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Rash on Lower Legs / Ankles and a new rash on Penis.

Hey!

I was just wondering if anybody could give me some advice please?

On the right hand side of my right ankle about 6-7 months ago I noticed a single red/pink patch of a rash that was approximately 5 centimetres in diameter that didn't hurt or itch and I only noticed it because I caught it when putting a sock on and that caused a brief moment of pain that soon subsided. I chose to ignore it as it wasn't really bothering me so I thought it may disappear on its own. It didn't. (Oh, and it was a circular shape but not a perfect circle imagine a blurred circle?)

About 2 months ago I started to notice it growing a little bit wider not much maybe only 1-2cm extra? And a couple more patches had formed around it which were reasonably small (1cm diameter) and a patch had even appeared on my other ankle (left ankle).

I booked a doctors appointment and between the time of me booking it and attending it the rash had started to go up my leg toward my kneecap this time it wasn't exactly circular but if you imagine the size of a 50 pence peice then dot randomly inside of that area that gives you a roughy guide on to how it looks and there was 5 or 6 of these new patches going up my leg.

The doctor gave me a prescription for Terbinafine (she thought it was fungal) and I've taken that for 4 weeks (once per day) like they recommended and I've seen no change - in fact it's continuing to spread slowly.

I've now noticed that my penis has a small red rectangular patch (length approx 3cm width approx 1cm) on the foreskin shaft and there is a red/pink rash on the tip of my penis too. STD's cannot be a cause as I haven't had any sexual contact in a long time. I'm thinking that it may be balanitis as before a few weeks back I struggled to clean my foreskin due to that being tight. I now clean my penis every day and the problem hasn't gotten any better.

The thing that's confusing me is that all of my rashes don't itch or hurt in any way.

I have an appointment at my GP in 3 days time but would really appreciate any input anybody on here could give as I'm rather worried as to what it could be.  Should I be worried?

Oh, lastly a quick question on Terbinafine, if the rashes on my legs/ankles and my penis were to all be fungal could the reason that these tablets haven't taken effect be down to the fact that the current dose isn't strong enough to tackle both problems?

Thank you in advance for any help or advice anybody could give!
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Hey! OP here again.

I forgot to add that the first rash that I had on my ankle now has a yellowish centre, and a red ring around the centre (red ring is approx 2cm thick, again this isn't a perfectly defined circle but a blurred one if that makes sense).

Thanks again!
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