Question to GP Maarten: Swimming in a pool and directly under the skin rash (red skin, itching, red bumps)
Last week I arrived in Thailand from the Netherlands and went swimming the next day and within 1 minute, I'm not exaggerating, my whole body was covered in red spots, small bumps everywhere and a terrible itch. No other complaints whatsoever. I've never experienced that before, I took a shower like lightning. Everything rinsed well and rubbed with tiger balm. After an hour everything has disappeared and the itching and red skin have disappeared. Other residents just swim without complaints.
Last week I wrote to you about my condition herpes zoster, shingles and received your valuable reply. Now I'm on aciclovir for 8 days and I still have pain under my right armpit and still a rash, although it looks a bit better.
Recently I had an accident. With a circular saw. In my lower leg. My bone was cut 30%. I had an operation for that, the wound was cleaned and sewn up. Now I got results quite shortly after the operation. With a lot of itching.
I have cut quite a lot of floor tiles with a grinder, the dust of which came with force against my lower legs. I also worked quite a lot with cement, which was not immediately washed off my legs. Since two months I have a nasty and itchy rash. I can hardly keep my hands off it, but I don't scratch.
Wan di, wan mai di (part 21)
Chris de Boer lives in a condominium building in Bangkok. Every day there is something for it. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. In part 21 of 'Wan di, wan mai di': Chris is accused of being responsible for an old woman's rash.
