This is staggering, and so is ur resolve. I know how crucial it is to persevere, especially when u r an intelligent person, and while u know ur body best, like I did in my crucifying menopause. Besides, I know how abhorrent it is to hear a careless doctor's comment scoffing at ur opinion. Glad u made it here after that odyssey!
From a medical view point, though, I being a physician, I have few comments. First, the fact that it was a contact chemical allergy causing ur symotoms, I am surprised it was resistant to local, and even systemic steroids, and my question here is we didn't know exactly whether u fully avoided it and recovered or was it anything else. My second point is, ANA is a very significant indication of possible autoimmunity when the background symptoms are suggestive, and other immune studies should be done, but ur symptoms should have responded to steroids. Third, did the doctor do a progesterone injection to test for APD? Finally here, I could suggest for such recalcitrant lesions, that any steroid drug or antihistamine cream be withdrawn for an adequate period, of perhaps two weeks, while u could use oral antihistamines or local soothing agents-but no steroids, and a biopsy be taken for a definitive diagnosis,
Best of luck, and I would personally be interested in knowing your future evolution-
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This is staggering, and so is ur resolve. I know how crucial it is to persevere, especially when u r an intelligent person, and while u know ur body best, like I did in my crucifying menopause. Besides, I know how abhorrent it is to hear a careless doctor's comment scoffing at ur opinion. Glad u made it here after that odyssey!
May 28, 2016 - 5:59amFrom a medical view point, though, I being a physician, I have few comments. First, the fact that it was a contact chemical allergy causing ur symotoms, I am surprised it was resistant to local, and even systemic steroids, and my question here is we didn't know exactly whether u fully avoided it and recovered or was it anything else. My second point is, ANA is a very significant indication of possible autoimmunity when the background symptoms are suggestive, and other immune studies should be done, but ur symptoms should have responded to steroids. Third, did the doctor do a progesterone injection to test for APD? Finally here, I could suggest for such recalcitrant lesions, that any steroid drug or antihistamine cream be withdrawn for an adequate period, of perhaps two weeks, while u could use oral antihistamines or local soothing agents-but no steroids, and a biopsy be taken for a definitive diagnosis,
Best of luck, and I would personally be interested in knowing your future evolution-
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