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DH triggers by antibiotics?

MimiDee

By MimiDee
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Hi new here. I have suffered from DH since I was a teen. Never had a positive diagnosis for DH. Even the derm I saw a few years ago during a bad flare said it was dermatitis/excema with a secondary infection. Treated with cortisteroid and or tetracycline which if course made it worse as soon as I stopped treatment.  Here’s the weird thing. Last two flare ups started during the course of taking prescription of antibiotics for an infection.  Both times I’ve checked and the drugs are supposedly gluten-free. But maybe they lower my bodies natural ability to protect against cross contamination or the occasional accidental ingestion?  
 

the worst part is I get my DH on my face so I can’t hide it. Starts at the outside corners of my nostrils and spreads down my labial facial folds and then across my chin if it progresses to a full on flare. So essentially I have DH goatee. Nice. ? 

Anyone have similar? And also I’ve never had dapsone I’m going to clinic to ask. The feeling of the flare up is almost worse than how it looks. It’s driving me crazy with the itchy burn. 

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I suspect that I had a gluten exposure from three courses of antibiotics for a tooth infection even though I did everything to ensure it was gluten free (pharmacist, called manufacturer, etc.)  of course, no proof.  

I hope you figure it out.  

 

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