What's the mechanism behind adults with renal dysfunction getting Staphycoccal scalded skin syndrome? Thanks!
Sorry for the huge question -- I was wondering if anyone knew the reason why bullous pemphigoid alone does not have a positive nikolsky sign. Does anyone have any ideas? Thank you!
I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. There is no doubt about it. What I do doubt however is if all of these symptoms I have are caused solely by CFS.
It's for this reason why I have come to you, because I have a massive problem with health anxiety which leads to large bouts of depression. From my point of view, I have the worst that CFS can give. I don't know any other person with CFS who has all of the symptoms I have, which leads me to believe that some of the symptoms may stem from something else.
My most recent symptom is a burning pain that mostly shows up in my hands and my feet. However it has since expanded to include...basically anywhere on my body but I mostly feel it around my hips, knees, shoulder blades and scalp. I first thought this was neurological. Peripheral Neuropathy to be exact when it only affected my hands and feet. I've since began to doubt that this pain in particular is neuro related though. I thought then thought that maybe it's muscle pain but I don't even think it's that either. I believe it's vascular, because it feels like the pain is coming from my veins. Does ANYBODY else have this? Because this is the biggest symptom that is causing me a ridiculous amount of worry.
This one is significantly less worrisome but I want to ask anyway. Does anybody elses eyes get tired easily and red/bloodshot?
I was gonna type all my symptoms but in classic CFS fashion I'm exhausted from doing essentially nothing and just the thought of typing the rest is mentally taxing right now, so I'll cut the post here because the burning pain is my primary concern anyway.
M, 22 Background of acne as a teenager. Went on doxycycline aged 19. Stayed on it for about 2 years, then it stopped working and my acne was getting a bit worse. Went on accutane, and the accutane was working really well. I got clear of acne by 5-6 months on it, but my derm wanted me to continue for another 2-3 to ensure reducing relapse. When I had about 2 months of accutane left, my face very suddenly erupted in awful pustules/red sores and papules. It came on very quickly (ie. my face went from being totally clear to ridden with pustules within 7 days). It was so bad I couldn't leave the house. I went running back to the derm, thinking it was an acne flare up. He said no way, it looks like a staph infection, and gave me 10 days of cotrimoxazole and took swabs of the lesions and nose/groin/axilla to check if I was a carrier. The cotrimoxazole cleared me up amazingly, and my skin was flawless again within the 10 days. The swabs came back positive for staph (not MRSA) in the pustule and in the nose. I was advised to take the nasal Fusidic Acid for 5 days too to decolonise, which I did. Anyway, my round of cotrimoxazole finished, my skin was clear again, I went on with my life. 2-3 weeks later, the EXACT SAME folliculitis happened, all over my face, focusing in the chin/beard area. Did cotrimoxazole again, this time for 14 days, and also did a more intense decolonisation (chlorhexidine washes and nasal ointment again). Cleared me up again. But AGAIN after 2 weeks the staph came back! Every time I just go running back to the derm and get another round of cotrimoxazole to clear it up. This cycle has gone on for 5 rounds of cotrimoxazole over the space of 6-7 months. I am begining to worry about resistance. In between the rounds of cotrimoxazole, we have tried the following general measures, to no avail 1) Minocycline (staph infection still came back within a few weeks) 2) Benzoyl peroxide (staph came back anyway, and it dried my skin) 3) Fash wash with chlorhexidine (staph still came back) 4) Clindamycin topical (staph still came back) Do note that my nasal swabs have been NEGATIVE since that very first time, so it seems that the nasal ointment did it's work, but the problem is far from gone, clearly... It KEEPS ON COMING BACK, irrespective of what I am doing. The only thing that kills it is the cotrimoxazole. Has anyone gone through something like this in the past? A seemingly invincible recurrent staph infection?
Thankfully my work is decent, and I was able to get cleaned up and got silver burn cream on me pretty quickly.
Not a ton of redness I can see (over my rosacea) but my face is definitely tender to the touch.
I don't have a crazy routine, just some normal non acid face wash, and that Clinique oil free face lotion.
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi all, I'm riding a school horse that has a mild case of Head Shaking Syndrome. And he HATES being groomed or getting the saddle pad put on or fussed with. He's been checked head to toe by the vet and chiropractor and he's all good except for the HSS. He's 9 years old and even when I brush him as gently as human possible with a goat-hair brush, he still pins his ears at me. He doesn't show any indication of pain when the saddle is on--he just really hates anyone fussing with his barrel. Not so much his actual back, but his side and belly.
He can be distracted with a treat and then he's all about that. He just doesn't seem to be in actual pain, it's like he just doesn't like being brushed or touched in this area. I read that horses with HSS are more sensitive to flies. The instructor tried giving him some bute paste but it didn't seem to make a difference. Is it possible that he just has more sensitive skin and doesn't like it?
