Diagnosing Dh Rash
I have what may be a DH rash, but I began a gluten-free diet before my doctor recommended having a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. My doctor’s recommendation for a biopsy was based on, in her words, a...
View ArticleDh Please Help
So, I was diagnosed with Celiac disease along with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) at age 9. Over the last 10 years or so I have been gluten-free, but would occasionally have mild break outs due to...
View ArticleTriticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Oil
Hi I have googled and searched through some posts but not really found much info on this topic.... I have found one source that says DH sufferers have damage to their skin which allows gluten from...
View ArticleCould This Be Dh?
I am in my early 60's and just heard from a sister that she was diagnosed with Celiac. I have never had digestive issues with gluten and so was not concerned. I did browse the internet to read about...
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Endoscopy
Just met with my new GI Doc down here in Florida. I was armed (and dangerous) with as much info as could be used to "educate" him, should the need arise. Pleasantly, he was very knowledgeable about...
View ArticleShins?
Hi! I have a super itchy rash on my shin. Is this a normal place for DH flares? I have always gotten rashes, my derm calls it papular eczema (he also said with my history of celiac and seasonal...
View ArticleProgesterone Exasperating Dh?
This may be purely anecdotal, but I'm wondering if there's a connection between progesterone levels and DH flare ups. Back story: For as long as I can remember, I've had a very irregular period. I've...
View ArticleApplying Baking Soda To Dh Risk
I had a moderately itchy dermatitus herpetiformis rash and a couple of people on the forum said applying baking soda with like warm water would help it, so I did, then after a while it turned it turn...
View ArticleQuestions: Skin Biopsy Of Dh
Hi there, I am new to celiac.com so bear with me. Without going through my whole long story (similar to most here). A year and a half later, still having a difficult time with GETTING the skin...
View ArticleThe Book Prickly Pear Mentions On Another Thread
WOW...i know its a few years old...the topic post....but yes this was ALL me... thats why I couldnt figure it at first.....I originally got the big, raised, elongated type OVER AND OVER in the same...
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Hi all - I have been broken out in hives for about four months now. This is after going back on gluten for several months so that I could be tested (didn't want to take any chances!). I tested...
View ArticleDoes This Look Like Dh To You?
Hi, All! I was misdiagnosed with pityriasis rosea (PT) by my dermatologist. Biopsy came back as drug erruptions/arthropod bites/hypersensitivity to external allergen. Not fungal. The punch biopsy was...
View ArticleCould This Be Dh?
This is the 4th time I have had this rash. It begins as a burning, tingling sensation on my right thigh and then on the left thigh. Within minutes, I have hundreds of tiny, pin-head size bumps that...
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Does Dermatitis Herpetiformis Behave Like This?
I get a spotty rash on my torso after eating gluten that is very itchy but slowly disappears after I stop eating gluten. It looks like pictures of DH before it blisters, just like this: I always...
View ArticleMisdiagnosed As Arthropod Reaction?
I have been dealing with a horrendous rash/bug bites for the past six months. First biopsy (on lesion) that was taken of the lesion suggested arthropod. Put on prednisone for 4 weeks and gave me...
View ArticleNeed Dh Help
I am 49 female and I think I am about to lose my mind. Have had GI symptoms for several months, nausea and stomach pain after eating and constant diarrhea for no good reason. Recently dx with type 2...
View ArticleItch Relief
Hello everyone! I've been a reader and watcher of this forum for about 4 years now. I first got a terrible rash back in 2011 at age 57 and after researching what on earth this awful itchy rash could...
View ArticleDiagnosed With Gluten Rash By 3 Doctors Without Biopsy But Bloodwork,...
Hello, I am 55 female diagnosed with lichen sclerosus which is also on my legs and mid section. Since that diagnosis I have also been diagnosed by my doctor and her physician's assistant as having...
View ArticleNew Diagnosis
Over the last year or so I have been breaking out it a rash from &%#@. I finally find out it is from a gluten allergy and have been told I need to avoid all gluten. It feels SO overwhelming....
View ArticleNew And Saying "hi"
I wasn't going to post until after I have a diagnosis, but I've been reading the forums now for days and feel the need to say "hi." Short story, I've had eczema my entire life (I'm over 50 now) and...
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