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Can Dh Be In One Small Place?

Skylark

By Skylark
in Dermatitis Herpetiformis

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In that thread about itching, I just made a connection. I used to get INTENSE itching on my right index finger, and a couple days later I would get one or two tiny blisters. A friend saw me picking at this rash once and told me it was probably herpes whitlow. I looked it up and herpes simplex is able to live in the nerves at the base of the hand and cause blistering on the fingers. I have had some itching but no blistering in the past few years since I've been really careful about gluten and now I'm wondering if it could be DH?

Can DH show up in a tiny patch in almost the same place (anywhere along my right index finger) over and over again and nowhere else?

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In that thread about itching, I just made a connection. I used to get INTENSE itching on my right index finger, and a couple days later I would get one or two tiny blisters. A friend saw me picking at this rash once and told me it was probably herpes whitlow. I looked it up and herpes simplex is able to live in the nerves at the base of the hand and cause blistering on the fingers. I have had some itching but no blistering in the past few years since I've been really careful about gluten and now I'm wondering if it could be DH?

Can DH show up in a tiny patch in almost the same place (anywhere along my right index finger) over and over again and nowhere else?

I don't know much about DH, but I had the exact thing happen to me in the year or so before I went gluten-free. As I got sicker, I would also get a few on the underside of my forearm. It's not happened since, it's been a little over 5 years.

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I have had my DH under control now for years, I had it extensively for most of my life. Now if I get a good glutening I get one or two little blisters, usually on my pinky fingers. Can't say for sure what you are getting is DH but if it gets worse and starts showing up in other areas cut the iodine out of your diet for a while.

After the antibodies are gone from the dermis then iodine won't cause a reaction. For me at first that took about 2 years but I now can take vitamins with iodine and use iodized salt with no issues.

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