{"id":747,"date":"2019-11-26T09:20:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T09:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/?p=747"},"modified":"2023-01-08T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T14:27:14","slug":"pityriasis-rosea-medallion-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/diseases\/pityriasis-rosea-medallion-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Pityriasis Rosea &#8211; Medallion Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pityriasis rosea medallion disease affects the body, usually in school-aged children and young adults.\u00a0The disease is most common in spring and autumn.\u00a0Medallion sickness often goes away by itself within six weeks, but sometimes it can take longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rash may remain for up to six months, but it is unusual.\u00a0Pityriasis rosea medallion disease does not infect humans, and it is unusual to get it back.\u00a0Probably <strong>medallion sickness<\/strong> is due to a virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pityriasis rosea medallion disease is also called mountain rose and pityriasis rosea in medical language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Symptoms Of Medallion Sickness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pityriasis rosea starts with a rash, a so-called primary medallion.\u00a0The rash can sit on the trunk, upper arms, or thighs.\u00a0The rash is oval and a few centimeters long.\u00a0After a few days or sometimes longer, many rashes will often occur.\u00a0These rashes are smaller in size than the primary medallion and come on the same body parts.\u00a0It is unusual to get a rash on the face. The rashes are pink and scales.\u00a0Sometimes they can itch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment For Medallion Sickness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no <strong>treatment for medallion sickness<\/strong>.\u00a0It heals by itself.\u00a0You can try prescription cortisone cream if the itchy rash. The <a href=\"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/diseases\/dry-skin-and-itching\/\">itching<\/a> can get worse if the skin is dry.\u00a0Therefore, it is good to be frugal with soap and water and to lubricate with emollient cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When And Where Should I Seek Care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You do not need to seek care as <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">medallion sickness<\/span> goes away. Contact a\u00a0health care center\u00a0if you have an itch or are unsure if the rash is a medallion.\u00a0You can contact many receptions by\u00a0logging in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pityriasis rosea medallion disease is a type of skin rash. Classically, it begins with a single red and the slightly scaly area known as a &#8220;herald patch.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,976,585],"tags":[1043,1044,1046,1045],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-rashes-and-eczema","category-skin-hair-and-nails","tag-pityriasis-rosea","tag-pityriasis-rosea-causes","tag-pityriasis-rosea-symptoms","tag-pityriasis-rosea-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44191,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions\/44191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}