Miki

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Miki,

Ask your doctor about adding Zantac to your

medications, it blocks a different type of histamine

and it might give you some additional relief. I take

Zantac, Allegra, Doxepin and Singulair. You might be

able to take additional hydroxyzine at night.

Sometimes it takes more medication for us CU folks

than it takes for folks who don't have CU.

Joan

--- mandmdye@... wrote:

> Hi Elaine,

>

> The rash I have is red, raised and INCREDIBLY itchy.

> It looks like the same

> as the pictures downloaded by many of the people in

> this group. The rash

> started the last week of my pregnancy on my stomach

> and seemed to match the

> PUPP description exactly (develops the last week of

> pregnancy and starts on

> the stomach, etc.). Within a week it spread from my

> stomach to my entire

> body (except my face). My gyno said it was the

> worse case of PUPP he had

> ever seen in 20 years and even made me show my rash

> to his daughter who is

> also a gyno (I felt like a specimen). When I had to

> have an emergency

> C-section (because I wasn't dilating and my water

> had broke) the

> anesthesiologist and nurse were shocked at the

> intensity of my rash. They

> put me on prednisone, benedryl and cortisone lotion

> after I gave birth, but

> the rash never went away. The rash is always there

> now, just at varying

> degrees. The usual places the rash seems to stick

> around the most is on my hi

> ps, buttocks, ankles, knees, back of thigh and the

> front upper arms (by my

> armpits). I used to get it on my stomach, but it

> hasn't been there for a

> while. I have heard of PUPP coming back during the

> 2nd pregnancy even

> though, you are only supposed to get it during the

> 1st pregnancy (but not

> that it never went away). The thought of getting

> pregnant again and having

> the rash get that bad again turns my stomach : (

> I was looking on the

> internet to see if any other people with PUPP have

> had this problem when I

> came across this group. When the rash never went

> away, my dermatologist did

> a biopsy right in the middle of where the rash was

> the most intense and it

> came back as hives. But I am utterly confused now

> because my Allergist said

> it doesn't look like I have hives because hives

> usually move from place to

> place within 24 hours and does not stay in certain

> areas for weeks like mine

> does. I have been taking two 60mg of Allegra during

> the day and one

> Hydroxyzine at night. The Hydroxyzine seems to help

> the most and I used to

> take it during the day too, but I had to just stop,

> because it made me so

> groggy and I can't be that way when I have a

> daughter to take care of. I

> have also found that Lanacane cream (one that says

> it has Antibacterial

> agents) also seems to help. So....that is my story

> (sorry it is so long).

>

> I'm sorry your daughter had to experience PUPP, but

> I am so glad for her that

> it went away. They say it is common, but I don't

> know anybody else

> personally who has had it. It is baffling to me!

>

> It was nice hearing from you and if you have any

> suggestions " I'm all ears! "

> I will never quit looking for a cure!

>

> Take care,

>

> Miki

>

>

>

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