Does everyone get flares?
I posted before on a different subject but now that I have been doing more reading, I am just wondering if what I experienced a few months ago could all be related..
Around January, I developed this CRAZY rash, like I have never had before. I have had eczema throughout my life but this was NOT the same. It was all over my neck, (front, sides and back of neck), and down my chest. I made sure to wear high collered shirts because I was so embarassed. My husband was always like what IS that? thats so gross!
It was so insanely itchy. I scratched and scratched until I really thought I was going to go nuts. I scratched in my sleep, it woke me up. I woke up with nail marks all down my chest, I woke up with blood all over my shirt. And as it was going away, there were a few blisters that never really broke but never went away. They looked like large bug bites that were scabbed over. Those took a few months to go away.
And then it just all went away. lasted a few months and then...nothing. Vanished without a trace.
During the outbreak, I tried hydrocortisone, calomine lotion, I tried my daughters very expensive Protopic that she uses for her eczema. I tried taking benedryl. nothing was making it stop itching and nothing was making it go away. We switched shampoos, soap and detergents all to sensitive skin/no dye/no perfume. NOTHING was helping.
It just went away on its own. My hands and fingers and elbows are constantly itchy and because I scratch them so much, they are red and blistery, but its not the usual eczema and its not the same as what happened a few months ago.
I have no idea if what happened could have been DH or some other skin condition.
I guess what I am wondering is if DH is consistent, or is it known to appear and disappear randomly, so I can rule it out?
All of my other symptoms that I feel are gluten related appeared suddenly as well, all within the last year.
I posted before on a different subject but now that I have been doing more reading, I am just wondering if what I experienced a few months ago could all be related..
Around January, I developed this CRAZY rash, like I have never had before. I have had eczema throughout my life but this was NOT the same. It was all over my neck, (front, sides and back of neck), and down my chest. I made sure to wear high collered shirts because I was so embarassed. My husband was always like what IS that? thats so gross!
It was so insanely itchy. I scratched and scratched until I really thought I was going to go nuts. I scratched in my sleep, it woke me up. I woke up with nail marks all down my chest, I woke up with blood all over my shirt. And as it was going away, there were a few blisters that never really broke but never went away. They looked like large bug bites that were scabbed over. Those took a few months to go away.
And then it just all went away. lasted a few months and then...nothing. Vanished without a trace.
During the outbreak, I tried hydrocortisone, calomine lotion, I tried my daughters very expensive Protopic that she uses for her eczema. I tried taking benedryl. nothing was making it stop itching and nothing was making it go away. We switched shampoos, soap and detergents all to sensitive skin/no dye/no perfume. NOTHING was helping.
It just went away on its own. My hands and fingers and elbows are constantly itchy and because I scratch them so much, they are red and blistery, but its not the usual eczema and its not the same as what happened a few months ago.
I have no idea if what happened could have been DH or some other skin condition.
I guess what I am wondering is if DH is consistent, or is it known to appear and disappear randomly, so I can rule it out?
All of my other symptoms that I feel are gluten related appeared suddenly as well, all within the last year.