# Bullous Pemphigoid: Anyone have it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 29, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullous-pemphigoid-anyone-have-it/350371 "2006-03-29T05:48:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bullous-pemphigoid-anyone-have-it/350371/1 "2006-03-29T05:48:05Z")
Well, I **do** , and it seems to be taking turns with my feet or my hands. At the present time I have huge blisters on the sides of both my feet, but next time it might be my hands, and I need both to do my job and take care of my patients. I have seen a dermatolgist, and all she wants to do is put me on steroids (a short-term cure) or put me on Methatrexate (a cancer drug which requires many liver profile studies) and since I am in excellent physical condition other than the BP, I do not want to start taking such a drug. When these blisters appear, no one believes anything other than that I may have burned myself, so I am at a loss for what to do. If any of y’all have this, would you please let me know what you are doing to combat it? I am a vegetarian already, having given uo all meats so that I can get some relief from my arthritis, and so far it has worked, but it seems I have traded one malady for another. Thanks for any help/advice. I did the **GOOGLE** , but there is vey little information available as it pertains to my hands and feet,r Thanks Quasi