Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 In a message dated 8/7/2004 7:39:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, tayamni@... writes: > My brown pigmenting is in splotches on my arms, upper and lower...very > noticeable...like weird uneven tanning year round I have this...but it's not that I have brown pigmenting...it's that I have little spots of vitiligo (common with thyroid disease). Cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 In a message dated 8/7/2004 10:38:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, tayamni@... writes: > What is the MOST common place to find it? I The other places I have the little spots of vitiligo are chest and shoulders and upper back...all the places that get the most sun. cindi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 You know....I saw strange brown spotting on my mother's forearms and wondered about it. She claimed it was from using baby-oil with iodine to tan in her 20's. Then I started to get the same brown spotting in my 30's....but I never did the BOw/iodine thing! LOL As I said earlier, my mom was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue a couple years ago....makes sense now. My brown pigmenting is in splotches on my arms, upper and lower...very noticeable...like weird uneven tanning year round. At least I have an explanation for it now. And even labs to back that up! Does this pigmentation ever go away? Hubby who collapsed from adrenal fatigue has no hyperpigmentation. Do you think this symptom potential varies with skin tone? I am very fair. He is dark French Canadian. I was a freckler when young. He is not. Roxanna Roxanna V. Knight-Plouff, D.V.M. W Plouff North Star German Shepherd Dog Rescue Inc northstargsdr@... www.northstargsdr.org Re: SOLUTIONS WHEN YOU CAN'T TOLERATE THYROID MEDS Suzanne, I didn't see this before I missed it. First let me say I have a great new doc who wants to get to the bottom of it all and so far I am pleased. I am likely in actual adrenal failure, meaning disease or lesions on my adrenals, heart, lungs, etc. This is all likely why I cannot tollerate thyroid. I also likely don't have long to live, so I take it day by day. This doc is 300 miles away and I have to rely on other people to take me there. You will turn brown several months before your adrenals are 90-95% truly dead. Unless you are turning brown, you are likely not currently dying of adrenal failure unless it is your pituitary that is not working. Have you had a CT or MRI of your brain to check your pituitary? Mine is A-OK so far. Of course, my glands are diseased. I am turning brown now...my face neck, and arms have splotches in weird places the same color as cholasma. If you have ever been pregnant and got the mask or the belly line, you know the color. Hyperpigmentation is caused by the ACTH when the pit is trying to stimulate the adrenal cortex. Its like having a high TSH. So, if you are not brown yet, that means that your brain finds the amount of cortisol and mineralcorticoids in your body to be at acceptable levels. Like TSH though, I am sure adrenal failure can begin prior to the ACTH raising enough to cause hyperpigmentation, however, in about 95% of people with adrenal failure, hyperpigmentation preceeds the first addisonian crisis by several months to a year. So, chances are you'll make it to the doc. Chin up. I have lived like this for two years, I'm still here. In heart failure and lung failure and adrenal failure but still here. I'm finally hypo enough that my temp was 96.5 this morning. I used to always run a fever regardless! I am waiting to be put on steriods because I may have cancer and you shouldn't mix that if you don't have to. I never self medicated because if you have an underlying cancer and bring down your immune system with steriods/cotisol/hydrocortisone, call yourself dead. Its just one of the things the feel good docs who write books neglect to tell you. People on steriods their whole lives like addison's and lupus and other patients are at higher risk of cancer and infections than someone who is not. One guy on the sarcoid board just got a brain infection from steriods that were otherwise saving his life. I will likely be on a high dose for 6 months, then weaning off to see what happens. When you say you do not tollerate steriod replacement therapy, what happens to you that you have a " reaction " ...and have you ever actually had it tested? See, mine was low normal at the very bottom a year ago. It should have been high based on the inflammation and the stress I am under. However, now it looks like I'm in 's from " whatever it is " ...or that I have lesions/cancer/tumors on the adrenals. What I need is the right biopsies done and the right tests. > > > > , have you ever tried to see a doc ? > I am dying here . Have no thyroid any more , don't tolerate thyroid , > and my adrenals are allmost dead and I don't tolerate ANY adrenal > support ! Have tried everything : cortisol , fludrocortisone , > DHEA , ..... even Adreset , vitamin C , vitamin B complex , ...... I > tolerate NOTHING ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 If he's dark, it would certainly be more difficult to notice. Debbie K. -----Original Message----- From: Roxanna V Knight-Plouff DVM Hubby who collapsed from adrenal fatigue has no hyperpigmentation. Do you think this symptom potential varies with skin tone? I am very fair. He is dark French Canadian. I was a freckler when young. He is not. Roxanna Roxanna V. Knight-Plouff, D.V.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 7, 2004 Report Share Posted August 7, 2004 I don't think he has it tho. This hyperpig makes such a mottled look to the skin. What is the MOST common place to find it? I will scrutinize him there! Roxanna Roxanna V. Knight-Plouff, D.V.M. W Plouff North Star German Shepherd Dog Rescue Inc northstargsdr@... www.northstargsdr.org RE: brown pigment If he's dark, it would certainly be more difficult to notice. Debbie K. -----Original Message----- From: Roxanna V Knight-Plouff DVM Hubby who collapsed from adrenal fatigue has no hyperpigmentation. Do you think this symptom potential varies with skin tone? I am very fair. He is dark French Canadian. I was a freckler when young. He is not. Roxanna Roxanna V. Knight-Plouff, D.V.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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