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red spots ???

I have had red spots on my chest for quite sometime. Not itchy at all but now today have a couple of them on my face. :( I'm thinking riba but isnt riba rash itchy????? Ugh!!
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I have the face rash, non-Itchy.  I am on week 16 and was on Incivek.  I think it is the Ribavirin.  I
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1815939 tn?1377991799
I will trade my itchy red spots for your non-itchy red spots. They did not show up until week 10 or so and then they made up for lost time, lol.

Just kidding. I am glad for you that yours are not itchy.

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i haven't aquired the white pasty look yet, ha...but now my son knows I can relate to him regarding these little red bump, only his are due to hormones (he's 15)...I'm trying to look at it as a bonding thing, ha....
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yes i am "just" on peg and riba. wasnt bad on my chest but now on my face, as if the chemo white pasty look wasnt attractive enough now I have defination to the look. OMG, if it doenst kill you it only makes you stronger, right?
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I am just on Peg/Rib, but also have a few of those little red bumps (although mine are itchy a bit)  I have some on my chest, some on my back and some on my hand...the itching hasn't gotten to out of control yet, but they are ugly...I assumed they are from the Rib
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Are you in Incivek?  My husband has those lovely red spots on his chest, back, arms and now his legs.  Doctor said it was INC rash.
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