Hi, my brother has Erythema Multiforme and doesn't want to get a COVID vaccination because of this.
Has there been any studies done into which COVID vaccinations may be better for those with Erythema Multiforme, or is there something I can say to him to help reduce his fear of having a reaction?
He last had a pretty bad flair up because he took antibiotics. So he doesn't even take antibiotics anymore.
He has had this condition since being born AFAIK.
He's a bit stubborn and it's hard to get him to talk to a GP about it.
His age: 36
His gender: male
His weight: about 70kgs
His height: about 170cm
On and off smoker.
No other medications AFAIK
Thanks very much.
PS I am from Sydney, Australia, and we currently have access to the Pfizer and AstraZenica vaccines, and will soon have access to Moderna.
PPS if this isn't the right sub to ask this, I would be really grateful for suggestions for other subs. Thank you!
New to this sub, had HSV-1 since I was a kid. Recently I was diagnosed with erythema multiforme and wanted to see how common this is in the HSV community. Also to raise awareness since I was super freaked out about my symptoms, bullseye blisters popping up on my hands, feet's, elbows, and knees, and not being able to find anything online matching my symptoms. Also got more canker sores in my mouth then I think I've had in my lifetime. As soon as you type bullseye rash you get lyme disease articles.
This is the first time in my life that this has happened after a cold sore so I had no idea this was a thing. The worst part is my doctor said now this will probably happen each time I get a cold sore and wants to move me to a daily dose of Valtrex as opposed to taking it when I start feeling an outbreak.
Was hoping to hear other people's experience with this and any tips for improving symptoms. Cheers
Hi all,
First of all, I want to express my appreciation for this community, it's been really helpful for me.
I have a diagnosis of Behcet's but recently I've been... doubting it.
I have most of the standard features: recurrent oral and gential ulcers, skin lesions, arthritis, and some eye involvement (but not uveitis!). I feel like I may have NBD symptoms, but my rheumatologist disagrees. Most symptoms respond well to prednisone. Colchicine did nothing for me.
The reasons I'm not sure about the diagnosis are the following:
- Every bad flare (OU so bad I can't eat, scarring GU, etc) is preceded by a lot of sun exposure and what to me looks like a classic HSV-1 cold sore on the exact same spot on my lip (with tingling prodrome and followed by a very low grade fever of ~100-101).
- My OU and GU typically start as fluid-filled blisters, and sometimes have the classic "bullseye" or target lesion shape typical of erythema multiforme.
Has anyone else has noticed a similar pattern with HSV-1 and sun-exposure? Also, does anyone else's ulcers start as blisters? Are these two diagnoses even dichotomous? If anyone has anything else they think might be relevant I'd love to hear it.
Thank you!
I have been to several dermatologists and none had a solution for me.
Periodically, I get covered on my hands, legs and feet. At times I had them appear in my nose and other parts of my face.
Once one set goes away another is forming somewhere else.
It is really getting to me, I need to find someway to treat this.
I have Crohnβs disease and thinking it is related since it is autoimmune.
At this point I need to just get it under control,Dermatologist prescribed Clobetasol propionate and donβt even think it works that will.
Any help/ suggestions would be very much appreciated.
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Last month I've been diagnosed with Erythema Multiforme, my doctor gave me a topical corticosteroid, moisturiser, aqueous cream (substitute for soap) and some allergy pills to ease up the itchiness. He assured me that it will be gone by 2-4 weeks. Which it did however it came back after a week of it being gone. Much to my surprise, I looked it up online but there isn't any much information about it except to it being an uncurable disease. I need advice on home remedy treatment for my Erythema that can help me increase the rate of healing please.... this is painful. I never want to talk to my parents about this as they'll only tell me that it's all my fault for having this horrible disease (I'm only 13, so yes.... I'm pretty helpless without them). Please I need help if anyone :(
http://imgur.com/WnXlp2a<<--- my arm with erythema
Anybody have little ones that had this? I just don't know how to help my baby feel better.
Thanks in advance guys!
My basic understanding of allergic reactions is that the body mistakes an object as an invasive threat, it then overreacts and sends loads of white blood cells to the area causing inflamation, swelling, anaphylactic shock etc. as the body engages it's defense mechanisms at full throttle.
People can seemingly have allergic reactions to anything so why have i never heard of someone having an allergic reaction to, for example, the common cold?
