I recently was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. I was startled! The basis of the diagnosis was solely my past drinking record (pretty impressive I migth add :-)) and a skin rash that I will discribe below. No inquiry into my family history was made, no physical exam was performed, no ultasound or other external viewing devise was used, and no biopsy was peformed. To be fair he is an ER doc and was pretty busy at the time.
My real question is what does a typical cirrhosis skin rash look like in terms of size, color and texture? My rash appears ONLY on my wrists and hands. The rash is red in color and has the same texture as the surrouding skin. The rash is broken into pieces of irregular shapes. Each piece is roughly 3-4 cm in size, but this varies widely. The rash probably occupies no more than 2-3% of my wrists and hands.
Remarkably the rash dissapears completey without me doing anything! It comes back though sometimes, partularly when I'm stressed out. Does this look like a cirrhosis rash? Thanks.