Can someone PLEASE PLEASE explain this for me?

April 3, 2002

I think I may have Finally after over a year of searching figured out what is

wrong with my skin. In addition to cea I think I may have a fungal

infection of M. Furfur. This (these?) fungus can cause Seborrheic Dermatitis

(first derm's diagnosis) , follicular acne (second derm's diagnosis), and a

weird rash thing very similar in appearance to what I had on my arm a bunch of

months ago. And this type of infection can be caused by long-term antibiotic

use (been on 'em for 2+ years). Here is my question:

Two months ago I tried to go off of my antibiotics. I quit my minocycline

basically cold-turkey. When I did this, ALL of my skin conditions flared. My

cea (redness, flushing, and Swelling), my " acne " , AND my " Seborrheic

Dermatitis " ! Now, I know quitting Minocycline can cause flaring of both acne,

and cea. But, if my problem was simply having an antibiotic-induced fungal

problem on top of my cea, would all of my fungal-related symptoms have

flared when I stopped my antibiotics? Seems like if anything, the opposite

would've happened? Does this reaction destroy my theory of my problem being

fungus-related? Or can this be explained?

Neither of my derms say I have a fungal problem, but it makes much more sense

than what either of them suggested. I wanna know if this is a possibility

before making a fuss and pursuing it further.

April 4, 2002

Hi Adam--Has your derm bothered to do a biopsy? Years ago when I

first developed rosacea and was horribly flared, my GP did a biopsy,

thinking it was a fungal problem. He had no idea it was rosacea

at that point. I was a bit flaky, red and swollen. Sure enough the

biopsy did come back positive for fungus (seb derm?). If you can't

get your derm to do that, and it sounds like you are probably having

problems with him/her, go to your GP and ask for it. Your treatment

will be much more effective if they're treating everything that's

wrong.

> I think I may have Finally after over a year of searching figured

out what is wrong with my skin. In addition to cea I think I may

have a fungal infection of M. Furfur. This (these?) fungus can cause

Seborrheic Dermatitis (first derm's diagnosis) , follicular acne

(second derm's diagnosis), and a weird rash thing very similar in

appearance to what I had on my arm a bunch of months ago. And this

type of infection can be caused by long-term antibiotic use (been

on 'em for 2+ years). Here is my question:

>

> Two months ago I tried to go off of my antibiotics. I quit my

minocycline basically cold-turkey. When I did this, ALL of my skin

conditions flared. My cea (redness, flushing, and Swelling),

my " acne " , AND my " Seborrheic Dermatitis " ! Now, I know quitting

Minocycline can cause flaring of both acne, and cea. But, if my

problem was simply having an antibiotic-induced fungal problem on top

of my cea, would all of my fungal-related symptoms have flared

when I stopped my antibiotics? Seems like if anything, the opposite

would've happened? Does this reaction destroy my theory of my

problem being fungus-related? Or can this be explained?

>

> Neither of my derms say I have a fungal problem, but it makes much

more sense than what either of them suggested. I wanna know if this

is a possibility before making a fuss and pursuing it further.

>

April 4, 2002