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Topic: Very strange skin discoloration on arms???..

tiffagoo
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Member # 23750

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Hi there everyone,

I have white spots on my arms. They are spots that are mostly present when it is cold, however, they can appear at anytime.

They seem to have gotten worse with my symptoms. And now I also have red dots all over my arms. Which my LLMD has explained are from Babesia. But what are the white discoloration.

I have seen a dermatologist, but he explained that alot of people with autoimmune disorders have this. And he couldn't remember the name of it.

Anyhow, just wondering if anyone else has it and if it gets better with treatment???

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sammy
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Member # 13952

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Do your arms look like this, livedo reticularis:
http://dermnetnz.org/vascular/livedo-vascularis.html

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TF
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Member # 14183

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I wonder if he was thinking of discoid lupus (an autoimmune disorder that attacks the skin).

Vitiligo is also an autoimmune disorder, but I didn't think the white spots would disappear with that disorder.

http://nvfi.org/pages/vitiligopresentation.pdf

Hopefully, he wasn't thinking of either of these. I would really want to know! I would call and say it was bothering me and ask for the name of the ailment since he couldn't remember it while you were there. Let him look it up! They can call you back with the answer. You paid for that knowledge.

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Sammi
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Do you have adrenal fatigue?

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tiffagoo
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Member # 23750

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Sammy, my arms don't look that bad. There are a few spots scattered all over my arm. Those pics look like a web of white spots to me.

TF, no I don't have vitiligo. I have a friend that had this and my skin looks nothing like hers. And they ran a test for autoimmune lupus before I was diagnosed properly with Lyme Disease and my blood results were not positive for it.

I have had adrenal fatigue. However, it has gottern much MUCH better now that I am getting a full 6-8 hours of sleep a night. And with antibiotics my symptoms have slowly gotten better. I am considerig trying the salt/C protocol,

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