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Yeah, no kidding, right? Talk about taking the easy way out. Thank God for Google.A psoriasis diagnosis would be a bit ridiculous since that's a genetic disorder and not something that just pops up & disappears. I'm glad you were able to figure it out.
And the funny thing is that I got it after a day in MK!!! Makes sense. It's not the walking, it is the standing.I think it's a variation of stasis dermatitis. This occurs when the blood pools at the bottom of your legs and your veins don't adequately return the blood. I say variation, because I don't think most of us dealing with this have true vascular insufficiency. But I hear a lot of "first time this year", and what's different for everyone this year? They are older than last year, LOL, and age is one of the factors. It's caused more by standing than walking.
I got this last time we went, and it's definitely worse for people who are more overweight, older, or on blood pressure meds (but anyone can get it). The reason it's worse at MK is because of the STANDING. Walking is actually not bad for it, because it keeps the blood moving, and would be why people don't get it when running and then do at Disney. Think about the parks--at Epcot and AK, especially, there is a lot of time between activities where you walk a relatively long distance. Even at DHS, there's more "strolling", and many of the attractions are shows, where you sit down for a while. But at MK, there are many more rides, which you stand in line for. And while there's plenty of walking, the park as a whole is more compact and there's much more standing.
P.S. I'm not an MD, just a PhD who spends her days with MDs, and they like my theory.
Get your legs raised up, some nice cool wraps on them. It does help.I too am a victim of this rash and on BP meds as well! I think I will try your remedy next time and see how it works for me.
I get plenty of sun....as I said, there are several different 'rashes' happening.It could be that. It could also be polymorphic light eruption. If you google that, there is a lot of talk of it on UK sites. It seems people from there go away to sunny places and get it because their skin isn't used to the sunlight. It's an allergy of sorts. Even here in the U.S., I didn't get one year when we went in February because I was wearing pants. Then the next trip which was in June, I got it. Also turned out that was the first exposure my legs had to the sun for probably over ten months. I guess I was technically older in June but I don't think that much older!
You seem to have broken skin, like a true rash. For those of us with vasculitis, the skin isn't broken..it's all beneath the skin.I just can't figure out why I get this rash at Disney but not at Universal.
We are on the tail end of a 4 day Universal trip: no rash yet and virtually the same "behavior" as at Disney in terms of walking. I've gotten the rash at Disney in October and April: its much hotter and more humid now than those trips but no rash.
And, as mentioned by others upthread, hydrocortisone cream takes care of it (I have tubes of HC cream in our storage lockers). I just can't figure out why Disney and not here at Universal.
I did notice that there's less asphalt at Universal (which someone mentioned upthread) and no animals (i.e. horses like at Disney) but I did water rides here like I would at Disney. I really had assumed it was the heat/humidity of Florida versus Oregon or Minnesota.
Now its driving me crazy trying to figure out the difference between Universal and Disney. And how I can avoid it in the future at Disney.
This is me after 1 day of Disney at the end of April 2014 but my calves/ankles are unmarked as of now:
Well, I'm 0-, so maybe. Or it could be that I'm over 50, fair skinned, a bit 'fat' (but just 20 lbs or so) and female. Seems to hit those of us that have the 4 Fs the hardest. Add in high bp and you're a goner!!!Could it be blood type......I am O+