PCOS Messages for April, 2003: Re: Dark Red Blotches

Re: Dark Red Blotches

From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:44:59 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks for all the info. I looked up both Hidradenitis and AN and mine definately sounds and looks more like AN than anything else so far. I did call and make an appt with my doctor, so I will find out in a few weeks. Thanks again for all the input.

At Fri, 25 Apr 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>My AN's are yellowish/brownish, velvety...pretty ugly...looks like dirt. I
>have it on my neck, thighs, under my boobs and lately on the back on my low r
>calves above my ankles and top of feet toward my toes...strange!!! Mine
>aren't itchy.
>
>Subj: Re: Dark Red Blotches
>Date: 4/25/2003 6:54:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>From: <A HREF="mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net">anonymous@obgyn.net</A>
>Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net">anonymous@obgyn.net</A>
>To: <A HREF="mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net">anonymous@obgyn.net om</A>
>Sent from the Internet (Details)
>
>Janet - is AN red when it starts out? I thought AN was always yellow or
>yellow-ish brown, sometimes turning dark and velvety, never itchy??? I
>don't have it really bad (just some yellowish spots on ankles and knees)
>so I'm not sure. I'd never heard of it being red before.
>
>At Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Janet wrote:
>>
>>Hi Ann,
>>Yes these red blotches under your arms are directly linked to PCOS. THe
>>official mane for them is Acanthosis nigricans. It can occur under your
>>arms around your neck, between your thighs, pretty much anywhere your
>>skin folds over. I've had mine since I was about 12. Since I started
>>on metformin, they have almost dissappeared. I do want to add that not
>>everyones go away with treatment.
>>
>>Janet
>>
>>At Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Ann wrote:
>>>
>>>Just recently I have gotten these dark red blothces in the arm pit area,
>>>and it usually itches really bad. Could this be another part of PCOS,
>>>or most likely something else. I haven't changed deodorant or laundry
>>>detergents, so it can't be from that. Let me know what you think.
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>--
>>Email always welcome
>>Janet at JanetHeller@msn.com
>>
>--
>email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>

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