Burning, Sweating, I Need to Know What This Is! Please Help! Posted: 01-24-05 22:08pm
For the past five months or so I have been
suffering on and off with a skin problem.
I'm 22 years old, and i've never had a
problem before, and I am very confused.
What started off as what I thought was
pityriasis rosea never really ended ended.
I started off with hives all over my body
that started to burn. During the hives I
also broke out on my back. I noticed the
texture of my skin to be changing. I went
to the doctors and was prescribed drug
after drug. The hives left, but the
burning, sweating, and terrible pimples,
bumps, and discoloration on my back has
not gone away.
Every time I get stressed I feel my body
heat up. It's like my blood is boiling
itself. Sometimes it can last up to 6
hours long! Its like I have a horrible
sunburn, and I never go out to the sun.
In fact i've always taken such good care
of my skin. I did have acne somewhat on
my back when I was a teenager, but never,
never, did it burn like this. I've been
to dermatologists, and doctors.
The derms seem to this its foliclotis, but
all they've prescribed me has not made it
go away. I just want to stop burning. I
am scared to death of the summer, because
last summer my body hated the heat. It's
spared my face for the most part, but I
feel terrible. I even wash my face in
spring water now and i've become
obsessive. I just want it to stop
interfering with my life! It's like I
never know when its going to stir up
anymore, and its making me miserable! Has
anyone gone through this? It's like i'm
going through menopause!!!! Please help
me. :(
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kandimatt
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jan 2005 Posts: 2 Location: Florida
Sweating At Night And Red Hive Skin Bumps On Abdominal Sides Posted: 01-24-05 22:50pm
:( I feel your pain
i am not going through menopause, but I
had a baby 5 weeks ago and have been
having the common night sweats. I first
thought the profusive sweats have in turn
given me a bad rash on both sides of my
stomach, but now i'm wondering if I have
something else. I looked up fifth's
disease and also pupps, but am not sure.
I also took my son in to the pediatrician
and she looked at my symptoms and said she
simply thought it was inflammed hair
folicles. The rash has spread a little,
but today the hydrocortisone cream and
neosporin have seemed to help a little.
The hair follicle thing could be what I
was told I had, foliculitis. I don't
think I really have menopause either, i'm
only 22... But god, this burning feels
that way. :( I have no idea what it is.
I've tried that cream as well, but
everytime it seemed to improve, it came
right back for me. I've look at dozen's
of skin conditions online, and all it does
is drive me crazy. I have another doctor
appointment on thursday. Sigh... I wish
I could give you advice, but I have no
idea what my problem is, and until or if I
ever find out, I can't help anyone. :(
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numba1eyceygurl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Aug 2005 Posts: 42 Location: New Orleans, La
I Totally Understand!! Posted: 08-27-05 20:12pm
I'm only 18 and I have pityriasis rosea.
Just like everybody else I thought I had
bed lice or an allergic reaction to the
soap or perfume I was wearing. At first I
thought nothing of it until they began to
spread from my stomach to my back and also
to my arms and my inner thigh. This
scared me because I had no idea what this
could be. I set an appointment and the
doctor told me that this skin disorder was
quite popular and that a few people had
been making appointments about this same
rash. She prescribed some hydrocortisone
and histex i/e for the itching. But what
she failed to tell me was to not scratch
it. I always thought one didn't have to
scratch a virus for it to spread, I
thought it would do that on it's own.
Well... It did spread and the only places
the rash isn't present is my toes,my
hands, my face and my hair. Everywhere
else, i'm covered with these bumps from
hell that will last up to, but may be
longer than 6-10 weeks. This sucks!!!
