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Hi all! I had a weird rust stain situation I (38M) wanted to share to propose a different potential solution. I went on a hike and have developed a really intense red stain very similar to you all. While hiking I picked up a walking stick and got a little wet in the rain, since then I have developed a deep red stain that will NOT come out. Images to prove below. But I kept the walking stick and found a really wild orange lichen on it, note how my stain is exactly like the shape of the walking stick! This doesn’t fit perfectly for all of you, but maybe touching dead, rotting wood with wet hands is a common occurrence for some of us. Thanks all, I was totally enthralled with this thread!
Just started this account to stay in the loop as I also woke up with a mysterious orange stain on my left palm, between my thumb and pointer finger. It won't wash off. Like someone else said, I also had a metallic taste in my mouth yesterday (it's almost gone now). Last night I had green grapes and I washed them by hand with a veggie wash (which may be expired now that I think of it). I also came into contact yesterday with a variety of popcorn seasoning. This is very strange and I'm eager to learn if anyone finds the cause of this! I'm a 48 year old female, by the way.
Hello! I am 28 years old and I made here an account to share my orange spots on hands. I am from Romania. I woke up with these on my hands today, i had experienced these kind of things a few years ago but it not bothered me so i let them be. I didnt eat carrots or pepper, i didnt get a tan or anything everyone mentioned. I think is is so bizzare that anyone cannot explain these things.
Created an account to add my experience to the group, 28f, UK.
Woke up with the orange stains on both hands and faded photo is around 4 hours after the first photos.
Like many people I had eaten raw carrots the day before and think I was stressed as was clenching my hands when I woke up.
Saw a nurse who had no idea and just said I must have accidentally dyed my hands at home.
Me again. Didn't write for quite I while, I'd say a year or two.
This appeared overnight. Meanwhile, I read that paper that someone linked with the Covid-related issue. I recently ended up in a hospital having pulmonary embolism related to Covid or vaccine, so after all that stress, this seems like sth immunity-related perhaps. Again, doctors just say it's nothing.
So here's an update in pics. I love this weird place.
Hey all! I’m so thankful for this thread because I know I’m not alone. Several doctors have no clue what’s happening. My orange stain started as streaks mid January and have continued on re-appearing 2-3x a week and “retreat” or lighten every few days before emerging again overnight. The pattern and intensity varies but it’s always on my right hand and starts in the “webbing” between my thumb and pointer finger. At one point it looked like it was dripping all the way down my forearm. Also, on one of the worst days, basically my whole thumb was orange (photo below) and it smells exactly like tanning cream! Like a burnt sugar smell. To echo many people on this thread, no I do not use tanning cream or use anything that would cause a stain. I don’t sleep walk. There are no stains in my bed or anywhere else on my body. I don’t use any creams or serums with vitamin c, no prescription drugs, no diet changes, no medication or supplement changes. It’s like it came out of nowhere. I had blood work done and results were nothing out of the ordinary except my vitamin D was really low.
The only thing I can think of is that I did touch a pine tree while I was foraging some pine needles a few days to a week (can’t recall time frame for sure) before it first appeared and maybe it’s fungal or something from the tree? But does fungus come and go like this?
I’ve looked at photos of tinea versicolor and other tinea fungal infections and it doesn’t look like what I’m experiencing.
I’m meeting with a rheumatologist in a few days so we will see if it’s autoimmune related. I’ll post any updates here.
Hey guys joining the gang here 😅26 F Woke up around 2 days ago with these stains on my hands, on the first day it was more on my left and not so much on the right and now it’s on the right which you can see here and completely gone from my left? Washing doesn’t help no matter what I use. I’ve felt really tired lately I think someone else mentioned a similar thing. I have had this exact thing before but not sure what’s caused it. I normally do eat a lot of tomatoes etc but lately not much at all. I have handled Amazon boxes though.
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