Symptoms: Other, skin burning, weeping flaking, infection, temperature dysregulation, nerve zingers, inability to sweat, flushing, hair loss
This story is about my daughter. When she was a toddler she developed eczema. The doctor prescribed topical steroid creams. For 20 years, every dermatologist she saw said she had chronic eczema, and continued to prescribe stronger steroid creams. She could never wean off the creams without flaring. When she was 22 and in college the creams stopped working and she developed red, burning skin. A quick Google search revealed thousands of other people on social media describing the same symptoms. The documentaries Skin on Fire, Preventable, and Still Preventable detailed what my daughter was experiencing. She stopped all steroids 2 years ago, and is healing with red light therapy, sunlight, low dose naltrexone, supplements, acupuncture, and diet. It has been a long hard road to recovery. She didn't have chronic eczema, she was steroid addicted.