The Say Anything Thread - Take 10

[Amby 490]

[Marina-Del 10]

marina do you get red bumps on your skin? or is there spots where it looks like the tiny hairs might be more than one hair in a follicle? or look thicker even? It might be keratosis pilaris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratosis_pilaris

eta: it doesn't always look like the red bumps and it isn't always itchy

Wow, you are faster than Dr. House!!! That does seem to match a bit! I don't have red bumps on my skin most of the time though. Every once in a while they appear on my legs but never my arms and it's only every once in a while. But as the article says, it is almost never my lower arms, but my upper arms and upper and lower legs. I don't have any weird hairs though.

My dad also had this problem for a while (guess I should have mentioned that before in my "medical history" hehe. He didn't have red bumps either, but he had chicken skin all over his body.

It appears my doctor before Dr. Amby had the same idea. The steriod cream I mentioned before is one of the medicines it lists on the wiki article that is used to treat this problem.

If this is what I have, does this mean there is no hope and no cure?

My doc in the US just said, use this and see if it helps...now I want to know if she thought it was this!

[Marina-Del 10]

I gotta go to work now....be back later.

AJ: good luck with your new baby!

By the time I get back you'll either be cured or dead!

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

interesting, isn't it, how doctors rarely tell you what they're thinking until they're absolutely certain.

[Marina-Del 10]

Also, Amby thanks for pointing me in the direction of that article! I'm going to read up on that more later!!

Later!

[Amby 490]

marina do you get red bumps on your skin? or is there spots where it looks like the tiny hairs might be more than one hair in a follicle? or look thicker even? It might be keratosis pilaris. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratosis_pilaris

eta: it doesn't always look like the red bumps and it isn't always itchy

Wow, you are faster than Dr. House!!! That does seem to match a bit! I don't have red bumps on my skin most of the time though. Every once in a while they appear on my legs but never my arms and it's only every once in a while. But as the article says, it is almost never my lower arms, but my upper arms and upper and lower legs. I don't have any weird hairs though.

My dad also had this problem for a while (guess I should have mentioned that before in my "medical history" hehe. He didn't have red bumps either, but he had chicken skin all over his body.

It appears my doctor before Dr. Amby had the same idea. The steriod cream I mentioned before is one of the medicines it lists on the wiki article that is used to treat this problem.

If this is what I have, does this mean there is no hope and no cure?

My doc in the US just said, use this and see if it helps...now I want to know if she thought it was this!

light exfoliation and tanning beds help. there's also a line of products called KP Duty www.dermadoctor.com

[trinket 30]

/squeezes manboobs

will i be lactating soon

my eyes my eyes

[Nessa 23]

yay for house thread. i agree with the stress thing.

[chri'stina 190]

I don't buy it.

Why not? My eye has twitched from stress before especially when I worked with a bunch of preschoolers. Why can't a mouth twitch from stress. Maybe the food thing is because when you eat unhealthy food that is more enjoyable, it reduces your stress level. Vegetables aren't as relaxing to eat if they don't have a good flavor. Vegetables require more chewing too.

Edited May 27, 2009 by chri'stina

[Marina-Del 10]

"The condition is often dismissed outright by practitioners as being presently untreatable,[citation needed] giving mere moisturizing suggestions or reassurance that the condition will improve or cease with age, typically after 30"

Okay, I'm going to be late but that's okay! Because I just found out that I *only* have to suffer 5 more years!

[Staashi 371]

I had an anxiety attack once - thought it was a heart attack. I have the $3000 ER bill to prove it. It's a real mo-fo.

[cassi9879 20]

The docs don't know why I don't feel rested no matter how long I sleep. They first thought it was narcolepsy but 2 sleep studies have said it wasn't. Something about me not staying in REM sleep but no idea why or what to do about it. This all started after my son was born...so nearly 8 years of this #######.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

interesting, isn't it, how doctors rarely tell you what they're thinking until they're absolutely certain.

it's called fear of lawsuit, noob

[Staashi 371]

The docs don't know why I don't feel rested no matter how long I sleep. They first thought it was narcolepsy but 2 sleep studies have said it wasn't. Something about me not staying in REM sleep but no idea why or what to do about it. This all started after my son was born...so nearly 8 years of this #######.

Sleep apnea???

[cassi9879 20]

The docs don't know why I don't feel rested no matter how long I sleep. They first thought it was narcolepsy but 2 sleep studies have said it wasn't. Something about me not staying in REM sleep but no idea why or what to do about it. This all started after my son was born...so nearly 8 years of this #######.

Sleep apnea???

nope, ruled that one out too