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M. Shac
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 Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:45 pm Post subject: Gluten free but still have problems with DH |
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| As far as I know, I am gluten free but I still am having problems with Dermatitis herpetiformis. My dermatologist says it is eczema but I think it might be DH. It itches and there are small bumps. I do use some iodized salt but not much. Can you be gluten free and still have DH? I thought eczema was just like having very dry skin. Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. |
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Judy
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My husband has DH problems even though he's gluten free. Sometimes he's fine and other times a few of the blisters crop up - even if he's not had anything different to eat. The iodine in the salt could be a major factor. Can you use the plain salt? It's what I use to keep the iodine out of his diet.
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M. Shac
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: gluten free but still have problems with DH |
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| Judy, Thanks for the helpful suggestion. I will try the non-iodized salt. It is nice to have some helpful replies and suggestions. |
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Professor
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: Re: Gluten free but still have problems with DH |
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| M. Shac wrote: | | As far as I know, I am gluten free but I still am having problems with Dermatitis herpetiformis. My dermatologist says it is eczema but I think it might be DH. It itches and there are small bumps. I do use some iodized salt but not much. Can you be gluten free and still have DH? I thought eczema was just like having very dry skin. Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. |
Well, I posted on this a couple of weeks ago, thinking I was having a DH outbreak, too. I've been GF for how many decades, and was still having the occasional "DH" outbreak (had one three weeks ago, and was right on the tail-end of that one when another started last week). Finally gave up and went to the doctor, and . . . it's eczema!!!!!!!!!! Argh! They gave me an intra-muscular injection of steroids, and it cleared within 48 hours!!
The doctor also told me which foods to avoid, and though the list was short, I had been eating almost every single one of them for weeks! Peanuts (love Laura Scudders PB), shellfish (had a few lobsters at home), milk, eggs (my fav breakfast), citrus (for the past couple of weeks, I'd been making fresh-squeezed juice each morning from a crate of fruit I bought), chocolate (I adore that 85%-cocoa kind), strawberries (which require dipping in the afore-mentioned chocolate), wheat (well, there's one I don't do obviously!), and soy. Not all of these aggravate every person, but you dump them all and then try them one at a time. ALso, the eczema flares up in times of stress, which has been high for the past month for me.
So, maybe yours really is eczema? Either a pred-pack or a shot of depo-medrol will likely fix it right up if it's eczema -- you should as the doctor about it. Meantime, avoid those foods, too. After a couple of lobsters (oink!) one evening, my skin burned so badly all night I could barely sleep. Benadryl didn't even help. Hindsight is 20/20, isn't it? As the doctor was reading the list to me, I was chuckling, having eaten almost all of those foods in mass quantities for the past weeks. Ah, relief at last.
ANd no, eczema isn't just very dry skin, although that's a part of the problem, and you have to moisturize well daily. The doctor said the best one to use was Gold Bond Ultimate Healing lotion -- it's $10 at my Walgreen's, but worth it. VERY good cream.
Finally, here are a few websites I found and got answers from as well:
http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/eczema.html
http://www.eczema.net/
http://www.wholehealthmd.com/hc/resourceareas_learn/1,1441,459,00.html
Good luck! ANd feel free to ask if your have any more questions I might be able to help with, or PM me. |
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dkad
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| Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject: Re: Gluten free but still have problems with DH |
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| M. Shac wrote: | | As far as I know, I am gluten free but I still am having problems with Dermatitis herpetiformis. My dermatologist says it is eczema but I think it might be DH. It itches and there are small bumps. I do use some iodized salt but not much. Can you be gluten free and still have DH? I thought eczema was just like having very dry skin. Any thoughts on this matter would be greatly appreciated. |
I have had DH for almost 30 years. If I have iodized salt for 2 days I have a bad breakout. I have carried my own salt in a mini shaker when I know I have to be out. When visiting family-friends I ask if they would mind using non iodized salt and those that I visit often now just keep it on hand for me. Hope you are better soon as I know the itching is terrible.
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