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After getting down to 8mg started having skin rashes on my arm and stomach. After raising dose up to 10mg things got better after three weeks. Are rashes normal with pmr and prednisone reduction.
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Michdonn Woodrow
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Woodrow, rashes can be a side effect of Pred with reduction. Sorry, but you are getting down there. Wish I was that low. Think positive. 🙂
Woodrow Michdonn
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Silver49 Woodrow
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I don't know if it's normal but I had rashes as I reduced. I'm now on 2mgs and no rash now. I can sympathise as they can be itchy. I tried not to scratch as it made them worse. I didn't up my dose and they did subside.
Woodrow Silver49
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Silver49 Woodrow
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Yes. It is difficult not to scratch. I tried to think of something else and concentrate on that but not easy. I found that, inevitably, it became itchier the more I scratched. Heat doesn't help either. I hope it eases.
Michdonn Woodrow
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Woodrow, I have not had this rash yet, but in the past one thing I have used on a rash is Aloe Vera Get.
Aloe Vera Gel.
An ancient curative remedy for the skin, aloe vera can be used directly on the infected area. You can buy a high-quality organic version at most health-food stores, or even better, buy a plant and use the gel from inner flesh of the leaves.
Hope it helps, try to smile and think positive. 🙂
amkoffee Michdonn
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I can't speak for the Aloe Vera gel that you buy but whatever you do do not use the sap inside the leaves of an Aloe Vera plant. I had to watch the emergency room use basically a Brillo pad on my husband's forearms to scrub of the dead flesh and infection because he burned himself with a pot of coffee and his mom insisted on putting aloe vera sap on his arms for the burn. Consequently it got infected and it was horrible and painful for the poor man. And of course the nurse and the doctor said never to do that again.
Michdonn amkoffee
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God amkoffe I been doing that for years, everytime I burn myself on a wood stove I would cut a section and put that sap on to relive the pain. I guess I been lucky and not do that again. Thanks, 🙂
EileenH Michdonn
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It will depend on how bad the burn is - if it is just sore and red with no broken skin it won't do any damage. But you should never put anything like that on broken skin. Damage that goes below the top layer needs medical advice. Even the Mayo clinic suggests aloe vera for minor burns!
First degree burns (only affecting the top layer) need just something cool on the area until the burning fades - cool (not cold) tap water is fine.
Michdonn EileenH
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Thanks EileenH, so I am safe as long as no broken skin, I been doing it for years, but always not on broken skin.
Smiling 🙂
amkoffee Woodrow
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Woodrow amkoffee
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EileenH Woodrow
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Not really - some people get rashes at high doses of pred but if you didn't have them it is unusual for it to happen later.
However - I developed a wheat allergy at the same sort of time as PMR, probably the same autoimmune process caused both. At higher doses of pred I could eat wheat with no problem - but the rash and itch came back at low doses. So I agree with amkoffee's comment.
Woodrow EileenH
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carol_ann35477 Woodrow
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