Moderna covid vaccine side effects:
Abdominal discomfort: 1,435 reports
Abdominal distension: 341 reports
Abdominal pain: 1,502 reports
Abdominal pain lower: 164 reports
Abdominal pain upper: 1,626 reports
Abnormal behavior: 114 reports
Abnormal dreams: 130 reports
Abortion spontaneous (naturally occurring miscarriage): 232 reports
Acute myocardial infarction (acute heart attack): 193 reports
Acute respiratory failure: 143 reports
Adverse reaction: 138 reports
Ageusia (loss of taste functions of the tongue): 733 reports
Agitation (state of anxiety or nervous excitement): 415 reports
Alanine aminotransferase increased: 170 reports
Anaemia (lack of blood): 125 reports
Anaphylaxis (serious allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death): 606 reports
Angioedema (rapid swelling of the dermis): 294 reports
Anticoagulant therapy: 311 reports
Aphonia (inability to produce voice): 103 reports
Appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix): 118 reports
Appetite - decreased (decreased appetite occurs when you have a reduced desire to eat): 3,463 reports
Arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat): 1,703 reports
Arthritis (form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints): 250 reports
Aspartate aminotransferase increased: 160 reports
Asthma: 373 reports
Atrial fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 544 reports
Axillary mass: 148 reports
Axillary pain: 1,561 reports
Back pain: 3,095 reports
Balance disorder: 895 reports
Bedridden: 116 reports
Bell's palsy (facial paralysis): 1,005 reports
Bleeding into the skin: 197 reports
Blindness: 208 reports
Blister (small pocket of fluid within the upper layers of the skin caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, freezing, chemical exposure): 617 reports
Blood creatinine increased: 207 reports
Blood glucose decreased: 136 reports
Blood glucose increased: 550 reports
Blood potassium decreased: 174 reports
Blood pressure fluctuation: 113 reports
Blood sodium decreased: 122 reports
Blood urea increased: 118 reports
Blood urine present: 162 reports
Body temperature decreased: 118 reports
Body temperature increased: 3,068 reports
Bone pain: 533 reports
Bradycardia (abnormally slow heart action): 147 reports
Breast pain: 437 reports
Breast swelling: 138 reports
Breathing difficulty: 8,611 reports
Breathing - slowed or sto
... keep reading on reddit β‘Ok so, my bf & I have been together 2ish years, I have HSV1&2, only had two genital breakouts in almost 3 years of having it. Iβve had HSV1 since I was like 4, at this point everythingβs a joke to me about it because might as well be, right? So Iβve always joked with him about it, βatleast itβs not herpesβ type stuff, and last fall he started getting really itchy patches of skin that looked like poison ivy, in random places. We thought dermatitis, went to doctors, would clear up & come back. Well it came back a few months ago and got SEVERE it looked like every kind of skin issue possible, but different skin infections on different parts of his body. So he goes back to the dr, they said it seemed like contact dermatitis, that led to Multiforme Erythema (spell check idk) which is basically some type of the herpes virus (I think). Obviously now itβs a joke of βwell atleast you donβt have body herpesβ (itβs cured,finally) Anyways, wasnβt sure if someone wanted to laugh about this or knew anyone that had the same luxury of having this infectionπ€£
I know this means maybe very little, but I was unable to find a single photo or description online of that kind of rash having been caused by plaquenil or another drug.
I have had RA symptoms for a couple years but I was only recently diagnosed, and started treatment with 200mg Plaquenil last week. But after only 3 days I noticed many large, roundish blobs all over me. Most have a pink outline and clear center, but some are filled in with a kinda uniform shade, but they're all rather light. As in kinda pink, but not red or dark or bright or anything.
They don't itch or hurt and they're smooth, and they are expanding very slowly. My back (almost all of it) and one of my legs have the highest concentration, but they're on all my limbs, my boobs, my neck, a finger, and I think possibly one ear that's been red for days.
The doctor on call on Friday evening, when I noticed the rash, just advised I stop the Plaquenil, and wasn't interested in the details of the rash. But I'm wondering if maybe it's not from the Plaquenil at all - I'd really like to get back on track with the medication, now that I'm *finally* moving forward. Or was! (FWIW, my liver enzymes were high on a blood test last week - NO idea at all as to why - but so I think methotrexate is off the table for now, so now what??). Oh also I wasn't in the sun at all, really, those 3 days. AND new blobs are still popping up, but not too many, and the other ones are somewhat fading as they expand.
Is this the kind of rash a drug could cause, and if so, is it common? Is there anything else besides Lyme disease, that causes a similar rash? I live in the sticks and have had a few ticks on me already this year, so I'll definitely be getting a Lyme test as soon as I can. But how does one differentiate between this or that cause for all these crazy symptoms we all seem to be plagued with, that seem like they could potentially be caused by a bunch of different things that are all fairly plausible?
Sorry for this long and scattered post. Thanks for reading.
Hi all, thought I'd make a little post for the future gunners out there. Basically I compiled a list of 50 facts that every med student somehow ends up knowing by the end of first year. They're mostly buzzwords that can be learned without context and you will then fill in the details later in your education. Might be a fun (ha) way to spend an admitted summer.
