Do Ya’ll Have These Symptoms Like This? After Over A Year Fighting “chronic Skin Infections” That Would Not Heal, Dermatologist Thinks PN
These originate one of three ways
1. Sun exposure causes a patch of hives. These patches usually clear up pretty quickly, but sometimes the hives go away, but intense sun reactive itching continues. If I get very slightly raised, pale spots at the site, I bandage it as ulcers are about to open up and I don’t want to be scratching at raw skin
2. Instead of hives in the sunlight, I get a patch that physically looks sunburned. It will peel like a bad sunburn, but deeper ulcers are under the… read more
I use hydrocolloidal bandages with steroidal cream right now to treat. It’s the only thing that helps.
That “yellow” definitely isn’t pus, I think it’s hard slough, the skin over these spots just dies. That yellow stuff is a fairly hard material that has to be dug out before the wound will start to heal at all. It’s like the epidermis lifts from the dermis and then dies. And then excess inflammation lays down a layer of something that doesn’t bleed. 🤷🏻♀️ These appear without scratching since I bandage when I first get the welts/hives. Then the skin takes FOREVER to heal when it ulcers. I had to go to a wound specialist who told me these were NOT infected and I needed to see a dermatologist. And finally getting in to a dermatologist brought me here.
I hope it’s PD as that is difficult, but at least treatable. But after researching, some things don’t match. And I’m fighting to get a medication covered, and just crossing my fingers something works.
Until we discovered the steroid cream, I had these large patches on all 4 limbs and the back of my neck. I was a walking bandage. Right now 🤞🏼I only have smaller ulcers, in various stages of healing, on one leg and one arm.
Most of my symptoms sound like PD, but these don’t look like the PD ulcers I’ve been seeing. So I’m just 🤷🏻♀️ hoping maybe others present this way.
I bandage before an ulcer forms, but it still forms, without scratching. (I have bandages covering it, so I literally CANNOT scratch at them.
It sounds like you're experiencing a range of symptoms that could be related to prurigo nodularis (PN). Here are some key points from my knowledge base that might be relevant:
- Sun Exposure and Itching: PN can be exacerbated by heat and sweat, which might explain the intense itching after sun exposure
- Ulcers and Skin Show Full Answer
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