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What Is The Reason For Rashes All Over The Body Even After Eliminating Wheat Products From Diet And Using Cortisone Cream?
I have had a number of rashes on various parts of my body since April. I have tried eliminating anything new, ie lotions, cereal. I did have skin testing done 3 years ago. I was recommended to go on a nickel free diet at the time, although I did not. I found the one product that made my face breakout in a rash and had no further problem until this year. I have since beginning of Nov cut out many wheat products. I have some rashes that I treat with a low dose cortisone cream, although that does not seem to be helping my other itches which seem to be more every day??I have looked at the nickel free diet and most of the higher content items I stay away from
Mon, 6 Jan 2014
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Just from description without looking at the rashes, it is difficult to think of a particular diagnosis. But if its nickel that is leading to your rash, it could be contact allergic dermatitis. Daily use items such as belts with buckles, any ornament etc contain nickel in varying amounts and can induce body rashes. So you need to avoid that too. Sometimes cortisone cream doesnt work alone as its quite a mild steroid. Either a potent steroid is required or an oral steoid is required.
Also avoiding wheat or any other edible product wont help as it was not the cause of your rash at first place.
A visit to a dermatologist is recommended as there could be many causes for generalised body rash apart from allergic dermatitis
Hope this helped.
Thanks for writing to us.
Just from description without looking at the rashes, it is difficult to think of a particular diagnosis. But if its nickel that is leading to your rash, it could be contact allergic dermatitis. Daily use items such as belts with buckles, any ornament etc contain nickel in varying amounts and can induce body rashes. So you need to avoid that too. Sometimes cortisone cream doesnt work alone as its quite a mild steroid. Either a potent steroid is required or an oral steoid is required.
Also avoiding wheat or any other edible product wont help as it was not the cause of your rash at first place.
A visit to a dermatologist is recommended as there could be many causes for generalised body rash apart from allergic dermatitis
Hope this helped.
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