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Originally Posted by CFrance
When we used to charter sailboats in the BVI in February, my husband would get a rash from the sun. (We were coming from the dead of winter in MI, so no tan buildup.) Not a sunburn, but a rash. A doctor in MI gave him a prescription for parsley pills (I'm being serious here) and told him to take them for a week in advance of the next charter. They worked. No rash.
We never did figure out what caused the rash. The doctor said he was having some sort of allergic reaction to the sun.
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That's what I think it was. It was more than a sunburn.
It looked like an allergic reaction.
The skin was scarlett red.......but there were dark red dots all over on top of the rash......really severe ones.
He was diagnosed with Discoid Lupus in his younger years.....but everytime we'd go to Florida he'd be o.k. with some topical prescription from the doctor plus take his Plaquenil or Prednisone. Plaquenil I think is for Malaria....or was for Malaria back in the day.
Having very LITTLE to no sun in Vermont (I'm serious) it hasn't been an issue and we thought he had "outgrown it". He is naturally light skin with pale green eyes.......was a blonde child. So, between the Discoid Lupus and the pale skin, and NOT wearing the sunblock I provided.......I guess this was bound to happen.
When we were in TV he did not get any sunburn at all........but then he was in and out of the car.........and swimming under a birdcage.
But, yes, I think I would say it could be an allergic reaction to the sun.
I'm going to mention the parsley pills to him. THANK YOU.
p.s. The Discoid Lupus Erythematosis (sp?) presented as large raised red placques on his cheekbones and under his eyes,