different skin problem

[pierre29177]

hi ,
i'mdon't really speak english so be indulgent.
i ve a problem but i'm not sure it's only related to dermatology.
two years ago , i moved with a friend in a new appartment.we had a lot of work to make in that appartment . floor, wall, etc... two weeks after we moved my friend and me became sick . it started like a really bad cold but it never ended.we lost 10 % of our weight .both of us. We had a lot of problem to get tout of the bed.i couldn't even go outside because my face turned white and i started to see spot in my eyes. it became a beit bette a month later. the blood test we made only show iron deficiency, nothing else. than and it's my acutally problem, we both started to have red hot ears, skin problem (dry skin), dry eyes, and i (not my friend) started to have the end of my fingers extremely sensitive to the cold plus i started to developped redness in my face.only the right side wich is the side of mey red hot ear. Acutally when i look in a mirror it's more earlobe that become red.
we moved from the appartment after six month, but we still have those symptoms. we are aslo really really tired.
could you help us.
thanks

[pierre29177]

i m going to do like you said. thanks a lot

[whatsup69]

I would find another doctor who is willing to figure out what's going on instead of saying "I've never seen this before" and doing nothing for you.

Here is a snip-it I found on-line:
"You should first consult a family or general health care provider who will decide whether you need referral to a specialist. Such specialists might include an allergist who treats patients with mold allergies or an infectious disease physician who treats mold infections."

Again, not sure that is what's going on with you, but an Allergist, an Internal Medicine or Infectious Disease Physician is an idea.

[pierre29177]

hi what's up69,
thanks for the reply. i m gonna find a new doctor because it's actually hard to find someone that believe my ears problem. it's actually quite funny to see on internet  lot of people suffering from that problem. Most of the doctors say it strange to have red ears and always told me .i don't have other patient suffering from that kind of syndrome. So i don't really know what kind of doctors i should see.

[whatsup69]

Asbestos is another thing that you two may have been exposed to there!
  
Have you two seen a doctor since moving out?  Did you mention the construction/repairs you were doing?  I would mention the possible exposure to mold or asbestos and see if they can recommend treatment.  

I hope you both get better, please update me on how you are doing.

[pierre29177]

yeah it wa posible because the apprtment was in a really bad condition.
what we did: the appartment was in a house from the 20's.
1. we took of 60 m2 of carpet and we sand the wood which was below the carpet  and then aply oil and paint on, the floor.
2. we paint all the wall
3. we took off an old linoeum ( 50 m2) and disolve the glue with with a solvent

we didn't check for mold at that time but i guess we were both of us sensitive to a same thing because we had the same symptoms.  
I£ ve to say , and i know it's extreme, that we replace all of furniture and clothes when we moved in our current appartment. But we still have the same symptoms....

[whatsup69]

Is it possible that you were exposed to something (such as mold) during the remodeling/repairing of the apartment?