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Anonymous
December 18, 1996 at 11:39 amPost count: 93172I’m also having trouble with stuff on my neck. Always itches worse at night. Have no idea about any relationship with graves’!
Bruce
Anonymous
December 18, 1996 at 11:49 amPost count: 93172Hi, Yes, prior to diagnosis I kept getting little bumps on my hair line and neck. They seem to have stopped, by thyroid levels are down quite a bit now, on Tapazole, but I’m not yet normal. Hot packs seemed to relieve them. Ignoring them was my last resort. Hang in there. Jeannette
Anonymous
December 18, 1996 at 12:51 pmPost count: 93172There is a skin problem that goes along with Graves. I’m not sure exactly what it is though. If you are on anti-thyroid medications, however, you should CALL YOUR DOCTOR. He/she is the one who would know whether this itchy rash might be a reaction to the meds and not just one of the Graves problems.
Anonymous
December 18, 1996 at 12:56 pmPost count: 93172It is called pretibial maxademia. It is a crusty patch on the skin followed by
a scabing over and falling off. There is a bulletin on it in the NGDF home page.
I and Nancy have addressed this in the past and it can be treated with a cortizone
cream. It is also in the FAQ on the NGDF page. I don’t have the problem but I
understand it itches like a bugger.Jake
Anonymous
December 18, 1996 at 3:00 pmPost count: 93172Thank you for all the tips. I had not tried the cortizne yet, but I will.
It’s so strange because I was never the kind of person to harp on my health.
My mother had all these old swedish remedies when I was a kid. They all
seemed to stink to high heaven or taste worse, so I never talked about
ailments. Now with GD, to get better I have to pay attention.
oops, boss on her wayThanks again,
michelleDAnonymous
December 18, 1996 at 4:09 pmPost count: 93172Has anyone had skin problems related to GD? I know it effects just about everything,
but this is new. I kept finding not so little bumps around my neck. They would
get red and itch, and then go away. Then another would show up. Now I’ve found
a couple on my face(bummer). They only last a few days, but nothing
has helped. I’ve tried alcohol and other stuff to no avail. Has anyone
else had this problem?Happy holidays,
itchyAnonymous
December 18, 1996 at 6:34 pmPost count: 93172I only found out after asking a surgeon why I was still getting pimples
at my age (43) on my face and he said it was folliculitis not pimples.
With this you need to be careful not to spread it – I use Phisohex when
they come up on my face, neck or body and Icoverwith cotton tape so as not
to spread under clothing. Since I have been doing this they are hardly a
problem.I also get a rash on my hands which is more of a problem in summer.
Hope this helps.
Kathleen.
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