Welcome, New Member, Kendell and Terra Davenport/Case History --Valley Fever

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Dear Terra and Kendall,On behalf of all our members, welcome to our Erythema Nodosum Group! Thanks for sending in your Questionnaire. I have added your 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 ALL EN Group emails, and you may also visit the Erythema Nodosum Group Site :http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/erythema_nodosum_Group/ whenever you like by logging on with your Yahoo ID and secret password.You do not have to have the group emails delivered to be a member here.We are familiar with Valley Fever, and I'm sorry to hear that Terra is suffering so badly. Good for you for keeping on top of the situation with your doctor. Valley Fever is serious business. The EN Should subside when the VF is conrolled. We can offer both support and information. Welcome, both of you, to to our Friendly Group!Love,Idiopathic EN 1968*******Name: Kendell Davenport 48, on behalf of my wife Terra Davenport 35, who is too ill to be researching online. Location: Coalinga California Email: krd-tld@... Yahoo ID kendelldav Symptoms/reason:

My wife: Reddish weals, generally small, but often so dense it appears

as a large area, iternittently itchy, but continuously painful. First

appeared on inner forearms but has spread to upper chest, shoulders,

upper back, legs and today even the palms of hands. Prescribed

treatments (steroids) have made it worse, and doctor advised general

aids to soothe symptoms( Aveno oatmeal baths etc, have made

inflamations redder and more painful. Probable

trigger condition is Valley Fever, but doctor is depending on blood

tests for diagnosis, which can take several tests and weeks, instead of

simply allowing the preponderanced of evidence; symptoms, that we live

in an endemic area, that we have had 2 deaths and 100's of cases in

this small town of less than 10,000 in the past year, and that our next

door neighbor and patient of the same doctor died last year after

waiting too long for treatment: decide the probability and diagnosis. First

symptoms appeared 6 weeks ago, lasted a few days and then disappeared,

again flared up aweek ago, much more severly( common among Valley Fever

sufferers as the body first begins producing antibodies) The

first instance was treated with a steroid, which helped the EN, but was

the WORST thing you can do for Valley Fever. This time doctor

prescribed a very potent antibiotic, which we ceased after 2 pills

because of reactions, and then research which again showed it was the

WRONG treatment for Valley Fever. We agree to treat everyone

with respect( we always do, even the doctor we are fighting with) and

to not advertise in any way products or services. We

found this site by doing a google search after a posting on a Valley

Fever message board indicated your existence but not precise

location/address. Our primary

need at this time is to find ways to alleviate some of the discomfort

of the EN while waiting for and going through treatment for the Valley

Fever, which can take months of antifungal medication. Thank You