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Un usual Rash on back of legs

My son has been couching the last 2 weeks.  Yesterday he developed a rash red woth patches on the back of his legs.  I t turned brown today.  What is this
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Sorry, how to post new thread in this forum ?

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ok
this is most likely small vessels vasculitis
it is self limited disease , usualy end by postinflamatory hyperpigmentation
it is mostly idiopathic  
but somtimes follow upper respiratpry tract infection
during attack , systemic steroid and antihistamin are benificial
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I have the same problem.  I havent had the cough but I have the same thing and it covers the upper are of the back of my legs and almost my entire buttocks.
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