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Caterina0909

By Caterina0909
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I have a widespread rash all over my torso and neck - pics below. It is itchy but not bothering me. Been like this since Wednesday. I also have quite a few celiac symptoms - any thoughts? 
 

 

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On 9/18/2021 at 1:50 PM, Caterina0909 said:

I have a widespread rash all over my torso and neck - pics below. It is itchy but not bothering me. Been like this since Wednesday. I also have quite a few celiac symptoms - any thoughts? 
 

 

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Hi, 

You said that you have celiac symptoms. Have you been tested for celiac? It could be DH, but it could also be something else. 

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Hello

 

Yes I have been tested but serology came back negative. I am going for an endoscopy and MRI of small bowel in the coming weeks.

 

My doctor thinks this could be pityriasis rosea, which looking at photos is entirely likely, but I just want to explore other options too given my stomach issues and malabsoprtion.

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

C

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To me it looks very much like DH, and if you have symptoms it still could be. You should ask them to biopsy it for DH.

Also, do you have your celiac disease blood test results to share? I'm curious if you had any elevated levels of antibodies, which could put you in a gray zone. Also, were you eating gluten daily for 6-8 weeks leading up to your blood test? If not, your results could be false negative.

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3 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

To me it looks very much like DH, and if you have symptoms it still could be. You should ask them to biopsy it for DH.

Also, do you have your celiac disease blood test results to share? I'm curious if you had any elevated levels of antibodies, which could put you in a gray zone. Also, were you eating gluten daily for 6-8 weeks leading up to your blood test? If not, your results could be false negative.

Hi Scott 

 

Thanks for your reply. I don’t have any results - was just told that it was negative for celiac… I assumed the actual values didn’t mean anything in that case but it would be good to know if any values were slightly raised - am I right? 
 

My gp now thinks this is gluttate psoriasis. It’s not itchy (well, mildly itchy at times) - but not what I imagine DH to be after reading up on it. 
 

C

Scott Adams Grand Master
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It would not hurt to ask for the actual results and the reference ranges, as recent studies do indicated that elevated gluten antibodies are not something to ignore, which is what many doctors do. Not to create a clash with your doctor, but why not rule out DH by doing a biopsy for it?

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