pityrasis lichenoides
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Hi my son has only jst been diagnosed in the last 3 wks after 8 months of being missdiagnosed by every doctor you could hope to meet. He was 4 and a half when the rash started and at first I was told he had chicken pox and then a viral infection ,it then jumped to oh he has meningitis and all hell broke lose!! I am waiting now to go back to see the consultant to find out more about it and what treatment my son will be offered. All in all for 8 months my son has been through hell with different blood tests biopsy`s creams, lotions and potions some of which made is skin worse. I now can see a way forward and I now have an answer for all the nasty people who singled out my son at nursery ,told their kids not to play with my boy, who complained to the education that my son should not be allowed in nursery to play with normal children and to those people who have spread nasty rummors. You should all be ashamed. Sorry to all who read this but Ijust had to share.
Thanx for reading. xx :twisted: :roll:
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I also had the looks like your son has chicken pox or some other dirty disease. But it is back and he is now nine. Doesn't bother him but really bothers me, i do nor like to see otherwise beautiful innocent skin erupting in these things. soz but i do hate it tell me is there a cure.
please help
sue
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Now I find that when any area of my skin becomes damaged or inflamed the pityriasis takes hold and a breakout of red scaly skin moves into position.
This happens from a simple scratching of the skin surface from an itch.
On a couple of occasions the patch on my leg has become infected and I have been hospitalised due to the infection tracking up my leg and into the glands in my thigh. This caused my kidneys to become swollen and they almost shut down.
I am now fed up of the horrendous patches all over my body. I cannot wear shorts as the horrendous patches cause me anxiety and nervousness.
On my arms, the patches are small but common. They are almost in identical spots on each arm. When they become irritated they itch and when I can't help myself I itch them. They then look like scabies. This is highly embarrassing.
I work often in hot countries. When not in work and colleagues ask me to play sports I am unable to wear shorts and am often asked why. I just make up excuses.
When I was on holiday last summer I wouldn't go out to the pool because of my skin. I couldn't play with my nieces and nephews. My girlfriend was unhappy that I wouldn't go out to the pool.
My life has become obsessed with trying different remedies and finding out what helps reduce the amount of patches.
I find this condition to be very limiting, upsetting, depressing, and embarrassing.
I am yet to find a cream that really reduces the inflammation of the pityriasis lichenoides and will welcome remedie that people found worked. I am going to get back onto the dermatologist in the next week to see if they can prescribe me with something that will assist more with the patches than they gave me before. Apologise for the long story. This is really getting to me. I am a 26yr old male.