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WATCHING THE SNOW

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margaret22251
margaret22251

Well i have been up since 6 with the dreaded urticaria, had a really nice sleep though.

Iam looking out of my window into the back garden and it is snowing, all the birds are frantically feeding the dafs are all smiling ohhhhh a robin has appeard on the plant pot, sorry ladies i know this forum is not for this kind of chatting, but it looks so lovely.

I am drinking my lemon and honey drink, and today i am meeting my friend and we are going into Leeds, coffe and cake maybe?

If anybody as any thoughts if the urticaria is caused by pred i would like to hear.

Regards Margaret

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  • MrsO-UK_Surrey
    MrsO-UK_Surrey margaret22251

    Posted

    Margaret, not sure whether you are taking the steroid tablets with the entric coating or  whether we've suggested this already, but a few patients have found that they can be allergic to the coating.  When they have rinsed it off, their skin has returned to normal.  If you aren't taking the tablets with the enteric coating, then try showering without soapy products, instead using Doublebase Cream (available on prescription and over-the-counter).

    Enjoy that coffee morning with your friend - just what the doctor ordered!

    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 MrsO-UK_Surrey

      Posted

      Thank you Mrs O i was taking both, untill Eileen told me it was not right,and the other doctor agreed it was wrong, so now on 2 5mg white preds, iwonder now you have mentioned it , if that has caused it as i was ok in the begining.
  • carol16456
    carol16456 margaret22251

    Posted

    Hi Margeret ,I appear to have the hot flushes more since they started about 12 years ago .Have put that down to pred . Thought I would be free of them by now , But I seem to get a rash up from my ches my neck and over my face for a few hours . Am in suffolk for a few days , but had stroll yesterday 2 to 3 hours cannot loose the feeling of flue though .Saw marsh harriers and a peregrine falcon which lifts the spirit .Lot of pain in neck shoulder today ,so resting .Have ostioatheritus quite bad in neck and shoulder so ha ho don't know which is causing that . We are off out tonight with our friends to celebrate theirs and our 40 th wedding anniversaries this year ,so hopefully easy day .
    • margaret22251
      margaret22251 carol16456

      Posted

      oh carole sorry to hear you not well, and when you are on holiday too.

      I think this rash and urticaria seems to be the norm, as a few people h and hace  come with feedback.

      Oh how lovely to see marsh harriers and peregrine falcon lucky you, we go to Fairburn Inngs a wild life reserve and see lots of different birds, at the moment kingfishers are the ones everybody wants to see

      Hope you have a good day and gongratulations on your anniversary i have been married 46 years in august. 

  • EileenH
    EileenH margaret22251

    Posted

    I have urticaria and it definitely isn't enteric coating on pred! In my case it is likely to be wheat as it happens a week or so after eating it (it has to be something REALLY good by the way). 

    In most cases they never find why the patient has it so they treat it symptomatically - and pred is actually one of the treatments. If it is the chronic sort - i.e. it lasts more than a few weeks - it is thought to be an autoimmune cause, just like PMR. Use antihistamines to reduce the itching - but also ask your doctor as they may need to consider ruling out other causes.

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