Mine ran the course of 12 weeks... I started noticing fading beginning at the 10th week, but I really noticed it going away at the 12 week mark. 3 whole months of agony. Some people have like a ton of little reddish/pinkish spots/bumps and others have bigger, but fewer spots, which is what I had. While doing research I read about how PR is also linked to a form of herpes simplex 6/7 --- not tthe major ones (Herpes Simplex 1 and 2) which are contagious. Simplex 6/7 is obviously not the same as those two, but reading that prompted me to ask my doctor to subscribe Valtrex, JUST IN CASE, and I took it twice a day for like 3 weeks during the outbreak, so I'm wondering if that could be a reason I didn't get a lot of tiny bumps forming all over.... I don't know, I tried everything I could before just treating the symptons and dealing with them that way. Toward the end I would stand, practically naked, in front of my large bay window every day hoping and praying no one could see inside, and I would stand in the sun for 15 minutes a day soaking my body in the rays all over. That really really helped A LOT.
So, it took 12 weeks before I really noticed that hey... they are really beginning to fade all over. Being a black female myself I thought I was doomed to have marks and scars left all over when the PR completely healed, but I'm finding that as the rash fades, so does the discoloration except for the herald patch which is still slightly darker in color than my skin surrounding it.
What you are describing... more spots than actual rash is the same thing that I read many many other people having as well during the course of their PR outbreak. It shows up differently for some people, but all in all, the main symptoms will be the same for everyone no matter how many fewer or lesser lesions appear on your body.
The anxiety pills should help A LOT... I wish you the best! Stay strong -- and if someone doesn't seem right please talk to you doctor about it... force the issue if you have to. This is not something I had EVER heard of until I got it myself so the more info that's out there, the better, especially for black women.
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Mine ran the course of 12 weeks... I started noticing fading beginning at the 10th week, but I really noticed it going away at the 12 week mark. 3 whole months of agony. Some people have like a ton of little reddish/pinkish spots/bumps and others have bigger, but fewer spots, which is what I had. While doing research I read about how PR is also linked to a form of herpes simplex 6/7 --- not tthe major ones (Herpes Simplex 1 and 2) which are contagious. Simplex 6/7 is obviously not the same as those two, but reading that prompted me to ask my doctor to subscribe Valtrex, JUST IN CASE, and I took it twice a day for like 3 weeks during the outbreak, so I'm wondering if that could be a reason I didn't get a lot of tiny bumps forming all over.... I don't know, I tried everything I could before just treating the symptons and dealing with them that way. Toward the end I would stand, practically naked, in front of my large bay window every day hoping and praying no one could see inside, and I would stand in the sun for 15 minutes a day soaking my body in the rays all over. That really really helped A LOT.
So, it took 12 weeks before I really noticed that hey... they are really beginning to fade all over. Being a black female myself I thought I was doomed to have marks and scars left all over when the PR completely healed, but I'm finding that as the rash fades, so does the discoloration except for the herald patch which is still slightly darker in color than my skin surrounding it.
What you are describing... more spots than actual rash is the same thing that I read many many other people having as well during the course of their PR outbreak. It shows up differently for some people, but all in all, the main symptoms will be the same for everyone no matter how many fewer or lesser lesions appear on your body.
The anxiety pills should help A LOT... I wish you the best! Stay strong -- and if someone doesn't seem right please talk to you doctor about it... force the issue if you have to. This is not something I had EVER heard of until I got it myself so the more info that's out there, the better, especially for black women.
April 7, 2011 - 7:56amThis Comment
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