Sun question

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I've been meaning to write ever since the first time we

brought up the sun. I just finally got around to it.

My youngest is 3 yrs old. He is very fair. (Strawberry blonde

hair, blue eyes, blonde lashes and brows) He seems to

be allergic to the sun. If there even is such a thing. The first

couple times in the sun after winter, he has gotten some kind

of funny rash around his "collar line" on the neck. It is not

bumpy or raised. It looks more like hundreds of super tiny pin

prick sized blood blisters.

Also, recently he got a red bumpy rash on his arms (the part

that wasn't covered by his short sleeve shirt) after being in the

sun.

Has anyone heard of this before?

BTW, we eat plenty of fats. (Butter, fats on meat, CO, etc..)

Thanks,

Therese

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My sister used to get a rash from the sun and it was called a 'sun allergy'. I

finally saw it mentioned on one of the lists as a B vitamin deficiency - I can't

remember which one but it may be a niacin deficiency:

Niacin Deficiency

Finally, a niacin skin rash may develop due to a niacin deficiency in the body.

Pellagra is what occurs with this type of vitamin deficiency and in fact, skin

rashes are one of the diagnostic clues for a vitamin B3 deficiency. The skin

rash or painful skin flushing normally appear with sun exposure, heat exposure,

or trauma to the skin. More specifically, the rash can be described as:

>3. Sun question

> Posted by: " The Laurdan's " thelaurdans@... peace_therese

> Date: Wed May 28, 2008 10:26 am ((PDT))

>

>I've been meaning to write ever since the first time we

>brought up the sun. I just finally got around to it.

>My youngest is 3 yrs old. He is very fair. (Strawberry blonde

>hair, blue eyes, blonde lashes and brows) He seems to

>be allergic to the sun. If there even is such a thing. The first

>couple times in the sun after winter, he has gotten some kind

>of funny rash around his " collar line " on the neck. It is not

>bumpy or raised. It looks more like hundreds of super tiny pin

>prick sized blood blisters.

>Also, recently he got a red bumpy rash on his arms (the part

>that wasn't covered by his short sleeve shirt) after being in the

>sun.

>Has anyone heard of this before?

>BTW, we eat plenty of fats. (Butter, fats on meat, CO, etc..)

>

>Thanks,

>Therese

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