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What Are Your Top Tips For Dealing With Prurigo Nodularis In The Heat?

By A MyPrurigoTeam Member 30 answers

Which Prurigo Nodularis Symptom Surprised You The Most?

By A MyPrurigoTeam Member 47 answers

How Do Beverages With Caffeine Affect Your Prurigo Nodularis?

By A MyPrurigoTeam Member 35 answers

I Was Just Curious Why We All Seem To Be Diagnosed Within The Last Couple Years. Has Anyone Had PN For A Longer Time Like Maybe 10 Or 20 Yea

By A MyPrurigoTeam Member 60 answers
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Has Anyone Experience With The New Treatment That Is A Shot A Month? After 3-yrs Of Misdiagnosis, We Are Afraid To Have Hope!!

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Boston (Milton), MA
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

Hi Missy ~ The zinging is like touching a battery kind of feeling. That electric feeling going not in a pattern, but spidering out like a spider web each time it 'zings'.

November 10

Has Nemolizumab (Nemluvio) Helped Anyone?

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Louisville, KY
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

The flu, nor the Covid mRNA is a live vaccine. I want to put this correct information out here for anyone reading this and has been told they are live, neither is live. I’ve been instructed, heavily… read more

November 17

What’s Your Trick For Enjoying Holiday Treats And Staying On Track? 🎃

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San Francisco, CA
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

Good for you! Life it too short to deprive ourselves of what little pleasures we have in this life. I used to be really obese. That isn't good but I got a handle on that and now I pretty much eat… read more

November 8

I'm Sorry I Haven't Been On Here In A While I've Just Been Really Busy My Mother Died A Couple Months Ago And I'm Just Having A Hard Time

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Knoxville, TN
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

That is a good reason.so sorry for your loss.💐😢💔

November 12

How Long Does It Take To Go Away?

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Mcpherson, KS

I have it on both knees. I counted 15 nodules on my knees. They are red and very sore. The dermatologist gave me steroid cream to put on them twice a day.

A MyPrurigoTeam Member

I am in Kansas

October 24

I Have Not Attempted This, Yet. Has Anyone Tried Planters Wart Removal Products On An PN Wound? Or Any Instafrezze-off Products?

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Oceanside, CA
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

Warts on the feet and hands are usually caused by the HPV virus topically. When we were kids my mom squeezed a vitamin E capsule on it and then wrapped it with a piece of duct tape. We left it on… read more

November 9

I Am Now Hypersensitive To Anything Floating In The Air If It Lands On My Skin. I Also Can Feel Web-like Strands On The Surface Of The Skin

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Oceanside, CA

I can't get it out of my head that the wound are communicating this way. I should know better than to think that!
RIGHT?

A MyPrurigoTeam Member

I just really wonder how much of this is stress related! Look Tamara, ptsd. It was brought to mind last night an ongoing struggle with a neighbor. Zap, a sore on the back of my leg. I itch worse than… read more

October 26

Has Anyone Used A Handheld Light Therapy Device, And Has It Been Effective?

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Canada, CO
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

Hey Louie, Thank you for this response. My dermatologist has given me no direction on this issue other than to say the handheld wand probably won't work, and you have confirmed that. Thank you.

November 20

Best Way To Remove Hair From Legs With Prurigo

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Ft Myers Bch
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

Multi blade razors for sure. I also read that if you use the razor daily, the blades should be changed once every 2 weeks. Changing the blade helps to prevent nicks and cuts. As I previously stated, I… read more

October 13

What Is The White Flaky Patch Left After The Nodule Is Finally Healed?

A MyPrurigoTeam Member asked a question 💭
A MyPrurigoTeam Member

I think it's dead skin but just put moisturizer on it and hopefully some day it will flake off. I fear the purigo has killed the skin around it but time will tell!

October 14
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