Re: Re: swelling/my favorite EN link

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Thankyou so much for the help you are giving me ...I have printed off the link you have sent me and will read through it. I also have made another appointment with my doctor for Friday and will take this information with me. Love Marilyn Strecker wrote: Hi Marilyn,Usually dr's in the UK are better versed in EN than those in the states, but that may just be the luck of

the draw. Yes, pain, heat, redness and swelling are part of the EN syndrome, and so is fever, and malaise. If you have sarcoidosis you may have difficulty breathing or a cough, and if you have inflammatory bowel disease, you will possibly have problems with your guts.The chest xray is to see if you have sarcoidosis, which is sometimes associated with EN. You should at the very minimum also get some blood work done to check for other possible disease. While I myself was never biopsied [as it took me 5 yrs to be correctly diagnosed], you should have a biopsy to make sure that you do indeed have EN since this is your first outbreak. EN looks like different conditions and so a biopsy is the only way to be sure you have it.If you want to read the very best article on EN I refer you to this one:http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol8num1/reviews/enodosum/requena.htmlYou may wish to have your doctors read it too. There is no shame in their being ignorant, but there is in being arrogant, in my opinion. Love,idio. EN '68Please enter Erythema Nodosum.........Thanks!Donation Information Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox.

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