As soon as I get on the plane back to Ft. Lauderdale the "splotches" are GONE!
WOW!My wife came down with a bad case of "Disney Rash" during a trip to WDW in April 2009. On the morning of our third day of our trip, she noticed a a little bit of redness on her lower legs above her sockline. By that night, the rash had turned a deep red color and had extended all the way from her sockline to half way up her calf. She also was experiencing a burning sensation in her lower legs. We went to the Celebration Hospital Emergency Room where she was diagnosed with "Disney Rash." The physician said that the Disney Rash was caused by a combination of heat and sunlight reflecting off the pavement, resulting in the bursting of tiny blood vessels right below the skin. Although it can affect anyone, people with circulatory problems or varicose veins are more prone to these symptoms. My wife was advised to keep her feet elevated, keep her legs covered and out of the sunlight, and make sure that she sunscreen on her legs whenever they were exposed to the sun. For the rest of our trip, my wife used a wheel chair and we bought a beach towel to cover her legs. The physician at Celebration Hospital said that the rash would resolve within two weeks, and she was right. However, she also said that in extreme cases, the bursting blood vessels can exacerbate circulatory problems and result in dangerous blood clots.
By the way, there was no "rash" on the surface of the skin. The bursting blood vessels were just under the outer layer of skin.
For those interested, here is a photo we took while my wife was waiting to see the ER physician. Notice how the Disney Rash starts right above her sockline.
Note to self-pack some hydrocortisone cream when I go to WDW from now on. And don't be too anxious to wear shorts-long pants are OK. I've never gotten this, and didn't know how serious it can be. Now I'm really counting my good fortune.My wife came down with a bad case of "Disney Rash" during a trip to WDW in April 2009. On the morning of our third day of our trip, she noticed a a little bit of redness on her lower legs above her sockline. By that night, the rash had turned a deep red color and had extended all the way from her sockline to half way up her calf. She also was experiencing a burning sensation in her lower legs. We went to the Celebration Hospital Emergency Room where she was diagnosed with "Disney Rash." The physician said that the Disney Rash was caused by a combination of heat and sunlight reflecting off the pavement, resulting in the bursting of tiny blood vessels right below the skin. Although it can affect anyone, people with circulatory problems or varicose veins are more prone to these symptoms. My wife was advised to keep her feet elevated, keep her legs covered and out of the sunlight, and make sure that she sunscreen on her legs whenever they were exposed to the sun. For the rest of our trip, my wife used a wheel chair and we bought a beach towel to cover her legs. The physician at Celebration Hospital said that the rash would resolve within two weeks, and she was right. However, she also said that in extreme cases, the bursting blood vessels can exacerbate circulatory problems and result in dangerous blood clots.
By the way, there was no "rash" on the surface of the skin. The bursting blood vessels were just under the outer layer of skin.
For those interested, here is a photo we took while my wife was waiting to see the ER physician. Notice how the Disney Rash starts right above her sockline.
Next time I will put sunscreen on them and bring some cortisone. Thanks for starting the thread. I always thought it was just me
Your rash is the same kind that I get and is called Golfer's Vasculitis. http://walking.about.com/od/medhot/a/legrash.htm You can even get it while wearing jeans and also at night if it is still extremely hot. I've gotten it several times from walking around in Downtown Disney at night while wearing full-length jeans on a hot night. The doctors say it mostly hits people who are 4-F (female, forty/fifty, fat, and fair-skinned). Support hose like the kind that diabetics wear or the kind you get after surgery can help but it's often too darn hot to wear it around the parks. Since moving to Florida, about 7 years ago, I've just learned to recognize the symptoms before it gets bad. I start feeling a burning/stinging under the skin when it first starts and so I try to get off my feet then. It also only tends to occur when my legs/ankles/ or feet start swelling. You need to stop the swelling before the small capillaries start to bleed under the skin. I still manage to get it about 2 or 3 times a year on the days when I can't get off my feet in the heat. But it's still better that when I was a tourist and was going commando style at the parks. I usually had it my whole trip.
