Hi - this is my first post on the site!
I have not been confirmed to have celiac disease yet, however I'm currently waiting for a blood test to come back (along with testing for wheat allergy etc.) to let me know what's wrong.
For the past 2 and half months I've had one of the worst rash's imaginable - it started out with some tiny little spots on my neck, which lasted for about 2 weeks which eventually broke out into severe painful blistering - I visited hospital and was diagnosed with impetigo (I have attached photographs). The antibiotics didn't touch me at all and I was sent for skin cultures, covering fungal, bacterial etc. - it was all negative. The rash just got itchy and felt like a burn as if someone had thrown boiling hot water all over my neck, it was oozing and flaking, and the tiny spots were spreading down my back as well. I was on three weeks of antibiotics, for impetigo, fungal infection and some other bacteria infection which apparently it was.
I'll stop waffling as the pictures explain themselves. I eventually got sick of living with this - it was affecting my life. My doctor told me I had an allergy, but kept blaming the fact I dye my hair (it's not that, I've had skin tests and this appeared a month after last dying it) - so I took it into my own hands and concluded I could have a food allergy (I was diagnosed with IBS 5 years ago, also have issues with my kidneys which are unresolved). I've been gluten-free for 2 weeks and I have FINALLY seen a difference in my rash, after it getting worse and worse for 2 months straight.
However, I am concerned as my rash doesn't look anything like I saw online in it's later stages. I will post below.... WARNING, these pictures are a pretty severe rash. Do I have DH? Or is this a rash associated with just wheat allergy perhaps? (I'm seriously clueless and would be grateful if someone could clue me in as I get nothing from my GP).
First starting out like this, spreading round the back with small pimples too:
Pimples start turning into blisters after about 2 weeks:
This photo was taken at it's worst stage, about 3 weeks ago, persisted at this severity until going gluten-free:
Photo taken a couple of days ago after 2 weeks on gluten-free diet:
