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New Dermatographia: What is helping you?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 9, 2024 | Replies (196)

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@maxwinters

So glad I discovered this thread. Just wanted to add my report. Exactly one week after I got the Moderna booster, I woke up with severe itching all over my body and the worst esophagus pain (felt like severe heartburn and a knot in my upper esophagus). The hives appeared immediately wherever I scratched my skin, and sometimes just from contact with surfaces, and disappeared fairly quickly after they arose. It now migrates to different parts of my body and affects my face, chest, arms, legs, and hands. I’m now almost three months out, and even though it’s not as bad as it was the first couple of weeks, it’s still a daily occurrence. It’s definitely taken a toll on my skin and general sense of well-being. My pictures look exactly like the ones I’ve seen from other posters. I’ve had a couple of steroid injections, and my doctor advised me to take a daily antihistamine. I’ve never had heartburn in my life and now I’m experiencing it on a weekly basis - it seems like it’s unrelated to specific foods and just comes on when it wants to. This condition is absolutely tied to the booster shot, and doesn’t seem like it will go away any time soon. I’m a 38-year-old female.

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I am interested in the comment about your skin. I feel that mine has aged in a hurry, very much dried out with that crepe look in odd places, like under my forearms. I am now into the beginning of month seven, with ongoing dermatographia.