Allo-london

I had same story. Cutting out dairy and gluten solved it. After a few years it came back. Not 100% sure yet but people should know that, at least in some people CORN can trigger DH and may also trigger coeliac type response in people with coeliac. Read the research: https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(09)00673-2/fulltext - Dermatitis herpetiformis...

Hi DH Forum - honestly I was really hoping for more people to answer my question. There must be hundreds of people read this with DH - maybe the greatest congregation of DH patients on the internet, and if so, the world and most likely the universe. Could you possibly please spare 1 minute to answer my original post?

Yeah, it isn't fun. At least you know the cause know and can take steps to avoid. Thanks again for your replies!

Thanks for your reply. Really appreciated! Can I pry and ask before the first major outbreak, did you get the sensations around usual lesion sites (whereever they are for you) or elsewhere. I'm leaning towards I possibly have some DH going on, perhaps it is "mild" in that not the full blown itchy rash, though enough to get these lesions. Probably some peripheral...

Symptoms: through day, random pin prick stinging in my skin. Could be anywhere. Feet, legs, back, occasionally face. Varies in degree of pain. No immediate sign of rash. It can feel "on the surface" of the skin, or "deeper" in the skin. Sometimes v painful, enough to make me jump. It's like being poked with a needle, or having a speck of hot fat from a frying...

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