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Prednisone Warrior Henry – Dermatitis

In today’s story, Henry, a prednisone warrior shares his experience with Dermatitis. This article is part of a series of stories of Prednisone Warriors sharing their experience with prednisone side effects.

I am now 81 years old. As a young child, about age 6, I suffered from Eczema (basically I would scratch itches beneath the ear lobes which in turn would bleed because I scratched off the scabs and this was a repeating cycle. I guess I grew out of it by age 8 or 9. In my freshman year of high school, I started scratching my arms to the point they would bleed and form patches of raw skin. Sometimes I would wrap my arms in bandages before bedtime so I would not scratch, waking in the morning with the bandages on the floor, new raw skin, and bloody sheets.

I was under the care of a Dermatologist during my remaining high school years. Sometime after I graduated high school the dermatologist prescribed a salve called Cort-Dome. Within 2 weeks of use, the itching ceased and my raw arms healed completely.

I continued using Cort-Dome for the remainder of the prescription. Soon after came my last visit to the Dermatologist. I asked him if I could just buy the cream base. The answer was yes, and over the counter as well. I continued to use Dome-Cream whenever my skin started getting dry, before the itching started. I continued using the cream well into my twenties when I ceased using it because it was no longer necessary.

This is a true account of my battle with Contact Dermatitis.

I would be happy to answer any questions you may have, either by email or telephone.

Henry Harff

Dr. Megan Milne, PharmD, BCACP

Dr. Megan Milne, PharmD, BCACP, is an award-winning clinical pharmacist board certified in the types of conditions people take prednisone for. Dr. Megan had to take prednisone herself for an autoimmune condition so understands what it feels like to suffer prednisone side effects and made it her mission to counteract them as the Prednisone Pharmacist.

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