Rash on back?

Options
cowgal
cowgal Member Posts: 833
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

I had radiation June/July 2010.  For quite some time I have had a rash on my back.  It hasn't gone away and I asked my husband when he thought it first appeared.  He thought that it was probably around the time I had radiation and maybe it is from the exit of the radiation.  Has anyone else experienced this?  Was there anything you could do for it?  Thank you!

· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • cycle-path
    cycle-path Member Posts: 1,502
    edited July 2011

    Can you describe the rash? Is it blistery, peeling, red, itchy, or what?

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cowgal
    cowgal Member Posts: 833
    edited July 2011

    They are irregular edged splotches.  Color wise, it looks like a tan compared to the unaffected skin.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cycle-path
    cycle-path Member Posts: 1,502
    edited July 2011

    Well, that's interesting. I was thinking about the possibility of shingles, but that doesn't sound at all like shingles. I've never heard any radiation patients describe this kind of rash. I think I'd see a dermatologist.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sweetbean
    sweetbean Member Posts: 1,931
    edited August 2011

    I have a big brown spot on my back from the exit of radiation beams.  I had my supraclavicular node radiated and it went right through me, apparently.  Kind of creepy, but oh well.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Monty
    Monty Member Posts: 197
    edited August 2011

    I had a blistery red rash at the end of radiation and the radiation onc said it was radiation dermatisis.  It went away gradually although you can still see a faint scar where it was - 21/2 years later.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • crabbiepattie
    crabbiepattie Member Posts: 108
    edited August 2011

    Hey Cowgal

    Any more info on your rash?  I got a rash in the middle of my back during rads.  It really looked like radiation dermatitis but, yikes, it was between my shoulder blades.  I figured I was a goner if they'd radiated through my heart like that.  The rad onc prescribed some steroid cream and the rash went away after just a few days of the steroid cream.  Good idea to see a dermatologist.

    Good luck.

    Pat

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • cowgal
    cowgal Member Posts: 833
    edited August 2011

    Thanks for everyone's input.  It takes a year to get into a dermatologist out here but I will be seeing my surgeon and my plastic surgeon the end of the month and will ask them.  I will let you know what I find out.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories