Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Saw my derm today. He couldnt help me with the pain. He finally tested for PF by scraping a pustule. (I got lucky, he said the fact that I'd been using ZNP wouldnt affect the test results). He said he didn't see Pityrosprorum, but he saw what looked like it might be a rare yeast. He tested for dermatographism after I mentioned what my PCP says, and he also told me I do have dermatographism. he said I likely do NOT have systemic mastocytosis because my eisophils are normal or something (not sure exactly what they were called, but I know they were rated a 3). But he said other mast cell disorders were still a possibility, and he had no problem with me seeing a second allergist/immunologist to rule the possibility out. He said it seemed like my immune system was depressed or something.. which the nurse says is relatively common after long-term antibiotic use. She made my low WBC count suddenly seem important, and said it might play into all this. My derm didn't prescribe me anything, and left me with more answers than questions. He kept telling me I had to ask all this stuff to my primary care doc. Who always tells me I need to ask all this stuff to my derm. Basically, I have Dermatographism. I MAY have a mast cell disorder (but not systemic mastocytosis). I have a very low WBC count (and my skin has been very hypersensitive/rashy/allergic-looking ever since). and in addition to the fungus under the nails and the sebderm, I have what MAY be a rare type of yeast. Which, if any, of these might be possible causes for the redness/flushing/extreme response and pain caused by any type of heat and sun? The nurse was pretty quick to discount the yeast theory (saying that normally would not appear on the face), and was a proponent of the idea that the low WBC count could be at least partially to blame. My Primary care said its perfectly ok for a regular, healthy person to have an unusually low WBC count, and didn't think that was a problem at all. He said the acneform part of my problem looked like some type of folliculitus, possibly caused by yeast/fungus, since it didnt start until well after I began the antibiotics. They both seemed unclear as to what, if any, role the dermatographism might be playing in my facial flushing. Its pretty obvious i'm on my own here, since they just keep passing me off from one to the other, but I don't know where to go from here. Any suggestions? Thanks Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 Saw my derm today. He couldnt help me with the pain. He finally tested for PF by scraping a pustule. (I got lucky, he said the fact that I'd been using ZNP wouldnt affect the test results). He said he didn't see Pityrosprorum, but he saw what looked like it might be a rare yeast. He tested for dermatographism after I mentioned what my PCP says, and he also told me I do have dermatographism. he said I likely do NOT have systemic mastocytosis because my eisophils are normal or something (not sure exactly what they were called, but I know they were rated a 3). But he said other mast cell disorders were still a possibility, and he had no problem with me seeing a second allergist/immunologist to rule the possibility out. He said it seemed like my immune system was depressed or something.. which the nurse says is relatively common after long-term antibiotic use. She made my low WBC count suddenly seem important, and said it might play into all this. My derm didn't prescribe me anything, and left me with more answers than questions. He kept telling me I had to ask all this stuff to my primary care doc. Who always tells me I need to ask all this stuff to my derm. Basically, I have Dermatographism. I MAY have a mast cell disorder (but not systemic mastocytosis). I have a very low WBC count (and my skin has been very hypersensitive/rashy/allergic-looking ever since). and in addition to the fungus under the nails and the sebderm, I have what MAY be a rare type of yeast. Which, if any, of these might be possible causes for the redness/flushing/extreme response and pain caused by any type of heat and sun? The nurse was pretty quick to discount the yeast theory (saying that normally would not appear on the face), and was a proponent of the idea that the low WBC count could be at least partially to blame. My Primary care said its perfectly ok for a regular, healthy person to have an unusually low WBC count, and didn't think that was a problem at all. He said the acneform part of my problem looked like some type of folliculitus, possibly caused by yeast/fungus, since it didnt start until well after I began the antibiotics. They both seemed unclear as to what, if any, role the dermatographism might be playing in my facial flushing. Its pretty obvious i'm on my own here, since they just keep passing me off from one to the other, but I don't know where to go from here. Any suggestions? Thanks Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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