Erythema Nodosum

I don't know of cream that can be applied to help them heal faster. I had several last summer/fall, nothing was getting rid of them. However I am on Transdermal LDN and although that took awhile to kick in for my Crohn's, all my new bumps and old bruises/healing spots disappeared within a week of starting LDN. It was the first sign I knew the LDN was at least helping with the inflammation.

My daughter 18 1/2 years old had a UTI in Feb. given antibiotic cipro, then in May another UTI given an antibiotic then June 3 another UTI (Family doc says they are all three UTI s kidney specialist says they are not?????) On June 3 she was given Augmentum for the UTI then 10 days later on the last day of this antibiotic she started getting large red knots very very painful hot to the touch on her shin knees ankles swelling also Erythema nodosum......these knots have robbed her of almost 4 weeks of her summer before her first year of college. It is terrible....pain is overwhelming....each doctor 7 has a different opinion on why she has them...is it the antibiotic? is it her birth control pill? is it a disease she didnt even know she had(I say that because the kidney doc said her bowels looked completely full on the vcug xray. She didnt know she had bowel problems I being her mom didnt either. So is the EN from bowel trouble....Ibuprophen is not working...Anaprox not working...Benedry didnt work.....We cant seem to find the answer. Today is the 3rd week of this horrible painful physical and emotional medical condition!!! Today it is a little better why because it is time for her period and her birth control pills are now the 4 iron pills which means the next 4 days the birth control will be leaving her system?? Or it has been 3 weeks and I have read EN can last 3 to 6 weeks?? So do i put her on another kind of pill or what???? We have had soooo much blood work xrays blood work blood work I just wish we knew the underlining medical problem of flair up so we could take control of this....any info from any one out there will help...
Thank you from a worried mom

Sorry your daughter is feeling so crummy. I have EN as a result of my Crohn's. From my previous research, I believe about half of all cases are a result of an underlying problem, either disease, medication ect. Birth Control pills are listed as one of the meds that can cause this, all though I don't know how common. The other half of cases they don't know why.

Not sure if this is true for all cases, but for me when they appear I know inflammation is increased in my body. In your daughters tests have they recently checked her CRP or Sed Rate? Were they elevated? How is her body temperature? Has it been elevated lately, like 99 degrees?

It might help to try and lower the bodies overall inflammation and see if she feels better and they start to resolve without new ones appearing. I find drinking Green Tea a few times a day helps, eating other anti-inflammatory foods, and avoiding sugar. If I am having issues I will eat No sugar because it is so inflammatory, if I do have any sugar it is natural from fruit, zero refined sugar.

The time frame could be they are just running their course. Mine stay in the red painful phase for about 3 weeks, then turn gray/blue/purple like a small bruise and aren't as tender, then disappear. I know they are better if in the 3 weeks when they start to resolve I don't get any new ones. Things still aren't good if while some are better other new ones are appearing.