis, we're not that bad off. At least there is some hope that a modern medical miracle will help us, when you're told you have 6-8 months to live, that's not a lot of time for a cure, ya know? Well, gotta go, God Bless, hope yer pain diminishes, and I certainly hope you find some usefulness in this post. Later, Smoke

We should always watch for is shingle as it can run hand in hand with RSD aparently, so it is always a good idea for us to get any painful lesions (dots, bumps, rashes, etc) checked out by our doctor.

I tend to think that the red dots that look like blood blisters are to do with the inflamation side of RSD, and the other rashy ones are to do with flare ups.

I've had the red dot thingies off and on for a few years... mostly on my legs... but more recently I've been getting them on my hands...

OUCH!!! they burn especially when they break open....

I've had them checked... tried anti viral medicines.. didn't work... was then chocked up to RSD.

Abbie

I agree with you 100%