Contact Dermatitis

[dalthauser]

I have it, and it's not fun.....

I'll save you all the details and just hit the highlights:

1.)  Rash w/ blisters appears on my right arm - "spreads" within a three day period to my left arm - then to my ribcage and forehead - then finally my eyelids.  Itching...... oh my the itching.

2.)  Insect bites?  Allergic reaction?  Disease?

2.)  Research the rash via internet and become convinced I have either Leprosy or Shingles.

3.) Make Dermatologist appointment (not my regular doc since he couldn't see me for a whole week, and I was sure I'd be sent to Molokaii before then)

4.) Doc says I'll live - I have Contact Dermatitis probably from something "you got into"....  She gave me a script for Prednisone and sent me on my way.

Fun stuff.  :-/

Marcel was very supportive in the subject line of his recent email:  "Think positive please...."  :-)  He was very happy when I called and reported that the doc said I would live.

That's all for now.....carry on.... :-)

Comments

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sound awful. Now I guess you have to work out what triggered it. Some plant in the garden? But eyelids? Oh, my!

[eats-veggies.livejournal.com]

She thought it might have been something sappy - and it stuck to my hands - then I touched myself in various places (forehead, eyes, arms, etc.) and it transferred. I asked why my hands didn't get affected - she said possibly because the skin is thicker there (all the places that broke out were soft skin places)