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Posted 2/2/2011 8:39 AM (GMT 0)
I am wondering because I have been randomly getting these very itchy lesions that start out like very small mosquito bites on my wrists, ankles, knees and abdomen since I was 16, 5 years before I was diagnosed with crohn's and had any other symptoms. They last for months sometimes and leave scars that look like cigarette burns. Back then my family doctor told me I had excema, but my GI told me its from crohn's disease because I had at least 10 that were actively inflamed during the flare up that lasted for a year. Has anyone had similar problems? I can't figure out an over the counter remedy and I don't have insurance so I can't afford the steroid cream I was prescribed and I ran out. I'm still in remission except for the occasional skin problem and I want to stop them when they first start so they don't leave new scars.
Posted 2/2/2011 3:01 PM (GMT 0)
Skin lesions include the presence of painful red raised spots on the legs (erythema nodosum) and an ulcerating skin condition generally found around the ankles (pyoderma gangrenosa).

The above are a few of the skin conditions that can occur with Crohns. Yours sounds like EN. I think the only waY to help is the steroid cream you were previously prescribed. Any way you can find a way to borrow the money to get that cream? Maybe you could get it at Walmart in the $4 prescription program? Just trying to throw ideas out. No need to suffer so. Hugs!
Posted 2/2/2011 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
I've had 2. One was erythema nodosum, which looked like I had raised, red blotchy bruises on my calves. Those hurt like cray.

I also had some type of dermatitis (never had a formal diagnosis) that was common in people with celiac disease or even a cutaneous lichen planus. They were little (maybe 1mm) raised red-purple bumps that looked like pimples and were itchy. I tried anti-itch cream for the symptoms, but these popped up when I wasn't in remission. So when I got into remission, they went away...
Posted 2/2/2011 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
one of the ladies i met was on remicadie for crohns of the skin...she had them sooo bad in her private area that she had to go to hospiital for an operation..I thought i had it bad...
Posted 2/2/2011 5:38 PM (GMT 0)
HMM, i wonder what treatment you are currently on... i am on remicade, with much sucess, but i have since been diagnosed with psorasis. (believed to be linked to the remicade) My derm prescribed steriod ointments and stuff... i started with just that and noticed improvement, but new spots would appear. =( i did some reading and decided to start taking Vitamin D and Fish oil, daily... and with the use of the Dr prescribed ointments, it is clearing up! and i have not noticedANY new ones! so i will give credit of my healing skin to the supplements ... maybe you should ask your doc if these are OK for you to take also? i take RAW D with probiotics :0)

Hope you find some relief!

peace
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