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Skin Rash
Sign or symptom reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Get urgent medical care now if there is any severe, sudden, rapidly worsening or worrying symptom, especially:
- chest pain, pressure or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back
- trouble breathing, blue lips, severe wheeze or choking
- stroke-like symptoms such as face drooping, arm weakness or speech trouble
- collapse, fainting, seizure, confusion or extreme drowsiness
- severe bleeding, black stools, vomiting blood or major injury
- severe allergic reaction, swelling of the face/throat or widespread rash with breathing trouble
- severe abdominal pain, severe headache, stiff neck or sudden vision change
- signs of severe dehydration, sepsis, high fever with worsening illness, or symptoms in a baby/young child that concern you
Full information
Skin Rash
The word rash is used to describe a change in the colour and texture of the skin. Rashes usually cause an outbreak of red patches or bumps on the skin. A rash can refer to many different skin conditions. Rashes can be caused directly or indirectly, by bacterial, viral or fungal infections.
Symptom classification
Body areaEntire Body
Body areaSkin
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
127- Acute Lymphocytic Leukimia
- African Trypanosomiasis
- Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
- Aseptic Meningitis
- Atopic Dermatitis (Eczema)
- Autoerythrocyte Sensitization
- Behcets Syndrome
- Berylliosis
- Biotin Deficiency
- Blastomycosis
- Brill Zinsser Disease
- Bullous Pemphigoid
- Candidiasis
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Celiac Sprue
- Chickenpox
- Chigger Bite
- Chromium Toxicity
- Churg Straus Disease
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cogans Syndrome
- Congenital Rubella
- Congenital Syphilis
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis
- Contact Dermatitis
- Decompression Sickness
- Dengue
- Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever
- Dermatitis
- Dermatitis Herpetiformis
- Dermatomyositis
- Dermatophytid Reaction
- Eastern Tick Borne Rickettsioses
- Ebola Virus Infections
- Echinococcosis
- Ehrlichiosis
- Eosinophilia
- Eosinophilic Granuloma
- Epidemic Typhus
- Erysipelothricosis
- Erythema Infectiosum
- Erythema Multiforme
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Fungal Pneumonia
- Glucagonoma
- Hand Foot and Mouth Disease
- Hantavirus Infection
- Heavy Metal Nephropathy
- Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
- Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome
- Hepatitis B Infection
- Heroin Intoxication
- Herpangina
- Herpes Zoster
- Histoplasmosis
- Hookworm Infection
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV AIDS)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Children
- Impetigo
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Intertrigo
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Kaposis Sarcoma
- Kawasaki Disease
- Keratosis Pilaris
- Leukemia (acute Myeloid)
- Lichen Planus
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
- Manganese Deficiency
- Marburg Infections
- Mastocytosis
- Measles
- Meningococcal Disease
- Microscopic Polyangiitis
- Mite Bites
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Monkeypox
- Murine Typhus
- Mycoplasmal Pneumonia
- Mycosis Fungoides
- Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection
- Neonatal Meningitis
- Neutropenia
