I am a 28yo F and woke up with red lumps on my shin roughly 3 weeks ago. One below my left knee cap and 2 on the right near ankle. At first I thought they were welts from a bug bite but they dont itch. They appear red, tender, inflammed, painful when walking and feels hot. Only ice seem relieve the hot feeling. I was given Keflex 500mg QID for 10 days and applied triamcinolone prn. Its been 2 weeks since I completed the antiobiotics, the right side seemed to heal on its own, which now appears bruise-like brown color. The right side recently got inflammed again and now my ankle and foot is swollen. I ve been taking aleve to help stop the inflammation but no results. Researching online I ran across Erythemas Nodosum. Is it possible that I may have this? I am on Tri-nessa for 10 yrs, however, my red inflammation is about 4-5 inch in diameter on my ankle.
Hello. You give the classical description of an erythema nodosum. According to the history it is erythema nodosum. But confirmation of the diagnosis done by histology. There are a lot of causes for that skin condition. In your case I think long term usage of hormonal contraceptives. e. opossum can disappear on their ownleagij if recurrent eruption occurs I usually give an oral steroid. When we see erythema nodosum, we have to find the under Lin cause.