reply to post by Anonymous ATS
Go see a doctor to see if it is the same thing. I cannot really tell even if you showed me pics. If this is what it is it can take several weeks or
even many months before it will clear up.
Seriously though go see a doctor to find out if that really is it. Explain what you believe it is print out some pics and information to assist in
your explanation and ask the doctor what to do. I would guess that they can give you better advice than I ever could.
All I can say is that warm showers and getting hot and sweating makes it itch even more. I personally did not do the tanning thing since I did not
know about it I just suffered through it until it went away.
Raist
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I had this when I was about 20 yrs old. First time I ever heard of it. I took atarax rarely for itching and ultra violet light treatments at the
dermatologist.
My sister in pennsylvania had it acouple years after though she was close to 30.
My brother in Chicago said that he had had this when he was in his 20's. And Now my 16 year old daughter has it.
Must be a genetic predispostition.
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I think i got the same thing i looked at pictures and the description fits but i have had it for like a year on my chest. Havent even seen a doctor
about it yet maybe i should. seems like it might be different cause its getting worse not better just keeps spreading and its been a year or more
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This skin condition has been with me for almost two years now. Whenever a new little spot appears I touch a tiny bit of clobetasol propionate ointment
onto it. The spots clear up after one or two days treatment, but like I said this has been with me for some time. I constantly have ten or so of these
things. They are definitely more prominent after a warm shower. I'm intrigued by one author's suggestion of rubbing Selsun Blue over the spots five
minutes before showering.
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I had this last Fall and it pretty much cleared up in about 6-7 months. Strangely enough, I had shingles this Fall, then one PR patch on my chest
after the shingles cleared. Now, my 13yo dd has PR, just about one month after my shingles. Hmmmm....
I never went to the dr. for PR, and I'm not taking my dd either. We both have had very textbook cases and there's nothing the doc can do. My
feeling is that PR is not rare, but most people just don't go to the dr. for these types of things, so it's just not documented.
37 in Va.
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I have Pityriasis Rosea, I've had the Herald patch since 05/01 (thats 01/05 to any Yanks  ) and the major rash started on the 10/01. It was
misdiagnosed as both Impetigo (06/01) and then four days later as Ring Worm and then as Pityriasis Rosea on the 15/01.
I did some reserch on the web and discovered that washing with head and shoulders shampoo works with some people and have started using this
treatment. It appears to have caused some of the sores to crust up, flake and turn from a brown to a pink colour, I don't know if this is a sign of
it healing, but am hopeful. Selsun and Head and Shoulders both contain zinc pyrithione which is supposed to be the active agent in curing it. I will
start doing as one poster mentioned and instead of using it as a bubble bath/body wash I shall put it onto my skin before bathing and shower off with
cool water......bye bye steaming hot baths!
www.msdiagnosed.net...
I will also start eating a alkaline diet, I've read that an acidic diet makes your body a wonderful for alsorts of bugs to grow.... and beacuse the
diet is loaded with fruit and veg is worth a try just to makes sure your getting all your vitamins.
ehealthforum.com...
I'm going to try tanning next week if I can stand the thought of bearing my scabby body to the world D:
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My experience was horendous! At first I thought it was ringworm from my new kickboxing class, and then I thought it was scabies as the vet diagnoised
my cat with ear mites.
So for about a week I thought I had mites all over my whole body, and then I went to the emergency room, and was diagonised with pityrisais rosea.
I was relieved that it wasn't scabies. ANYTHING but scabies was cool with me. I am still recovering from the rash. It gets slowly better but itches a
lot so I ocassionally take benadryl.
I understand what you are all going through. (I noticed after hot showers it got worse, but after tanning it seemed to cease somewhat). The bible does
say in the end days, we would be plagued with many new diseases.....
................... Hollywood, CA
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