Staphylococcus aureus

[dg70]

What started as thrush turned into this. Anyone else had occurrences of the above and can I expect the joy of this burning pain more often? I read it can occur anywhere on your body and looking back I think I've had it on my neck, face, ankle and knees in the past but not known because I was undiagnosed with autoimmune at these times. I presume its the Lupus/Sjogrens taking hold of a small thing and running wild with it or was I just unlucky? Thank goodness it was not antibiotic resistant.

[Wolf_1]

Hi dg70I get various rashes all over my body, sometimes they don’t hurt, sometimes they burn, sometimes they itch and sometimes they burn and itch. At one time it was so bad my consultant asked to take pictures and asked if I would take off my clothing down to my underwear in front of a room full of medical students due to my back looking like I had scalded myself. As it happens not one of the students came close to SLE which was really reassuring NOT!!!

But I have gone through these rashes for almost 20 years and I can’t lie there has nothing come close to helping me with them other than ride them out taking water only baths, tepid for burning and a hot bath for itching just before bedtime helped me. Sorry I couldn’t be more help.

Good Health, stay pain free as long as possible,

Love Wolf_1 🐺🦋💖💤

[dg70 in reply to Wolf_1]

Thanks I was guessing there is no easy way to manage the flare ups much better. Cold flannels wrapped round an ice pack seemed to help when its burning as it feels like a real burn. I put another HRT patch on last night to test it out and my face and neck almost immediately went patchy bright red so I'm guessing to stay away from them. 😆