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Pityriasis rosea
AK4:
Im just wondering if any one else here has gotten this "disease"/"virus"/"rash" etc. I got it about (depending on what time you count as a diagnosis) 3 weeks ago and it supposed to run its course in 6-12 weeks (sometimes longer reading other peoples horror story about this). Its a horrible "disease"/"virus"/"rash" etc. I say its a horrible "disease"/"virus"/"rash" etc because no one (doctors included) really knows what causes it and/or where it comes from or truly any other information to help you through it.
Just wondering if any one else has or is experiencing this and if maybe we can share our "war story". Here is a link about this "disease"/"virus"/"rash" etc
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/pityriasis-rosea-topic-overview
I thank God that this should only be a temporary thing but its "hell" to go through--mentally.
Anyone else?
ps its all over my body and itches terribly at times. If i could show you guys a picture of it on me..... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
AK4:
Hello Journey,
I will try on a small area but they say there is nothing that gets rid of this and there is no medicine that will speed it up or slow it down. Everything they prescribe or tell you to use is just really anti-itch creams to help you deal with it. They say it just has to run its course. I will try it on a small area though since it is all over my body and i do mean all over except the palms of my hands and the sole of my feet (if it was on those areas then its a whole other different disease (syphillis)). When the doc said they had to check for that i wasnt worried because i havent been doing anything for a very long time.
They say its rare to get it on your face but good ole lucky me i only really got it on my left side of my face. I feel like Two-face from Batman lol.
Tell Grace thanks and i will let her know the outcome. If it works maybe when some googles up this horrible "rash/disease/virus" will lead someone to this forum and and they start reading everything else....Maybe theres higher meaning of it all. I dont know. Just trying to stay in high spirits because this thing just destroys your self esteem.
Thanks again
Anthony
Craig:
Here is the good side.
Symptoms may be reduced with topical treatment or taking extra precaution to prevent overheating, and the rash will usually clear on its own in six to eight weeks. Once a person has pityriasis rosea, they generally have lifelong immunity.
AK4:
--- Quote from: Craig on March 13, 2012, 05:34:45 PM ---Here is the good side.
Symptoms may be reduced with topical treatment or taking extra precaution to prevent overheating, and the rash will usually clear on its own in six to eight weeks. Once a person has pityriasis rosea, they generally have lifelong immunity.
--- End quote ---
Hello Craig
Yes i did notice that but after reading others stories, whether if someones telling the truth or not (but i dont see why they would lie about something like this, but who knows), some people said they have had reocurrences of it. I read one guys story who said after 20 years from his first outbreak he got it again. One person said they got at 13 and every year till they were 21 they kept getting it. I dont know if maybe they tried some kind of remedy that didnt let this thing fully develop and go away so they immune system could build up a defense so it wont come back again or if in general they have a weak immune system.
Me personally i was prescribe prednisone and to take benadryl. I took the prednisone and benadryl for a week and that those made me feel like i was dying all day long and i was terrified of falling asleep, scared i wouldnt wake up again. So i stop taking them. First i thought it was the benadryl so i was taking the prednisone by itself and the same feeling happened so i stop taking that too and i felt alot better. I told my doc i would rather deal with the itching than deal with feeling like i was dying all day long and scared to go to sleep.
All in all, the prednisone, i will give it some credit because it was keeping it from outbreaking all over my body real bad but really not by much---i could only tell the difference after i stop taking it but then again that is the way this "disease" is, you should breakout everywhere.
I had decided to just let me get the full worse of it now, get it over with, pray CONSTANTLY that it wont last past 3 months like some who said they even had for over a year, pray the scars go away like its supposed to and pray that i never get it again (basically building up a strong immunity to it).
I will say though about the pills they gave---ive never been one to take medicine ever not even aspirin for headaches so maybe those pills hit me real hard.
I pray and probably for the rest of life will pray that i never get it again like some.
Anthony
newoldstock:
the reasons that I received a medical deferment from the draft. I also had severe eczema at the time along with high blood pressure and some hearing loss in the right ear (turned out to be excessive ear wax :P). I would have been on my way to Viet Nam. I was miserable with it. I think that I was taking cortisone and pain medication such as Percocet. I also used Calamine lotion. I have never had a re-occurrence. God bless.
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