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Interesting article about how COVID vaccine could open doors to cancer treatments.
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jdonliturgy posted an update in the group Celiac Disease Advocate Network
My late-onset celiac disease is mostly under control through a gluten-free diet, but my most bothersome symptom is frequent flares of red skin rashes in patches on my neck and around my eyes. The rash is flat (no blisters) but itchy and peely and lasts several days until the next flare. Hydrocortisone cream works to make it go away, but I worry about using that around my eyes because it tends to thin the skin, which leads to wrinkles – of which I already have enough!. Other creams soothe but don’t make the rash go away. Has anybody found anything that works?
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Thanks jdonliturgy for joining us! For symptom relief, there is always systematic (oral) corticosteroids (like prednisone) or other corticosteroid creams like Emuaidmax, but the best solution would be isolate the cause of the rashes themselves. How do you know that the rashes are related to Celiac disease, especially if you have already been on a gluten free diet?
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I suspect the connection because I never had this particular rash until my celiac disease became active with gastric symptoms – and it has slowly been getting worse. These slightly scaly patches never fully go away, although the redness and itchiness responds to hydrocortisone, and they are slowly spreading. It seems to go in flares every few days. (Sometimes after I eat things made with corn.) I know I also probably get some cross-contamination as my job requires frequent restaurant and conference hotel meals where I often have to settle for “gluten-friendly”meals – and I receive a low-gluten communion host every Sunday. I met a woman with celiac disease in a group on Facebook who described the exact same symptoms, with pictures of her red-ringed peely eyes which look just like mine.
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Thanks for mentioning Emuaidmax – I may have to try it.
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