- Painless chancre on genitals - syphilis (specifically primary syphilis)
- Bulls eye rash - erythema migrans (Lyme dz from tick bite)
- Sudden worst headache of life - subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Painful swollen big toe (MTP joint) - gout
- Basophilic stippling of red cells - lead poisoning
- Negatively birefringent crystals in joint - gout
- Preterm baby with respiratory distress - respiratory distress syndrome (not enough functioning surfactant in lungs)
- Single palmar crease - Down syndrome
- Strawberry-appearing tongue in a child - Kawasaki disease or scarlet fever (streptococcus infection)
- Crushing chest pain that goes to arm and jaw - myocardial infarction (heart attack)
- Cold intolerance, weight gain, brittle hair- hypothyroidism
- Golden brown rings around peripheral cornea- Kayser-Fleischer rings (Wilson disease, too much copper)
- Female, fat, fertile, forty - risk factors for gallstones
- Positive anterior drawer sign - ACL injury
- Butterfly (malar) rash in a young female- lupus
- Lucid interval after a traumatic brain injury- epidural hematoma
- Ptosis (eyelid drooping), facial anhidrosis (no sweating), miosis (pupillary construction)- Horner syndrome (multiple causes)
- Non-caseating granulomas - sarcoidosis
- Thumb sign on lateral neck x-ray - epiglottitis (H. influenzae infection)
- Delta wave on ECG- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
- Nutmeg liver - chronic liver congestion (due to right heart failure or hepatic vein clot)
- Auer rod- acute myeloid leukemia
- Increased alpha fetoprotein in amniotic fluid- spina bifida
- Honeycomb pattern on chest x-ray or CT- pulmonary fibrosis
- Severe face pain especially with stimulation e.g. shaving - trigeminal neuralgia
- Old male with difficulty urinating - benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 - chronic myeloid leukemia
- Common breast tumor in young women - fibroadenoma (benign)
- Common uterine tumor in women - fibroid (benign)
- Microcytic (small red cells) anemia in a young woman - iron-deficiency anemia
- Pain in sickle cell patient - sickle ce
General Information:
Age: 32 years
Sex: Female
Smoking Status: Non-smoker
Previous and Current Medical Issues: Been diagnosed with endometriosis, adenomyosis, and hydrosalpinx, as well as General Anxiety Disorder.
Current Medication: Dienogest 2 mg - for endometriosis, adenomyosis, and hydrosalpinx.
Clonazepam (0.5 mg) + Escitalopram Oxalate (10 mg) - for anxiety issues.
Vitamin E, Vitamin A, Vitamin B-Complex, Vitamin D-complex, Iron, and Omega-3 Fatty Acids - general supplements, related to deficiencies in the last blood report.
I am getting ugly and angry-looking rashes on my forehands, feet, and back of my left thigh for almost a month now. Doctors have diagnosed it as acute urticaria, erythema multiforme on two different occasions. I have also been given a blood test and a chest X-ray for the possibility of blood infection or a lung infection. Despite the reports, doctors still can't pinpoint the exact issue and its triggers. I have taken multiple anti-allergens, anti-histamines, anti-virals, anti-bacterials, and steroids over the past month. And though docs can't explain what's causing this, they have also told me that the treatment would continue for 3-6 months with varying strength of the dosage. Every time in the last 4 weeks, the rashes returned in a day or two after I stopped using the meds. Also, in each recurrence, the rashes are restricted to the areas I mentioned above. There are absolutely no rashes, redness, itching, or any other symptom otherwise.
Is there something else that can help me figure out the exact reason, and cut down the number of meds I have been taking daily?
P.S.: Here's an image of the rashes - https://imgur.com/a/MFuG1Hz. But, mainly there are three variations. First is a circular sort of rash, that keeps growing in radius every day, and the area in between looks like normal skin. Another type is just a plain red, slightly swollen rash. And the third type that causes the most inflammation and itching and discomfort are highly swollen rashes that are shaped like a crater. I can't figure out if there's fluid in these rashes, but they constantly have an itchy/burning sensation from within and are very painful.
Iβm not looking for any medical help, would just like to hear others experiences! This is cross posted.
After years of undiagnosed depression, ADHD and being gaslit I finally saw a doctor and started on Wellbutrin last month.
Flash forward to this last week and I've developed large welts over my joints and have covered my palms and the bottom of my feet. They look horrible and make walking and using my hands uncomfortable. Has anyone else experienced this? I discontinued the Welibutrin when I finally made the connection it was likely that. My family doc says I developed Erythema Multiforme and that I'm likely completely allergic to Bupropion so Iβve been on antihistamines and steroid creams which have helped.
Really bummed because Wellbutrin felt like a miracle solution to my problems and the idea of an SSRI or a stimulant is something I'd really wanted to avoid. I'm partially just ranting but would really like to hear others' experiences. I'm seeing the prescribing doctor later this week and want to have some idea of what I want moving forward.
Three new conditions being investigated as side effects of the mRNA vaccines: Erythema multiforme, a form of allergic skin reaction; glomerulonephritis or kidney inflammation; and nephrotic syndrome, a renal disorder characterised by heavy urinary protein losses.
After years of undiagnosed depression, ADHD and being gaslit I finally saw a doctor and started on Wellbutrin last month. Flash forward to this last week and Iβve developed large welts over my joints and have covered my palms and the bottom of my feet. They look horrible and make walking and using my hands uncomfortable. Has anyone else experienced this? I discontinued the Wellbutrin when I finally made the connection it was likely that. My doc says I developed Erythema Multiforme and that Iβm likely completely allergic to Bupropion.
Really bummed because Wellbutrin felt like a miracle solution to my problems and the idea of an SSRI or a stimulant is something Iβd really wanted to avoid. Iβm partially just ranting but would really like to hear othersβ experiences. Iβm seeing the prescribing doctor later this week and want to have some idea of what I want moving forward.
