So here is my story. A few weeks ago, I started having pretty intense pain in the back of my left calf, was particularly bad when I first would get up. There was a red patch about the six of a dime that itches like crazy on the back of this calf. I went to the Dr. who sent me for a scan to rule out a blood clot. It was negative. In the meantime this dime size are was starting to spread, the pain was subsiding, but still there. So she thought it was shingles. 4 days later, I had a full blown rash on this calf and a few small spots on the other calf and at the waist band of my underwear... all itched pretty intensely. I went back to the Dr. who said this was most definitely not shingles but looked like folliculitis because it had spread. She said it could be scabies, but did not look like what they would normally see for scabies. Well it is 3 days since I saw the Dr. the spots are now on my abdomen, butt, other side of waist and back of my thighs. I noticed a few small spots, individual, on my arms. I am frustrated, because I feel like this has been going on for several weeks and that my Dr. is just taking a stab in the dark.
I went ahead based on what I have read here and did an epsom salt bath... still itching. Suggestions? There seems to be a lot of knowledgeable people on here. Is it likely that I have scabies? My family & I traveled to S. America this summer and were in rainforest and many other places. My Dr. had indicated that scabies can be dormant for a while before starting up. My husband, not my children show no signs of anything, and believe me I am looking. I am washing everyone sheets every day and all my clothes and towels immediately after I am wearing them. I have resolved myself to sleep outside my bed, so as to not cause my husband to come down with this.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I still have 5 days of antibiotics for folliculitis.
