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ehrin

By ehrin
in Dermatitis Herpetiformis

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I can't tell if I have DH or Poison Ivy. I'm not allergic to PI so I don't get a severe case. Usually I get a mild rash and it clears up in about a week, and there is hardly any itching. I have raised bumps on the underside of my forearms that are just not clearing up. <_< Granted, I've been gardening every weekend, and there is PI near my garden, but generally this stuff doesn't bother me. It only itches occaisionally, like when I get out of the shower but otherwise it is dormant. So...what does DH look like???

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Ehrin, here is a link to a site with good images. This link brings you to images of the arms, you can click on the other images to see other parts of the body affected by DH.

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Hope this helps.

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Thanks Ursula - god, that's what it looks like, but it's hardly as itchy as the description says it should be and I've been gluten-free for 6 months now, with no accidental glutenings in the past 3...I just looked at pictures of PI and it certainly doesn't look like that - it's not blisters by any means. Can you have DH and not be itchy???

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Ehrin, here is a link to a site with good images. This link brings you to images of the arms, you can click on the other images to see other parts of the body affected by DH.

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Hope this helps.

Ursula,

I have a rash on my arms that looks like the one on the guys chest. It doesn't look as bad as any of the others - and it gets redder & itchier after showering. I have been wheat-free since last summer, and the rash showed up after a couple months of consuming low-gluten stuff like spelt & kamut. As soon as I cut out all gluten (within a week) the rash calmed down, but is still mildly there, though rarely itches. The doc I went to see wouldn't test me for DH - gave me some blah-dee-blah about how I obvioulsy have dry skin (I've never had dry skin in my life - nor has anyone in my family). The cream the doc gave me just made it itch WAY worse. Anyway, I am seeing my normal doc this month, but I wanted to beg your wisdom...

Do you think what I have could be DH?

(Yes, I know you're not a doctor, which means that your opinion means 100x more to me)... :D

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Ursula,

I have a rash on my arms that looks like the one on the guys chest. It doesn't look as bad as any of the others - and it gets redder & itchier after showering. I have been wheat-free since last summer, and the rash showed up after a couple months of consuming low-gluten stuff like spelt & kamut. As soon as I cut out all gluten (within a week) the rash calmed down, but is still mildly there, though rarely itches. The doc I went to see wouldn't test me for DH - gave me some blah-dee-blah about how I obvioulsy have dry skin (I've never had dry skin in my life - nor has anyone in my family). The cream the doc gave me just made it itch WAY worse. Anyway, I am seeing my normal doc this month, but I wanted to beg your wisdom...

Do you think what I have could be DH?

(Yes, I know you're not a doctor, which means that your opinion means 100x more to me)... :D

On second thought - now that I've scrolled down past the first picture under "arms" - it looked exactly like the bottom two. That is, before I went gluten-free & it began to go away... :ph34r:

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