' Completed Questionnaire

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Thanks for sending in your Questionnaire.

I have added the information to our " Member Medical History " Files on

the Group site and posted it below.

You now have Full EN Group privileges.

You are receiving EN Group emails, but remember that you can go to the

EN Group site whenever you like by going to :

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erythema_nodosum_Group/

and logging on with your Yahoo ID and secret password.

You do NOT have to have the group emails delivered to be a member here.

Blood tests alone cannot rule out the many possible causes of EN and I

would call your doctor's attention to these causes listed on our Files

under Triggers and Causes of EN. I am sure he will not test for tham

all--as there are about 100, but he must do a strep test and rule out

sarcoidosis and Crohn's as these are the most common related

disorders. Once that is done, you may be thrown into the " idiopathic "

half of EN patients--where no trigger is discovered. That is where I

am. Even, so you will learn ways to treat it from this fine group.

Welcome!

Love,

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' Case History

4/14/05

1. Your name and age: , 35

2. Your location: Devon

3. Your email address: pauljones702000@...

4. Your Yahoo ID: pauljones702000

5. Describe your erythema nodosum/PG symptoms or, if you do not have

EN or PG, please explain why you wish to join this group.

At first I felt sore,stiff & ached head to toe & had loss of mobility

in my

ankles, then my tempeture started going up & down & my skin felt very

sensitive all over.

Then I notice a small lump on the front of my shin & another on my

ankle &

started to find it even more difficult to walk, I went to the doctors

& he said

it was cellulitis & put me on antibiotics & after a week I had

developed ten

lumps on both of my lower legs & one on my upper thigh & was having a

great deal of difficulty walk or standing for any period of time.

I then seen another doctor who diagnosed it as EN & he put me on a anti

inflamitories & Penicillin, this seemed to make no difference at all &

after a

week I went back & asked for some blood test, these came back yesterday

showing no adnormalities & now I feel a little lost as what to do next.

6. List any other health conditions.

none.

7. State what medications or treatments you take for EN, and their

effectiveness:

If had two different anti biotics, one was Penicillin & I cant

remember the

other.

I also had a weeks cousre of the anti inflamitory (Indometacin) then the

doctor took me off them as i was getting a lot of swelling in my feet

& he

said that a side effect of this anti inflamitory was water retention?

So I'm now not on any form of medication at all & unsure as what to do

next.

8. When did you first get erythema nodosum or PG?

I first had the EN Over 4 weeks ago.

9. How long have you had erythema nodosum or PG?

I've had EN just over 4 weeks

10. Do you agree to treat all EN members with respect?

Yes

11.Do you agree to post NO advertisements for any products or services?

Yes

12. How did you find this Group? (Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves Search,

referral from another group or person etc.)

Yahoo