Reader's Digest

124 | July• 2018

HEALTH

It’s red unsightly uncomfortable and

amystery.Here’showtotellapatch

ofpsoriasisfromaboutofeczema

BY VANESSA MILNEILLUSTRATION BY PETE RYAN

SHAM DHANJI HAS SENSITIVE

SKIN.So when she developed a

smallpainfulrashonherthighshe

didn’t think too much about it.

AfewweekslaterDhanjinoticeda

bump in her groin near the hip. She

panicked.“Iwasemotionalfeeling

run down had a random rash and

nowthislump.IburstintotearsI

thoughtIhadcancer”shesays.

Atthehospitalthenextdayanurse

immediately diagnosed Dhanji with

something she never would have

guessed: shingles. “Youhadshin-

gles” the nurse clariied. “his is the

endofit.”hebumpsheexplained

wasaninlamedlymphnodewhich

often follows the condition’s telltale

blistery rash.

Luckily Dhanji’s outbreak cleared

up without complications. But the

nexttimeyoufindyourselffacing

yourownmysteryrashcheckthis

rundown of six common ones.

What’s

that