Does anyone have a clue as to what I have?
I'm a 34 yo female. At first I went to see the dermatologist for sores that wouldn't heal and began blistering and for outbreaks of red bumps all over my body, which wasn't severe so she sent me home with a recommendation for Domeboro and a Rx for Clobetasol Proprionate cream and told me to come back in two weeks. I also had an allergic reaction to neosporin antibiotic ointment that I applied on the sores thinking they were infected with bacteria. I told the dermatologist the bumps were spreading, but the office was very busy. The only reason I was able to get squeezed in was because I told the receptionist it might be contagious. She focused only on the sores that weren't healing and ignored the spreading bumps issue. Within 3 days, the bumps spread throughout my entire body from head to toe and I developed other symptoms. Some of the red bumps had pustules, some developed vesicles or blisters, and now they are starting to ooze with yellowish discharge that dry up into crusts. My scalp is also very bumpy and crusty. Itching is intense and they now feel like open sores after 2 or 3 weeks from the initial outbreak. I also have some bruising in some areas of my body--like on the lower left side of my abdomen. I've been scratching all day and all night and it's driving me crazy! I can't take it anymore.
Someone posted that their sister was diagnosed with epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) and was given Prednisone injection, which made the itching and bumps go away. I called the dermatologist office and told the receptionist about the outbreak and got an appt two days later (tomorrow). I'm hoping for the Prednisone shot.
In another post, some women tied their similar symptoms to Mirena IUD, which I am now using. They claim they never had allergies until they had Mirena implanted. I had it removed today as a safety precaution, even though the nurse practioner said it had nothing to do with my allergies. I've never had allergies in my life, so I couldn't help correlating it with Mirena as a possible cause.
As a sidenote, I have this extremist vegan friend who is trying to convince me and everyone else that dairy, Splenda, and meat products are causing these weird symptoms. I'm starting to think she's not so nuts afterall.