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It is not just the itching that makes me lose sleep. When I have active DH, I wake up around 3 a.m. even if I'm not itchy. Once I'm awake, I get itchy. I'm wondering if there is a possible hormone/menopause connection with DH emerging in women who have never had gluten-intolerance symptoms before. After more than several years of hot flashes, night sweats...

For me, popping the blisters is not only satisfying but makes the area less itchy and start to heal. I wait until they get to the perfect hardness. Sometimes the blister fills right back up, for as much as a day. Does anyone else find this to be true? Also, in the summer I was able to get big spears of aloe. I kept it in the fridge and would put it on...

How validating to read that since my biopsy shows the rash is DH, that means I have celiac. I also have the gene, but my doc thinks it still could be something else...Who cares? I also find it very impressive how many people on this forum are self-diagnosed. I remember when the dermatologist called my rash psoriasis and prescribed an ointment to use for...