Doctor's warning as this red line on your skin could signal a medical emergency

A red line streaking up the skin could be a sign of lymphangitis (Image: Getty) A doctor has urged people not to ignore a red line on their skin that could be a symptom of a medical emergency. According to Doctor Joe Whittington, from the US, red streaking could signal a dangerous infection. Responding to another content creator’s video on social media platform TikTok that showed a thick red line travelling from the toes up the leg, he explained how this could be a symptom of lymphangitis.

If not treated quickly this infection can lead to abscesses forming or even sepsis, he said. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

setAttribute('src','https://live.primis.tech/live/liveView.

php?s=114945&playerApiId=v114945');document.getElementById('ovp-primis').appendChild(el)}window.

top.addEventListener('primisPlayerInit',e=>{try{if(e.detail&&e.

detail.playerApiId==="v114945"){if(window.document.

getElementsByClassName('jwplayer')[0]){e.detail.float('disable')}}}catch(e){}});window.

addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',()=>{setTimeout(()=>{if(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded===!0){loadOvpScript()ExpressApp.Log('[Load] OVP flagTcfLoaded',new Date())}else{document.addEventListener("tcfLoaded",()=>{loadOvpScript()ExpressApp.

Log('[Load] OVP tcfLoaded',new Date())})}},1500)}) Dr Whittington, who is better known online as Dr Joe MD , said: “If you see this red streaking, it's a bad sign. “This is something called lymphangitis and it occurs when t.