- Nevus Flammeus
- Nummular Dermatitis
- Opisthorchiasis
- Oroya Fever
- Paratyphoid Fever
- Pemphigus Foliaceous
- Pityriasis Lichenoides
- Pityriasis Rosea
- Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris
- Poliomyelitis
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Psoriasis
- Rat Bite Fever
- Relapsing Fever (Tick Fever)
- Rheumatic Fever
- Rickettsialpox
- Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
- Roseola Infantum
- Rubella
- Scabies
- Scarlet Fever
- Schistosomiasis
- Scorpion Stings
- Scrub Typhus
- Sepsis
- Septic Shock
- Septicaemia
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
- Sjogrens Syndrome
- Smallpox
- Stevens Johnson Syndrome
- Sunburn
- Systemic Sclerosis
- Thallium Poisoning
- Tinea Corporis
- Toxic Shock Syndrome
- Toxocariasis
- Trematode Infections
- Trench Fever
- Tuberculosis
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Tubulointerstitial Nephritis
- Typhoid Fever
- Vasculitis
Drugs where this is listed as a side effect
180- Acetylcysteine
- Alemtuzumab
- Allopurinol
- Alprazolam
- Alteplase
- Amantadine
- Ambrisentan
- Amikacin
- Amiloride
- Amoxycillin
- Amphotericin
- Ampicillin
- Anastrozole
- Aprepitant
- Aspirin
- Atenolol
- Atomoxetine
- Azathioprine
- Balsalazide
- Benzhexol
- Benztropine
- Bevacizumab
- Bicalutamide
- Bleomycin
- Bortezomib
- Bosentan
- Bromhexine
- Bumetanide
- Busulfan
- Candesartan
- Capecitabine
- Carbamazepine
- Carbimazole
- Cefaclor
- Ceftriaxone
- Celecoxib
- Cephazolin
- Cetirizine
- Cimetidine
- Ciprofloxacin
- Citalopram
- Clarithromycin
- Clodronate
- Clonazepam
- Clopidogrel
- Codeine
- Colchicine
- Cotrimoxazole
- Cytarabine
- Dacarbazine
- Dactinomycin
- Dapsone
- Darbepoetin
- Dasatinib
- Dexamphetamine
- Diclofenac
- Dicloxacillin
- Digoxin
- Diltiazem
- Diphenoxylate
- Docetaxel
- Docusate
- Doxycycline
- Efavirenz
- Epoetin
- Eprosartan
- Erlotinib
- Escitalopram
- Esomeprazole
- Etanercept
- Ethacrynic Acid
- Ethosuximide
- Everolimus
- Exemestane
- Ezetimibe
- Famotidine
- Felodipine
- Fentanyl
- Flecainide
- Fluconazole
- Fludrocortisone
- fluorouracil
- Flurbiprofen
- Fluticasone
- Fosaprepitant
- Foscarnet
- Fosinopril
- Frusemide (Furosemide)
- Gabapentin
- Ganciclovir
- Gefitinib
- Gemcitabine
- Glibenclamide
- Glimepiride
- Granisetron
- Griseofulvin
- Hydrochlorothiazide
- Hydroxychloroquine
- Hyoscine butylbromide
- Hyoscine hydrobromide
- Ibuprofen
- Idoxuridine
- Imipramine
- Indomethacin
- Infliximab
- Inteferon alfa
- Interferon
- Interferon gamma
- Irbesartan
- Isoniazid
- Itraconazole
- Ivermectin
- Lamivudine
- Lamotrigine
- Lapatinib
- Leflunomide
- Lenalidomide
- Lercanidipine
- Letrozole
- Lisinopril
- Lodoxamide
- Loperamide
- Lorazepam
- Mebendazole
- Mebeverine
- Mefloquine
- Mesalazine
- Metformin
- Methotrexate
- Methyldopa
- Methylphenidate
- Methylprednisolone
- Metoprolol
- Metronidazole
- Mianserin
- Midazolam
- Mirtazepine
- Misoprostol
- Mitomycin
- mitozantrone
- Moclobemide
- Montelukast
- Morphine
- Mupirocin
- Mycophenolate mofetil
- Naproxen
- Naratriptan
- Nebivolol
- Nevirapine
- Nifedipine
- Nimodipine
- Nitrazepam
- Nizatidine
- Norfloxacin
- Nystatin
- Oestradiol
- Ofloxacin
- Olsalazine
- Omeprazole
- Ondansetron
- Oseltamivir
- Oxazepam
- Oxcarbazepine
- Oxprenolol
- Oxybutinin
- Paclitaxel
- Pamidronate
- Pantoprazole
- Papaverine
- Paracetamol
- Pemetrexed
- Penciclovir
- Penicillamine
- Pentamidine
- Pethidine
- Phenelzine
- Phenobarbitone
- Phenoxymethylpenicillin
- Phentermine
- Pindolol