Re: Rash

[Trish Dowling <dowling@skyway.usask.ca>]

On Mon, 10 May 1999 09:30:46 -0700 (PDT) ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net wrote:
> From: "Glenda R. Snodgrass" <grs@TheNetEffect.com>

> The two long rides I've done this year (39 miles at Million Pines and 28
> miles this past Saturday on a conditioning ride), I've gotten a very
> strange rash on both legs.  It starts just above the edge of my boots and
> is heaviest in front and back, not on the sides.  I have very deep, angry
> red spots that run into one another, making large spotty red blotches that
> look like some horrible skin disease.  The really strange part is that I
> don't feel anything at all -- no itching, no burning, no stinging, nothing
> at all.  There are no raised areas like blisters, and no swelling like
> hives.  The skin is smooth, just very very red.  Both times I didn't even
> realize I had it until I took my tights off that evening to get cleaned
> up.  The spots fade after a few days and are completely gone within a
> week.

I've gotten the exact same type of rash the last two summers. I don't get it in the winter and I think it's heat 
related. It's not hot here yet (it's snowing today),and I can't find any pattern in what kind of socks or tights I wear 
either. I don't remember ever having it tho when I rode NATRC in Texas as a vet student - even on rides in July. I 
haven't done anything about it - I just don't wear shorts after a ride!

Trisha

Trisha Dowling, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVIM &ACVCP
Associate Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
Western College of Veterinary Medicine



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