To BJ;dermatologist dx rosacea on face, unsure if lupus

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BJ dermatologist rx rosacea which is another skin disease on face and

gave me creams. He said he can't be sure if it is Lupus right now.

He did not do skin biopsy because he said it would scar. I'm still

extremely tired though. I'm sleeping most of the time. I'm

interested to see what the labs will say. The dermatologist was very

young. cea sounds just like lupus, listen to how to recognize

it: " Pimples of rosacea appear on the face as small, red bumps, some

of which may contain pus. These may be accompanied by the

development of many tiny blood vessels on the surface of the skin and

persistnet redness of the face. " I've looked at pictures of the lupus

lesion and it also looks the same. He said with discoid lupus,

people have huge spots in their scalp and huge patches of hair fall

out; and very pussy lesions on face. those are more extreme cases

aren't they? Are yours that bad? Has it ever been that bad? He said

if it dosen't go away in two weeks then it might be and he's going to

follow-up with me very closely. He found two moles he wants to

biopsy. what do you make of his rx? I'm not sure if I received your

info. As of yet I have not. I'm having trouble with my mail, its

not routing to my inbox, I have to go to our message board to get

it. I will look more for it there. what time did you sned it? No

messages have gone to my inbox today. Yesterday they got stuck

somehow. Love you, , God Bless you! Thank you so much for

your help.

> In a message dated 4/6/2004 1:48:44 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> michellerking1@y... writes:

> I've had a positive ANA for a long long time, and sed rate also.

He used

> that as part of Rx. However, I am going to dermatologist now for

skin biopsy.

> My face is swelling more and more all the time. I was taking

penicillin when

> this flare really burst through the skin, could it be drug

induced? I'm going

> to take literature to dermatologist. God Bless you Thank you so

much BJ, will

> write when I get home, about 3pm, love, michelle

> oh sorry michelle i wasn't aware that you had a positive ana, its

more likely

> then that you may have both which i do, right now i have sores on

my head,

> nose and mouth and let me tell you its bothersome, and mine hurt so

right now i

> am just kinda relaxing. I didn't fall asleep last night till 5:30

this

> morning nice huh thats a no no and not good, did you get the

information i sent you

> and was it helpful...???take care Love BJ