I have recently had my first infusion session back in November, but Sunday I was out in the beautiful sunshine and the next morning found that I had a slight rash on both my arms. Could this be the Retuximab? Has anyone else had the same problem? Many thanks, Nikki x
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Retuximab and the sun ☀
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Not recommended being long periods in sun, always wear sunscreen
I have had just the first two RTX infusions (Oct '16) & recently spent almost a month in 75°F sunshine & had no adverse reaction.( I'm off for the second set of infusions next Monday!)
I did use lots of suntan lotion.....maybe you didn't this time as you were not expecting hot sun at this time of year?
if you don't normally react badly to sunshine I expect it was a one off !
So get thee to the suntan lotion shop & leave the bottle by the back door!
Let's just hope we need sun lotion, not raincoats & woolly jumpers this summer.
I have been on Rituximab now for over two years and have never experienced a rash when sunbathing . Sorry not much help
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