CancerCompass message board discussion started by Mscheryl103 on 10/5/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,16813,0.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My hubby just finished 10 treatments of radiation to his chest and back area and now has a rash. It is itching as bad as poisin oak. Wondering if its from the Radiation or could it be poison oak. He had a rash before when he was on Erbitux. That was in Chemo family. It has been 1 week since his treatments have been thru. Thanks for any input. Ms C   Mscheryl103 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT It could be a recall response from the chemo , CAUSED by the irradiation.Also, once in a great while the Radiation Treatment will cause a Histamine/ Allergic type reaction, probably due to the cell killing of the radiation.  Treat the same as an allergic reaction Antihistamines , Corticosteroids,  Silvadene for any broken down areas after cleaning with 50/50 peroxide and water. Witchdoctor Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT Thank you so much, I'll let you know.. I thought about giving him benedryl. Just havn't done it yet.  Mscheryl103 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT