Burning, Painful Rash - Dh?

[BigDogz]

For the past few years I've been plagued with an intermittent, recurrent rash on my backside. Initially, I thought it was just folliculitis or simply "pimples". The strange part about them is that my skin burns like mad just before the "pimples" pop out. Once the "pimples" appear, the areas get incredibly painful. Just the light whisking of my clothing over the areas when I walk or even sitting still on them cause a good deal of discomfort and intense burning.

I just recently self-diagnosed after going gluten-free for 1 month with a resolution of my symptoms (mostly peripheral neuropathies, intestinal/stomach complaints and profound fatigue) and an immediate and dramatic return of symptoms with a gluten challenge. I decided to go ahead with testing through Enterolab but I have not gotten any results yet. Either way, I'm now beginning to wonder if the intermittant rash I described above is really DH not folliculitis.

I'm including links to some photos I took of the rash. I'd really like some opinions as to whether you think it is DH or not.

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt131/B.../PossDH/dh2.webp

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt131/B.../PossDH/dh1.webp

http://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt131/B.../PossDH/dh3.webp

[flourgirl]

Hard to tell from pictures, but your description sure sounds like it. The burn and pain was so bad for me it woke me at night. I'd wake up digging and scratching like mad. Anyway, the longer I held to the diet, the rash subsided. I knew when I got glutened, though, as it came back. I learned to avoid things like iodine, ibuprofen for a while. The blisters got smaller, and less itchy as time went by and now I don't get it at all.

Good luck to you!