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03-18-2011, 07:30 PM | #1 |
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| Seasonal Contact Dermatitis (pic warning) If anyone has any good remedies for the itch, I'd love to hear it. My doctor says it's allergy related, and I get this seasonally. He did offer a perscription medication for the itch, but it knocks me out so I opted not fill it this eyar. I have no idea what brings this on every spring. I find it hard to believe it is something I touched because it is never on my hands at all. It lasts about 2 weeks. What is the best anti-itch medication/remedy? I've recently had a ton of other blood work and immune system tests done and doc says it all looks great.
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03-18-2011, 07:32 PM | #2 |
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| Sorry, I was going to post a picture of my seasonal visitor.
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03-18-2011, 07:43 PM | #3 |
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03-18-2011, 08:18 PM | #4 |
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| ugh!!! i know how you feel! I usually get it on my face, neck and arms, its horrible, and usually i get mine in the summer its also extremely embarrassing when people ask what it is.. the doctor usually prescribes Betamethasone Dipropionate Cream, USP 0.05% (Augmented)* it really does help!! and keeping that area dry and clean!! hope you feel better soon
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03-18-2011, 09:29 PM | #5 |
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| Ask your Dr. to give you an RX for Clobetasol Propionate cream. It's in a small tube, white and non greasy. It's fantastic for itchy breaking out for allergy's.
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03-18-2011, 09:59 PM | #6 |
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| Does it happen after mowing? I get something similar on my neck after mowng the grass. I guess it is from the mower kicking up grass/pollen/etc.... I finally decided as hot as it is, better to wrap a scarf around my neck to mow. Doesn't seem to bother me anywhere else -- just the neck. Odd....I know. BTW -- I just mowed the other day for the first time and did not use a scarf and got no rash. I think it is usually midsummer when it happens. Not sure if it is heat related or if there is something in particular in "bloom" during those months. Have you gotten allergy tests? The patch tests? I did them and I was allergic to pine & cedar. We are surrounded by pine trees! Rosacea is another possibility. I have a neighbor that has that. She has to cover up as much as possible when outside. She wears lots of wide brim hats. If she is without a hat in the sun for more than just a few minutes, she really breaks out. Hers is mostly on the cheeks, each side of her nose. Not sure if that is always how it presents or not. But the rash itself, looks a lot like yours.
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03-19-2011, 02:55 AM | #7 | ||
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It only happens once, then it is done until next year, and I have no other problems, so I have not done any allergy tests. When I was younger it would show up on the underside of my forearms, but has now moved to my neck/chin area. I don't think it is grass related, just mowed today for the first time this season today, and nothing blooming yet, but trees are starting to bud. I think it is either a sun allergy or a tree allergy. We're still having cool weather, but the day I broke out it was warm and I was outside checking my garden but I didn't touch anything. I was still in a long sleeve shirt so my face/neck was the only thing not covered. It has to be something in the air this time of year or the sun since I have been inside all winter long.
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03-19-2011, 04:12 AM | #8 |
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| I have had some attacks like that.. not every year thank goodness!! In my case it is a flowering tree in our area, it has a flower that my girls used to pick and give to me one day they gave to me in the car and I guess the contact and confined area intensified the attack. The only thing I can add to the advice already given is take heart burn medication.. the anti histamines can cause horrible heart burn. Hope you feel better fast!! Shinja
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03-19-2011, 07:30 PM | #9 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Gosh, that looks miserable. One thing to try is getting the pollen emails from www.pollen.com for your zip code....you might be able to find out which pollens (for those 2 weeks) are high in your area. Have you tried topical benadryl, hydrocortisone cream, or anti-histamines?
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03-20-2011, 09:16 AM | #10 | |
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Thanks! That sounds like a good site to check out and do some research. I have been trying to think what it could be. Since my doctor said I had to touch something, and I don't have it on my hands and arms, I am thinking my dogs rubbed up against something, because I am always picking them up an kissing on them around my neck. I do have a perenniel garden so I am going to check out what's out there a little closer. I did pick up exactly that, benedryl topical spray and hydrocortisone cream and some OTC allegra. It has taken the edge off. My skin feels like what I would assume elephant skin feels like. LOL.
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