Anyone develop brown pigmentation over a couple weeks on their feet?

Posted by ericy210 @ericy210, May 6 7:17pm

My feet are white as a ghost yet have developed brown pigmentation of the tops of my feet, toes, and lower ankle. I noticed about two weeks ago and now they burn. I’ve tried all the obvious things and my doctor called it a “mystery.” I’m off to a specialist.

I’ve read it could be autoimmune issues. Does anyone know about such a condition?

I’m a long Covid guy and been part of university and NIH clinical long Covid programs for over two years. Lots of testing. Lots of lingering random stuff, like hiccuping nonstop for weeks, which was attributed to inflammation from autoimmune cytokine storms. Not fun.

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Marcy | @mkempson42 | May 15 2:34am

In reply to @ericy210 "Looks a bit like mine without as much brown pigmentation." + (show)

We're you ever checked for hemochromatosis?

2catmom | @2catmom | May 15 5:22pm

Hi @ericy210

...this is a bit in WAG (wild ars guess) territory

To pursue the autoimmune angle, might you consult a vasculitis dermatologist or a rheumatologist who sees cutaneous vasculitis patients?

I wonder if the ringed white areas on the tops of your feet are related to livedo reticularis/racemosa

If you decide to investigate “vasculitis dermatologists,” might you be near one of the experts that co-authored this paper https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29136340/

ericy210 | @ericy210 | May 15 10:34pm

In reply to @mkempson42 "Yes mine is very similar. I have some on the ankle area also. Did you happen..." + (show)

They somewhat came together. The vessels were more similar to capilaritis. They had some trouble finding petchaie. They said it’s more like Shambergs disease, but it didn’t seem to them what it clearly was.