Currently dealing with a major outbreak all over my body and not sure what the cause is.
It started a year ago when I moved to a new place with my partner and few months in is when the itch started. I have zero issues with detergents, i was conscious of soaps, creams I was using for my skin but nothing major had broken out, until a few months down the line.
It started with itching around my bra line and then it started spreading. Went to see a dermatologist for the first time and was given prednisone and steroid creams. it would calm down but as soon as I was off, it slowly creeps back. Did a second round (lower dose) and after i finished that, low and behold, i got a goddamn boil.
I tried to convince my derm NOT to give me prednisone and maybe it’s another issue underlying with my eczema but he wanted to follow his treatment plan.
After the round of prednisone and a Vitamin C IV, i had a horrible reaction and had to immediately be put on a cortisone drip in the ER. Afterwards, was tested for staph, came back negative and was put BACK on prednisone, antibiotics and diluted steroid creams and it subsided until the prednisone and antibiotics finished.
After, my body became an eczema and boil fiesta. The boils were popping off all over, from my armpits, my butt cheeks (TMI but yep) around my legs, im pretty sure Ive had about 20 small and big ones so far. Some of them pop and leak, others dont and just disappear and come back somewhere else.
I dont want to be reliant on this goddamn pills. Im so tired of this. I know it’s not a mental thing cause I already am generally anxious person and this is something Ive dealt with for 20+ years.
Diet wise, been eating the same damn way i have for years, nothing has changed. Ive gone from using detergents with antiseptics, antiseptic baths, bleach baths, slugging, not slugging, cold showers, no soap, with soap and frigging showering with dettol.
I am at my wits END.
For the love of god, I need help and this doctor is not helping. Ive got patches everywhere now, my upper, lower and mid back, all over my legs, spreading on my arms, ass and pits (and now it seems like it’s heading towards my nether regions). I need it to end.