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I agree with your considerations on sending images...

2008-08-20T05:44:00.000-04:00

I agree with your considerations on sending images over the internet without any notice on the quality. Please have a look at www.woundontology.com where color calibration and ontology should deal with several of these problems

1ST ONE LOOKS LIKE PSORIASIS,2ND ONE COULD BE CHIC...

2008-08-13T21:29:00.000-04:00

1ST ONE LOOKS LIKE PSORIASIS,2ND ONE COULD BE CHICKEN POX,3RD ONE IS AN ALLERGIC REACTION

I wonder who got the shark? If the person was from...

2008-08-04T18:36:00.000-04:00

I wonder who got the shark?

If the person was from Pennsylvania, they would have probably guessed "trout" or "bass".

Just kidding.....

Donna...you didn't cheat on the scarlet fever phot...

2008-08-04T18:34:00.000-04:00

Donna...you didn't cheat on the scarlet fever photo. Have you ever asked your doctor a question, only to have him excuse himself for a moment and leave the room? When he returns, did you find it odd that he has some new-found knowledge? The bottom line? He went and looked it up...just like you. There is nothing wrong with doing a little personal research.

Kate...thank you for your kind comments. Since we are both from Western PA, we share a lot more than just lightening bugs and poison oak. We share the some Pennsylvania culture.

Love you both!

And I'm the one who guessed poison oak. I'm living...

2008-08-02T18:54:00.000-04:00

And I'm the one who guessed poison oak. I'm living in the west now and know that we don't have poison ivy (or lightening bugs) which is why I guessed poison oak.

I'm a big fan of your blog. I grew up in Western PA and can relate to many of the things you write about. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us.

Kate

No, the scarlet fever one is the only one I answer...

2008-08-02T12:53:00.000-04:00

No, the scarlet fever one is the only one I answered. I "cheated", however. I knew that a rash can sometimes come with strep, though, but I looked up the symptoms on the web and came up with scarlet fever. I didn't know that scarlet fever was from strep, however, so I learned something new.

~Donna

Do you need a job?

2008-08-01T15:49:00.000-04:00

Do you need a job?

Good guess...are you the same "anonymous"?Yes, tha...

2008-08-01T15:48:00.000-04:00

Good guess...are you the same "anonymous"?

Yes, that is scarlet fever. Great job seeing that I did not say anything about that "strawberry tongue" sticking out.

I would guess that picture B is strep throat/scarl...

2008-07-31T23:43:00.000-04:00

I would guess that picture B is strep throat/scarlet fever. The rash looks a little like roseola (maybe too bright, though), but since the rash is there while the fever is present and a sore throat isn't part of roseola, I'd guess the strep.

Yes, Picture A is POISON OAK, and yes, we don't ha...

2008-07-31T11:41:00.000-04:00

Yes, Picture A is POISON OAK, and yes, we don't have poison ivy in California (at least in my area, or I would get it!). Excellent job!

If doctors would LISTEN to patients a bit more often, their diagnostic jobs would be a bit easier.

Number 1 looks like poison ivy, but then I remembe...

2008-07-31T01:34:00.000-04:00

Number 1 looks like poison ivy, but then I remembered that you live in California, so I'm going to guess it's poison oak (I don't think you have poison ivy out there, do you?).

I wouldn't have recognized it except that my son, now 20, was always getting into poison ivy as a small kid. I remember his worst bout. A tree had been knocked down in a storm and the trunk was covered in poison ivy. Wearing nothing but a small pair of cotton shorts, he had climbed all over the fallen tree. He got it all over his body, but it was especially bad on his inner thighs. He was miserable! I wanted the pediatrician to see him. The nurse said no, I couldn't bring him in because there was a chicken pox outbreak and they didn't want chicken pox in the office. I begged, please I know poison ivy when I see it, but this is really bad, I really want the doc to take a look. After a couple of days they finally relented and let me bring him in to a side entrance after hours. My smugness at being judged correct - it was a very severe case of poison ivy - didn't last long. The doc pointed out a small patch of something a bit different. Yes, my boy had poison ivy AND chicken pox were just starting to come out too! He was a mess for days! My husband stayed home and gave him oatmeal baths several times a day.

Hint for Picture A: It itches...a LOT.Hint for Pi...

2008-07-30T21:52:00.000-04:00

Hint for Picture A: It itches...a LOT.

Hint for Picture B: Also had a high fever and bad sore throat.

PICTURE C:Good job! Yes, that is a skin reaction t...

2008-07-30T21:49:00.000-04:00

PICTURE C:

Good job! Yes, that is a skin reaction to a temporary henna tattoo...of a shark. It looks more accurate upside-down.

It took several weeks for the shark to finally fade....

I agree. Picture C looks like a tattoo of a shark....

2008-07-30T10:58:00.000-04:00

I agree. Picture C looks like a tattoo of a shark. The kid probably really got one and wanted it to be removed which can leave something looking like that picture. I've seen videos on how tattoos are removed and that's looks like a healing process of the skin. I think he maybe not telling his parents something. I think someone might be overreacting over the thing.

Yep, picture C looks like a tattoo of a shark or w...

2008-07-30T09:02:00.000-04:00

Yep, picture C looks like a tattoo of a shark or whale.

Picture C looks like a reaction to a fake tatoo!

2008-07-29T20:30:00.000-04:00

Picture C looks like a reaction to a fake tatoo!