Anyone familiar with this rash? As well as the tops of my feet, I have it on the insides of my wrist and heel of my hand.
Nothing new?
I donāt think Iāve had this rash before.
I have a cold (rhinovirus confirmed)- maybe its to do with that. But Iāve just finished Entocort, so maybe itās just a random immune system thing caused by a rebound from coming off steroids. Bit itchy, raised tiny little lumps, just thought Iād see if it looks familiar to anyone. Iāve never had pustular psoriasis - but I kind of assumed its not that because it seems so mild. Please correct me if it is.
So funny, I posted that photo on my phone. Now on the big screen monitors in my office my foot looks hilarious for some reason 
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Thatās funny. I will admit that I had what we ultimately think was pustular psoriasis on top of my foot. It was very itchy. Very. For me it started with a fever, then it broke out on top of my foot. I actually managed to scar my foot bc I couldnāt control my scratching. Ultimately it came back once, but I treated with topical steroids immediately, and it was less of a problem that time.
I think itās been two years now, maybe three, since itās happened.
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Hmm, maybe Iāll just put a steroid cream on it and see what happens. That will at least give me some information. Iām already taking antihistamines at night to minimise congestion from a virus, so apparently thatās having no effect.
Yes, everything Iāve read says very itchy for pustular psoriasis, so I think its very unlikely. I think maybe I had an outbreak of this just before onset, about 9 years ago. It was on the inside of my arms and pretty itchy, but all I got from the docs were shoulder shrugs and it eventually went away by itself, so I guess that will be the outcome this time too 
Around here it would assumed to be poison ivy. Seems like your whole system is run down. If it is psoriasis related, Protopic is a miracle ointmentā¦but very potent stuff!
Thanks Amos, definitely not poison ivy! I was even sensible and wore shoes whilst mowing the lawn so canāt even blame the grass (besides which Iāve had it for two days and I only mowed the lawn yesterday).
Yes, pretty much everything seems to be glitching in my immune system at the moment, and thatās despite daily naps, good food, organic when I can, lots of good quality sleep, no smoking or alcohol, good medical care (including a bucket load of Stelara), lots of meditation, herbal tea, pretty much anything you can think of. Iām only 45 so I think Iāll return it on warranty
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Update - a couple of days after this post, I got extremely red, hot, swollen palms in the evening. Still very sick and too tired to do anything about them, I shoved moisturiser on them and went to bed. In the morning the redness was gone, but the skin on my palms was thickened, like Iād developed one big consistent callous across my whole palm.
A couple of days later, I see the Derm, and he is sure both of these are due to the virus. Then I get a visit from a friend, whose grandsons got a virus that gave him red palms and feet (but his feet swelled quite a bit and were sore), so he ended up in hospital for hours - and they decided it was a virus. So it seems COVID-19 is not the only weird virus around at the moment!
Another few days after that and my skin on my hands is peeling, a little tender, and super-itchy 
Meanwhile, I showed the Dermy what I thought was dermatitis on the sole of my foot, just to get my moneys worth, and he says āoh thatās a form of pustular psoriasisā. Classic.
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Have you had a Coronavirus test @Jen75? Or a recent one if a previous one was negative?
āCutaneous signsā is down the page a bit.
Yes, I had the same thought process.
I had a coronavirus test. Not only was it negative, but it was positive for the same rhinovirus we have in the community at the moment. Add to that, my community (city of the Gold Coast) has had three positive people out of around 750,000 in the last three months, with luckily excellent testing, and I think the chances it was Covid are practically nil.
Also, I was sick, but not that sick, and Iām not old, but Iām a long way from a healthy young adult who may be asymptomatic 
. We had zero lung disease, so I donāt think it fits the pattern sufficiently enough. Certainly though, the first rash listed on that page you posted - the Morbilliform rash - that was a perfect description of it.
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Haha, I see what you mean.
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