Experiences with

Tropical conditions

My son lives in Bali. He is in the middle of a very severe bout of dengue fever. I am going to visit him for 3 weeks in July. He has suggested I should have a vaccine before I go. I can find that it is called a " live attenuated dengue tetravalent vaccine". Even the vaccine side effects can be pretty

Hi I am awaiting appointments for rheumatology and dermatology for Lupus, only steroid cream given by my doctor! I am going away in December would doctor prescribe medication or will I have to wait to be seen by rheumatology and dermatology? Just want to feel ok when I’m away thks Eileen

Hi all,I've been diagnosed with LS few years ago. It was rather mild so I didn't even know I had it. Just some red spots from time to time and bit dry skin on glans. Took steroid cream once and now all is pretty stable just need to apply Trimovate cream if needed. I have a small spot at frenullum which

Hi I have a diagnosis of chilblain lupus (and SLE) but the chilblain lupus is really getting me down at the mo and with it being so rare I can't find any helpful information online regarding prevention and management. The only advice is 'keep warm ' but as I live in the UK it's impossible to do so. Given

Up to this year (2024 -67 yo) all has run smoothly, then in April a large bleed in my poo. I had had a few droplets before and advised "if larger or longer - say a week, dont worry" The bleed was dismissed by reception of GP, and so i rang nhs, and had a callback from a GP in my practice, same day

Has anyone on this forum taken Finasteride? I've been on it for a couple of months for my hair loss (I'm female). I've developed hives over the last few weeks, which I'm beginning to think is due to the Finasteride. The hives aren't too bad yet, and have been mostly controlled by a steroid cream

Hi all, I hope everyone has had a good weekend. I’m wondering if anybody knows if what appears as a consultation on the NHS app matches what is written on the system the GP’s use? To give some background I had an appointment about a mole like mark on my leg. GP sent me away with steroid cream as

I was diagnosed with pmr April 24 and put on 15 milligrams of predisolone I have been reducing ever since and and now on 2 mg. I developed eczema and dermatitis about four weeks ago and have been on steroid cream for about 10 days and now on Aproderm as a moisturiser. I have had severe itching feeling

I had this skin thing on the back of my neck. Under my hair. I did some research, picked the doc, hoping for a real one. I go in the office… not bad.. most of the time you go in and they are basically a beauty product shop. But this one is just.. a doc office. Maybe he is real? Then I go in.

I have been taking Gabapentin for about 9 months. I recently developed a skin rash. A google search indicates that a skin rash can be a serious side effect of Gabapentin. I would hate to stop taking it because it has really improved the quality of my sleep. I have been using a steroid cream off and

I have been using Clenil for years as a preventative inhaler and have just recently been told I have to swap to Lubfobec and not have ventolin any more. I'm so scared, Salamol didn't work at all for me and actually seemed to cause asthma attacks. The asthma nurse told me I could no longer get Ventolin

I’m now at day +52 from my BMT. Two weeks ago I started experiencing symptoms of Graft VS Host Disease. These were sores in the mouth and then a rash starting on my chest, progressed to face back sides and lastly legs. It was nasty, crazy itchy! Prescribed steroid cream and prednisone took care of the

Hi there, I am really struggling. I have always felt like something was not right about my menstrual cycle. I’m now 22, and have been bleeding consistently and sometimes heavily since December 2023. This is the worst it has ever been, and I finally decided to seek treatment for something I have ignored

caftan’s recent post about their upcoming hip operation prompted me to write this. I read the post, and the responses, to see if there was anything I could add, but there wasn’t. I’m 73, and my op in early Feb went really well; I’m now almost as active as I expect to be. My pred dosage has been managed

Just got an MHRA alert email. The topic could be relevant to some so I'll post the first paragraph and a link. [i]Topical steroids: introduction of new labelling and a reminder of the possibility of severe side effects, including Topical Steroid Withdrawal Reactions[/i] [i][/i] [i]Topical steroid

Does anyone else suffer from this. It's driving me mad! What has helped if anything? I have tried steroid cream.

I am a mother of a 20 year-old daughter who was diagnosed with IGAv/HSP In February 2024. Her first flareup was very bad, ulcerated and has left pretty bad scarring all up legs which seems to be taking a very long time to heal and fade. She’s been having flareup approximately every two weeks, not as

Hi all.Hope you are as well as you can be. I wasn't going to post this but if another person can relate it will help to know If this is common with others who have lupus and sjogrens or other auto immune related.I've had a really itchy vulva on one side and also in one armpit which has a sore. It's

Hi fellow lupus warriors I posted a few weeks ago about an ulcer on my leg that wouldn't heal. After oral antibiotics that had no effect, the Dr found a stronger antibiotic cream that cleared up the infection. Hooray! But in the meantime I keep getting more bumps. I thought it was a coincidence,

I was so happy to finally get down to 5mg after 4+ years PMR and GCA...though attempts to get below this are so far not working but I am being patient. However 6 weeks ago I woke up to an itchy rash on my back and still have it. Diagnosed via photos and text with gp (4 week wait for f2f appt) as eczema