treepatrol
Honored Contributor (10K+ posts)
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Lyme causes skin issues too.
Infections: Bacteria, viruses and fungi are common causes of skin rashes. Infestations: Some skin rashes are caused by tiny parasites such as lice and mites. Irritants: Abrasion (clothes, diapers, etc.), heat or sun exposure, cosmetics, an overly dry environment. Allergies and Reactions: Insect bites or stings, plants like poison ivy, certain foods, chemical pollutants, medications, chemicals found in household cleaners - and many others. Systemic Illnesses: Skin rashes may be one of the symptoms of a primary disease like rheumatic fever, Lupus or (((((Lyme disease.)))))
Eczema Swelling of the outer skin of unknown cause. In the early stage it may be itchy, red, have small blisters, and be swollen, and weeping. Later it becomes crusted, scaly, and thickened.
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mlkeen
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Are you getting enough oil in your diet.
After I added cod liver geltabs for omega 3 my dry skin left. I mean left! I hardly ever moisterize any more and only take the cod liver tabs a couple of times week because my face got too oily.
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some abx give me extremely dry/cracking skin.
especially tetracycline.
maybe try switching abx and see if it goes away (i had good luck with biaxin/plaquenil as far as skin goes), and maybe ask DR to add nystatin for possible yeast.
i also take probiotics, and try switching brands from time to time.
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