Hidradenitis Suppurativa Support | HealthUnlocked

Hi. This page is a place for us to come for support or advice when we need it most but it's sadly not maintained as often as is required.I need some help...

It’s only taken 7 years 🙄

So it looks like all my daughters have inherited HS from me. :( My youngest is only 16 and I'd like to get her to see the best UK consultant I can in the hope...

I’m getting mini flares at the moment which are lasting up to a day or a few hours… but when I know a burst is imminent, I always feel sick and tired. This...

Hi I'm new to this site but I've been a member of HealthUnlocked --COPD and Asthma for a few years. Over the years and rather mild and sporadically, I have had...

Hello Just found this community in regards to HS and wanted to give you my insights. I have suffered for HS for 15 plus years. Long time I know. I have...

I've been taking Humira for 6 months to control my HS. I haven't really seen any side effects. Lately, though, my knuckles and my hands are sore. They feel...

I don’t know what to do anymore, I’m having a flare after a year of not having one. I’ve given up smoking, lost weight, so I’m now putting it down to hormones....

I am 39 years old and was officially diagnosed with HS 5 years ago, however, I’ve been dealing with this disease since puberty. Recently, I’ve developed...

Hi all I thought I would update you on my progress since I last posted about 7 months ago. At that time I had lost access to my trusted Skinsan because my gp...

So recently I was diagnosed with Hs but unfortunately it’s been going on for a good few months now just under a year. I have been finding my self very...

Is anyone out there experiencing a weight gain while taking Humira? I am certainly not a gym rat, but I decided within the last year to finally doing smething...

It has been less than a year since I was diagnosed. Before that I was told a lot of different things. That it was my skin, that it was acne and the most...

Hi I'm 33 years old I've dealt with HS since I was 7 years old my affected areas are my armpits under my breast my groin area and my inner thighs I am...

Hi, I was officially diagnosed with HS in my groin area of August last year, whilst pregnant with my son. Since giving birth I have now been put on a...

I’ve been suffering with HS for a long time. Only started getting worse though, past 5 years. My body feels ruined. I diagnosed myself pretty much, because my...

Help please, I have been using prescription body wash called Skinsan which contains Triclosan but my GP says it’s no longer available and has advised buying...

Hello I am a Rory I have had HS for 8 years. I have been using this page for about 1 year never posted though I would just like to say thank you to all the...

I have been suffering with lumps in my groin area for a few years now, doctors first thought just boils or in growing hairs, I had my first lump removed at the...

I’ve be suffering for many years with it in my armpits( painful, not like to look at) . Then about a year ago it started in the groin area . I’ve tried many...

I’m currently on Rifampin and Clindamycin, but I have given up drinking until I’ve finished these antibiotics, but I’ve had all the tests and everything for...

Hey I have heard that Botox can help with hs as an alternative to surgery for about 18- 24 months. Does anyone know anything about this??

Hi I’ve had HS for about 5 years now I’ve got it under my arms and I know shaving is not an option and I don’t want to try self waxing as I already did that...

I was diagnosed 10 years ago with hs. It started around the age of 25 I am aged 46. My problem is not life threatening but when they flare up the little sores...

Okay so like when I first was typing in treatments for HS Emuaid popped up and it sounds like an effective product from reading stuff on the website but wanted...

Hi, my name is Susan and I was finally diagnosed with HS last year after going to see my dermatologist for a mole check! I had been having super bad out breaks...

Dear community, I am looking for an HS specialist. My son may have it .....his fingers are badly affected. The GP has no interest in helping. Can anyone...

Hi, I recently got a pretty dismissive diagnosis in December of Hidradenitis Suppurativa. I have suffered with reoccurring cysts for two years and through...

Is this HS related to people with diabetes? I’m a female who has not been officially diagnosed as an HS suffer yet by my GP . I have diabetes’s and I nave...

I’m rather concerned by the lack of knowledge being passed onto patients of HS, the cause of HS is known so why are people still left asking the Internet or...