20 years with Erythema Annulare Centrigugmum

Hi Dees, I realise you posted this over a year ago, but I thought you might want to know you are not the only one with this weird, uncommon condition.  I've had it since I was approximately 15-years-old, I'm now 33 and it's gotten worse over the years.  It started with a slow-growing ring on one of my inner thighs, around about the time I worked on a cattle farm.  At first the doctor thought it was ringworm, but referred me to a dermatologist when it became clear the ringworm treatment wasn't working.  The dermatologist was interested enough to take a photo for her own records, diagnosed EAC, but did not know the cause.  She felt it was possibly an autoimmune thing, but I was in otherwise excellent health.  IIRC she prescribed a steroid cream which required multiple, sustained applications to clear the rash.  The longest I recall being clear of it is about two or three months. As the years have progressed, the rash has consistenly remained in my inner thigh/crotch areas on both legs, flaring up every few weeks or so.  I now get multiple rings (10+ per leg) which sometimes join up, and they seem to develop quicker than previously.  As it has remained hidden in my upper thigh area and never really bothered me (other than the occasional itch), I haven't always used the cream, and the rings fade by themselves over a few weeks or so.  I saw another skin specialist about 5 years ago, he could not offer a cause or cure either, but did prescribe Clobaderm cream which I find stops the EAC rings in their tracks after only one, sometimes two applications. It takes a few days for them to clear up and the cream temporarily bleaches the skin, but other than that it does the job until the next outbreak.  However, in recent years I've noticed it appear on my stomach, inner upper arms and possibly face. I am concerned that the condition is getting worse, and feel there must be an underlying cause, but my GPs have never been able to find anything.  These days I suffer from tiredness a lot and seem to come down with every general illness going very easily.  I also put weight on very easily and find it hard to shift.  Whether any of this is related or just lifestyle (work full-time, young kids, lack of exercise, alcohol etc), I have no idea, but my gut feeling is there must be something.  I visited a GP today with a view to getting a referral to something like an immunologist, but unfortunately he was very unsympathetic and basically told me to go away and keep using my cream!  However I am still going to push the autoimmune thing and try to get a referral.  I understand the field is still quite new and some GPs may not be aware of their potential use.  It would be interesting to hear from others with the condition.

Look into Terbinafine. It cleared up my grandson's terrible case.