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Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...

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Rash

sharonouch
sharonouch
Has anyone developed a rash? I have one on my face and neck now. I am not on any new meds or anything new. Before I w as diagnosed I had a rash over my whole body , which did go away with treatment. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Hugs.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I developed an auto immune rash called PLC- it comes and goes but was present non stop for more than 2 years.

I'd definitely let your Dr see it, mine had me go get it biopsied by a dermatologist.
bcatz
bcatz
My skin condition isn't a rash but I have cherry angiomas all over...mine are super tiny like a pinpoint and seem to prefer to be on the fat part of any part of the body (stomach, arm, breast). Derm. said they are harmless.

I also have sebaceous hyperplasia in a few places on my forehead. Again, benign. I think these are tied in to rosacea. Roseacea is somehow tied to my eye dryness (blephritis or similar). And all of that is loosely tied to autoimmune disease.

I think most of my skin ailments tie back to RA, same with allergies.