Originally Posted by
Cyclosaurus
Give the OP a break. It was clear he is actively seeking medical treatment, not asking people to play internet doctor. But if you've never had a mystery diagnosis situation or a rare condition that baffles your doctors, you really don't know what he's going through. Over the past 10 years, I've seen it happen multiple times with my wife, and you have to turn over every stone if you're going to figure it out. It's obvious from his original post he's acting responsibly and is only seeking information that might help lead him in a direction to discover the cause. After going through this stuff with my wife, I shared his irritation at being lectured by people who likely have no idea what it's like to have your doctor say, I don't know and I'm not sure there's much I can do.
Thanks for coming to the thread with a little understanding of the situation and reading comprehension, man. I appreciate it!
In the final paragraph of my initial post, I SPECIFICALLY asked to hear from people that had experience with something like this, but nonetheless I've gotten plenty of well-meaning redundant recommendations for washing, drying, hygiene, and to see a dr/dermatologist, snark, and speculation. (I see the poster of
#23 ACTUALLY had an experience with folliculitis. That's a first for this thread.)
And having now seen a dermatologist, his answer is "huh. I dunno. Could be a number of things. Folliculitis is pretty common. The samples don't show anything novel, but we only check for staph and strep, in the first round, anyway. Could be you're allergic to your jerseys. Have some antibiotic ointment." Which was what the doc at the clinic said, and it was just a bigger tube of the same stuff. That'll be a $50 co-pay, please. The only thing he DID say that was different, is to recommend that I disinfect my jerseys, and gave me the name of a product by the German company Persil that should be safe for the fabric.
Anyway, I haven't been riding much the last week, and it's been cooler and less humid and it's gotten better. Not gone yet, though.