PITYRIASIS ROSEA

I had some rash over my body 3 weeks ago and had been on and off some anti-histamine. The rash got worse, developed all over the trunk and I have to be on prednisolone. I decided to call my Skin Specialist and went to see him on Wednesday before I drive back to KL at night. By the time I went to see my doctor, the rash has developed to my arms and thighs and going down to my calfs. I got really worried because the rash flares up really fast and my back is affected too. Doctor suggested a Skin Biopsy on the spot but I couldn't do it as I have to drive back to KL on that night. So the doctor gave me Erythromycin for 6 weeks as he suspected my condition to be either Pityriasis Rosea or Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica. The antibiotic are supposed to control the rash.

On Friday morning, I realised there are more rash and it started to itch. Besides that, each time I took the antibiotic I had diarrhoea. This time I got really anxious and worried. I called back Singapore hoping to speak to my doctor but unfortunately he is off on Friday but managed to speak to the hospital pharmacist and I was told to stop the medication. I quickly called my family doctor in KL but he is off for the weekend too. I'm starting to feel depressed because of the rash and I had to wear long sleeve shirt and pants to hide it. I start to feel lousy and lost of confidence. I don't know what to do and lost too because doctor told me that for this condition, there's only symtomatic treatment as the rash will recover by itself between 6 to 12 weeks. Oh mine!! I'm thinking even a day can kill me, how am I to wait for 6 weeks or worst is 12 weeks. Is he kidding me??

My hubby started checking through the internet on these 2 conditions and found that most patients can only wait for it to disappear by itself. Some Pityriasis Lichenoides Chronica patients had the rash for 5 yrs and sometimes it relapse. As for Pityriasis Rosea, patients experience as long as 6 months. I couldn't wait as my rash got really worst this time and I immediately see my doctor the moment I'm back in Singapore on Tuesday. Doctor said is likey to be PR (Pityriasis Rosea) by looking at the rash. In a way, I'm a little relief because PR tends to be acute. This round , I'm was prescribe Piriton and Prednisolone to control the itch and swellings. I'm hoping the rash will disappear soon and I can start to live my life as before. I must say I'm lucky to have a very supportive husband to listen and check everything for me to calm me down. I have been down for a couple of weeks lately. That's why I didn't update my blogs since the past week..

WRINKLES

Wanna know how many wrinkles you will have this year? I read an article recently about wrinkles and thought is good to share with some of you.. Everything we do eventually shows up on our face. Even we have good genes, our wrinkles and lines show that we lived, and it all adds up. So what's your score and what are you going to do about it?

1) If you go out w/out sunscreen everyday ......Add 25 lines
2) If you smoke ....... ......Add 15 lines
3) If you sleep less than 8 hrs a night ......Add 10 lines
4) If you skip breakfast regularly .......Add 10 lines
5) If you don't exercise actively .......Add 5 lines
6) If you laugh, frown or smile .......Add 5 lines
7) If you sleep on one side .......Add 5 lines


I will have 25 lines this year. Mainly contributed by sleeping less than 8 hours. Will try to get more sleep from now on..hee...hee.. What about you?