Tuesday, December 17, 2013
How my eczema began. . .
My eczema began 3 years ago when I was 17. I was pregnant and started getting red itchy patches which the doctors said it was just a "pregnancy rash". It began when I was about 4 months pregnant. By the time I was 5 and a half months pregnant it had spread all over my body. The itch was unbearable and I couldn't use anything strong to help. At about 7 months pregnant the Dr. gave the ok for me to use mild steroids. The Dr said it was a great possibility my eczema would go away after I gave birth. Well it didn't :( After I had my daughter it got really bad. I then was prescribed stronger steroids. When my daughter was about 3 months old my insurance got taken away and I could no longer afford the steroids. I used Vaseline and cortisone 10. I didn't know anything about tsw but I was going through it. I stopped using the steroids around april 2012 and by march 2013 my eczema had gone away. But it came back this year in September in small patches. I then went to Puerto rico and it didn't spread but th moment I came back to New Jersey it got so bad. My eyes were swollen shut and the eczma spread everywhere. It was so severe I went to the hospital and even though I didn't want to take steroids I had to take oral steroids because it was so bad. I was on the pill for ten days and on a cream for about a week that's when I came upon itsan and it explained topical steroid withdrawal. I stopped all steroids November 9th 2013.
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