Diagnosis: Pityriasis rosea

So visited the dermatologist today to get the stitches from the biopsy out and my test results.  The pathologist said s/he thought my “rash” is an allergic reaction.  My Dermatology said she still thinks her original diagnosis of Pityriasis rosea is accurate (even though it’s not in the typical locations on me), and was going to call the lab to make sure they knew I was pregnant to see if that changed anything.  The call I got just a few hours later was that the lab said it’s a variation of Pityriasis rosea, and that it is not harmful to the baby in any way.  Whew!

So a vast majority of the bumps/bites/rings/whatever cleared up over the last two weeks.  I laid them in the sun for a little more than an hour the day or two after my first appointment.  Since then I’ve been grabbing 5 minutes, or however much I can get, every few days.  Things were heading in the right direction until around Monday of this week.  I noticed a few new red areas, not many at all, but still doesn’t make me happy.  And yesterday and today I found a few spots I didn’t see before that are now darker (meaning they’re on their way out).  One set of two were high on my left inner thigh, and I haven’t had any on my legs until this discovery.  My dermatologist said she saw a couple on my back too – which is also a new location.  Just grr.  And of course the removal of the stitches set of a stage of major itchy-ness.  So long as I don’t touch anything even near a scaly patch it doesn’t itch.  But once I do, itchy-time.  Hopefully I can find some time to get sun on the big main parts again and get this cleared up!

The NIH says:

Attacks generally last 4 – 8 weeks. Symptoms may disappear by 3 weeks or last as long as 12 weeks. There is generally a single large patch (herald patch) followed several days later by a rash.

However:

Pityriasis rosea usually goes away within 6 – 12 weeks. It doesn’t usually come back.

Here’s hoping to the shorter end!  Sunday will be four weeks, we’ll see.