Ahh!!!!!! What is this rash?!?! Candida?! Entire body :(

What on earth is going on?! It feels like a mic between poison oak and sunburn. I could tell I was a bit swollen and red the last few days but I woke up this morning and the more time that goes by the more it spreads.

My first thought was MCAD. I figured it must be hives and so I took some benadryl. Didn't work. It just keeps getting worse! By the minute!

My next thought was candida. I'm going to jump in the shower and a rub down with some of my guys weird shampoo that's for... like fungus or something? I don't know but he told me it was worth a try. I'm scared the water will make it even more angry.

Anyone have this?! I've had plenty of rashes but this is by the far the most uncomfortable. At least I don't remember having it like this. It's all over my scalp, chest face legs arms belly and back. Yep. Pretty much the whole body.

Help!!

Could be an allergy to one of your new meds? I'm no expert but I don't think candida rashes are that aggressive.

It's swollen a bit and puffy. No bumps. It's kind of... lumpy? It's not crusty it feels a bit rough but my skin is super dry. It's just really really hot feeling

Oh, my gosh, IHL, I have been researching this all day.  I stopped my A-Bart and A-Bab treatment due to upper torso, arm and facial rashes and it sounds exactly how you described it.  A shower did make the rash more red.  The little tiny bumps aren't too raised but I can feel them more readily.  My skin also flakes when it dries up. The rash is real itchy, too.  Is yours?

I saw my LLMD 3 days ago and he has me seeing a homeopathic doctor to test for food allergies.  At first I thought this was a crock of poop but the more I research maybe it is a good idea.

I constantly get small rashes a few weeks to a few months after trying different antibiotics.  It is so disheartening.

I am wondering if it is from increased ammonia levels.  It is some sort of a histamine mediated problem especially if you have methylation problems.  Dr. Jernigan states this issue has to be addressed and I think he suggests NeuroAntitox Forumlas and a high lysine diet.  L-lysine supplement is also suggested.  I have been trying to find high lysine diets but they encompass some arginine foods which are to be avoided. You have to stay on this type of diet for 2 weeks and then incorporate protein for a week and then continue with the lysine diet, etc., etc.  I am getting thinner by the day and worry about finding the right foods.  If we do have increased ammonia levels drinking lemon water, for now, is a no-no.  Ammonia is very alkaline at an 11.6 pH in areas of ammonia accumulation which include the liver, heart, brain and jaws of Lyme patients.

My doc stated to take Zyrtec 1 tab daily and it is working for the 24 hours but the itch comes back until I take another one.  I wonder if Claritin would have been better since I have been seeing good reviews with this.

I am sorry you are going through this, too.  Chin up and forward we go!!!!!

Patty

 

Pirouette I haven't had any rocephin since Friday morning! I thought that too.

Another thing is last night my tattoo (my entire left thigh from my hip bone to below my knee, it's huge) swelled up and had a million little welts on it. I thought hives right away. I put arnica rub on it and it helped. It was super itchy.

These rashes today felt itchy for a little while and now they don't hurt or anything. They are more pink than red. Except my cheeks. Those babies are on fire and really red and puffy!

Ah! This sucks.

Mine isn't flaky at all. Not yet anyway.

And by the way I have a solid diagnosis of a mast cell disorder. That's very histamine related. I take a supplement called quercetin and am currently off of all other MCAS medications. But maybe this is related to that because I'm herxing??

I used to have to take claritin zyrtec allegra zantac gastrocom singulair and benadryl everyday just to keep my throat from closing up. Awful!

Here are those posts, although this is no guarantee that it's all of them:
lymemd.blogspot.com/2015/03/mast-cells-and-lyme.html

lymemd.blogspot.com/2015/06/mast-cell-activation-disorder-mcad-new.html

lymemd.blogspot.com/2015/06/lyme-and-mast-cells.html

IHL—
Sorry. I just saw your post about the histamine… I think that's another very good possibility.

Patty—
The reason "flakey" suggests y/f overload is that the yeast grows very quietly and invisibly, like a biofilm. It usually generates in your gut (because we ingest abx and tinctures, which are mostly alcohol, which turns very quickly to sugar and yeast that exist normally in our gut get tooooo much sugar and start to grow out of balance.) The yeast grows and grows—sometimes up the throat and out of the mouth and sometimes worse—out of the eyes, ears, rectal area, belly button. Sometimes yeast can just grow on the skin (dandruff is caused by a fungus—it's not skin flaking off, it's the dead fungus). And the flaking gets worse after you shower or you're in the sun because the heat often kills the yeast.

Psoriasis, which is kind of crusty looking is sometimes fungal.

Pls let me know if any of this rings a bell.

-p

Yes I have histamine intolerance but I have full on mast cell activation disorder from lyme. Herxes seem to bring it out to play. My mast cells are complete drama queens.

Mast cells are also a part of your immune system apparently. They release histamine but a ton of other stuff too. The symptom list looks exactly like the lyme disease list

I agree traveler. It's not that far fetched to believe your body has allergy like responses to bugs in it.

I'd encourage anyone that suspects this to ask their doctors about quercetin. I was having anaphylaxis on a daily basis back in April. Quercetin is my saving grace! And it's good for your gut! So double coolness!

Oh ya I have 2 of them I don't even walk in my backyard with out one lol haven't had to use one yet. A bottle of liquid benadryl is usually what I do and so far it works. Don't do that without asking a doctor lol! Benadryl can give you a firm of dementia after extended use that's why it's reserved for emergencies only

The burning would make sense as part of the histamine reaction - in my brain anyway! LOL! Who hasn't had burning skin as part of an allergic reaction to something????