Just diagnosed with bizarre condition - apparently linked to thyroid issues

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Hi again,

I have another 'weird' thing to report. I've just been diagnosed with a rather

bizarre condition and it is apparently linked to hypothyroidism in some way, but

I'm not sure how???

Does anyone else here suffer from Dermographica? Read on for more info & see

the link for photogpraphs of others with the same condition.

About 2 weeks ago, I woke up and innocently looked in the mirror and got a bit

of a shock. I had two raised white lines that ran down the left side of my

face. The best way to describe them is that they looked like veins and they

'popped' out from under the skin, although they weren't actually veins at all.

I saw two doctors (one was a surgeon who specialised in skin) and they both

diagnosed the same thing - Dermographism (also known as Dermographica). They

said the lines are supposed to be quite itchy, but it is strange because I did

not suffer from any itchy sensations at all. The lines just appeared!

Apparently the lines were caused by a reaction to something that had come in

contact with my skin. It apparently causes a histamine reaction and cuts off the

blood supply to that particular strip of skin. Weird, huh? The doc told me it

was ok if it only happened once, but he wouldn't be happy if it happened again.

Well guess what? It has happened again on two other occasions, but not to the

same degree as it did the first time it occurred. It was relatively mild the

other two times it occurred. On the second and third occasions I had fine white

lines on my face (some were a tiny bit raised and others weren't raised at all).

It looked like I had fine, white bleached lines running down my face. I have a

feeling it might have been caused by a new pillowslip I have been using (I

laundered it prior to using the new item). I think I am having some sort of

reaction to the stitching, but I am only guessing because I can't think of

anything else that would cause white lines to appear on my face. By the way,

they aren't indentations. They looked 'bleached' and they only last for a few

hours. I've yet to tell the doctor that the lines appeared a second and third

time.

Have a look at these photographs. My 'first' lines resembled those in the

'hello' and 'peace sign' pics. My lines stuck out from the skin in much the

same way as those in the photographs.

http://www.google.com.au/images?hl=en & client=firefox-a & hs=ZLK & rls=org.mozilla:en\

-GB:official & prmd=ivns & um=1 & ie=UTF-8 & source=og & sa=N & tab=wi & biw=1280 & bih=783 & q=de\

rmographism & tbs=isch:1

Anyhow, I guess it is yet another bizarre thing to add to my list.

Dermographica, Persistent Migraine Aura since April 2010, etc etc.

Does anyone else on the forum suffer from Dermographism or know anything else

about it??? Anyone know WHY there is a link between Dermographica and thyroid

issues???

The whole thing is truly bizarre.

P