SJenkins114
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Help with diagnosis
SJenkins114 replied to SJenkins114's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I’m baaaack. Lol. So I have another rash question? Has anyone seen their rash IMPROVE with scratching? I have gotten in the habit of scratching all of my itchy spots twice a day with a hair brush (the hairbrush is like one that you’d use to brush a horse haha) and then putting coconut oil on it and I dare say it is helping. It’s drying out and l... -
Help with diagnosis
SJenkins114 replied to SJenkins114's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Wow! I’m so glad I decided to post about this. I will definitely be putting gauze and bandaids on lesions so I don’t scratch them when it is biopsy time. Thank you for the tip! Thank you for looking st the pictures! It’s tough to photograph lol. If it reappears, I will try to get better pictures but I definitely get what you’re saying about how the... -
Help with diagnosis
SJenkins114 replied to SJenkins114's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you so much for the info!! I figured that I was going to run into problems taking the steroids but with my original PCP, she was referring me to a dermatologist but I couldn’t get an appointment until 8/1. So she gave me steroids. Then I found a new PCP who said she could do the biospy herself, but I had started the steroids Does anyone have a... -
Help with diagnosis
SJenkins114 replied to SJenkins114's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Ya haha that’s what I thought too. Does anyone know if using triamacinolone topically would mess up the blood results? I hadn’t started the prednisone orally when I had the blood work done. This mess with the blood work is what made me find a new PCP. She was going to try to track down the results and said she could do a skin biopsy if the rash returned. So... -
Hi everyone, I have been checking out the forum after developing a rash about 2.5 months ago. I have learned a lot, but I am trying to figure out what’s wrong with me and I have some questions. My rash consists mainly of clumps of blisters that I thought were acne at first ... but they itch like hell. I have gotten clumps on my elbows, my hips a...