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Grover's Disease: What works to help find relief?
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Yeah, true.
Weirdly my body is showing signs of healing, whether it was Grover's or a hive like reaction to milk / and / or Celery, I don't know. In the past I would make veg smoothies and my body / face would weep like crazy, I blamed it on the Spinich, but it might have been the Celery?
I have been showeriing once a day in slighly warmer than luke warm and using strong steroid cream. My body wouldn't heal before though using this cream and if it did, the eczema returned and spread to other places, so why is it healing now? I have no idea. Cutting out milk? Cutting out Celery? Cooler temprature? Did the Cilantro bring toxins out of my body or am I allergic to it?
I had oral steroids and antibiotics (two different ones) in the last few months, and the eczema took forever to heal and it returned and spread to other areas. I say eczema because I don't know if it is atopic eczema or Grover's (eczema.) It looked like Grover's BUT it could have been hives. I will see if it continues to heal.
My face is another story, it goes red, rashy and tight before cutting and weeping and gets infected with staph. It does this several times a week. Any moisturizer usually brings it on, whether I am allergic to all moisturisers or whether it is stopping my skin from breathing, I don't know. I have patch tests scheduled for Oct.
I hope stopping the milk and Celery, plus stopping the Cilantro (Corriander) is the answer, but it probably won't be that simple, knowing ezcema.
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It sounds like you may have multiple forms of eczema. I have lived with 3 in the last 20 years but because of testing, avoidances, specialists and self education I am clear of all 3. Yet I don't have Atopic or Dysidrotic Eczema. Yes all forms can be chronic, but with those 2 seem very difficult to manage.
Why can't you get the 5 Day Extended Patch Test sooner? Both allergist's and dermatologist's can be licenced for this test. Yet there is a scarcity of doctors licensed for these tests in many areas.
Many swear by Diflucan, reportedly very helpful for Atopic Dermatitis, is that a consideration.
Stop all moisturizers except Vaseline or another pure petroleum until you get your test results. Get a bar soap with 1 or 2 ingredients like Grandma's Lye Bar Soap, simply lard and lye and the lye converts to glycerin in the soap making process. Free of preservatives, fragrance, SLS for lather and all the other often allergic additives in most soap.
I am allergic to one class of steroids which carries over to 2 other classes. There are 5 classes of steroids. I learned this from my patch test. Also any steroids on the face can trigger Perioral Eczema, a facial eczema, which I had in the past, however the description of your facial symptoms doesn't sound like Perioral. Google dermnetnz.org for amazing photos of this form and all other types of skin diseases. Very helpful for identification.
You have learned that steroids are only a treatment and can give great relief and put symptoms' in remission temporarily. They are not a cure or will stop the symptoms' from returning.
See an allergist to be tested about food allergies. I had that done by a blood test and was pleasantly surprised my painful gut issues were not tied to food allergies. I finally tracked down the culprit. I was taking a the daily dose, 2 scoops of Vital Proteins Bovine Collagen, (cow hide) evidently too much fiber for me. I dropped it to 1/2 scoop and am just fine. I may try to up it to 1 scoop as it does help with my hair and nails.
Remember to fill us in on your October patch test results, we learn so much from each other.