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November 22, 2015 at 11:24 pm in reply to: Strange non-healing (or slow healing) sores – NOTE: not for the squeamish! #5720CamelliaParticipant
Shoot. Well, if you already went in for a biopsy then it’s probably not folliculitis which is caused by staph and I can’t imagine they wouldn’t have tested for that. The doctor didn’t suggest any ‘shot in the dark’ treatments?
Hm… I actually just did an extensive google search (because I might have a little bit of OCD tendencies when it comes to researcher the interwebz for skin lesions) of all the symptoms (gelly, spiny, spikey, scab, lesion, root) and descriptions you’ve provided and all I can come up with is morgellons… which is a bit of a head-scratcher, so to speak.
Google ‘scab with roots’.
http://morgellonsdiseaseawareness.com/morgellons_photo_galleries/morgellons_anatomy_of_a_lesion
Are fungal infections ever gel-like?
November 21, 2015 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Strange non-healing (or slow healing) sores – NOTE: not for the squeamish! #5716CamelliaParticipantHi Barbara,
I had something similar that turned out to be folliculitis. Looked just like those images you’ve posted and I experienced similar phenomena. They were localized. Mine were on my outer arms and shoulders, and then on my calf not far from a gigantic surgery scar. Sometimes they were very inflamed– like if I was having a histamine reaction to food or if I picked at them. I noticed they were sensitive to the sun, but I knew they weren’t caused by the sun. They healed very slowly. After many years and tons of scarring, I finally had a biopsy that confirmed folliculitis. While I’m certain histamine played a role, in keeping them inflamed and active, a loooong round of antibiotics cleared it up almost entirely where no previous interventions had done anything to help at all. I highly recommend you go to a dermatologist who will likely take a biopsy which will help you to know what they are, or at least what they aren’t. Skin problems are tricky to dx. -
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