Yes, good luck and let us know what’s up.
To add to what phouka said: Aveeno makes oatmeal-based soaps and other soaps which are good for those with troubled skin.
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Any help or diagnosis yet?
This was my last thread posted to and I just felt ok enough to look this up again. I was wondering how both you are doing. There are so many things that can cause the skin reaction, and I hope it doesn’t exasterbate over time. You can tell how well my symptoms are under control with medicines. My thought processes get messed up before the severe imune reactions show up, and by the time severe rash and swelling show up, I can’t construct a sentence. I would suggest you watch for cognative and emotional changes as a indicator that the immune system is attacking in a nastier way. I say this to key you into an important indicator that might give you advanced warning of the immune reaction getting worse. Best of wishes, I really mean this.
My SIL (the sick one that never gets treatment) had something akin to shingles on her scalp. It was very painful for her. You might want to investigate that. Also, specifically ask the dermatologist, “If this isn’t a skin issue, WHAT IS IT?” Sometimes you have to s-p-e-l-l everything out to doctors. They are always in such a hurry, if you don’t pull every answer out of them, you’ll get nothing.
I have all sorts of alarm bells going off at the symptoms, but IANAD so will refrain from suggesting any causes.
However, both my son and I have terrible skin reactions (different conditions) and a couple of things which have made a huge difference has been switching to a laundry detergent with no fragrance, colors, etc. Also, we bathe using a product called Cetaphil, it is a soapless cleanser, and my son uses it to wash his hair with as well, when he is having a flare. Cetaphil also has a moisturizer which is very soothing
Chronic pain/illness really bites the big one. I am untreated for the pain, with the exception of large amounts of ibuprophin and a muscle relaxer. One of my troubles is my lower back, which affect my hips (especially the right) and between the sciatica and the neuropathy, some days it’s all I can do to not scream. I do withdraw and undoubtedly appear morose and apathetic. It’s just that I am doing all that I can not to break down. The doctors here on the island are a joke, and I am just in too much pain to fly 400 miles round trip once a month to see a doctor in Anchorage, not to mention that, with my husband gone fishing most of the time it’s just not feasible for me to be gone for at least a full day every month. Plus there always being the possibility/probability of getting weathered out and my kids having to be home alone for who knows how long.
My G.P. is an osteopath, and I have gone to chiropracters in the past. I second the suggestion that your husband see an osteopath. Before my back stuff became as advanced as it is, he worked wonders for me.
My heart goes out to you both. You need to take care of yourself and the baby. Support your husband emotionally, so much of the time it helps me make it through another day when someone tells me that they understand that I am not having a good day. Empathy, not sympathy, makes all the difference.
Take care, and I hope that your husband gets a diagnosis and some real help controlling this pain and (I would have to assume) depression.
I have this same problem. I’ve been in pain for almost four years as a result of an auto accident.
I don’t know if it’s part of my early-childhood training, but I don’t like to complain. If my husband hadn’t dragged me to doctors and actually sat in during the consultation, I probably wouldn’t have gotten the help I needed. Whereas I instinctively wanted to downplay my symptoms, he would bluntly tell the doctor how I was doing. He was the one who insisted that there must be more that could be done than just telling me to live with it.
You husband may be in for a long road ahead. It took me many, many doctors before I found a treatment which worked for me. Pain can make you depressed and fatalistic. Many times I wanted to give up and just live with it, but my husband insisted that in this modern era, there’s no reason to surrender to pain. There are effective treatments for almost any condition-- it’s just a matter of finding a doctor who understands your condition and is willing to work with you to find a treatment which is right for you.
Don’t give up, and don’t let HIM give up. He may resent it over the short-term, but he’ll come to thank you for being so persistant.