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red blotchy chest/neck rash
Just wondering if anyone has a 'miracle cure'!! For a few years now, I've been getting a red blotchy chest/neck rash in circumstances where I - am drinking alcohol, anxious, nervous, excited, upset - really feeling just about any emotion. It's gotten to the point where I do not expose my chest/neck ever - and cover up whenever I can. I had read once that taking Niacinimide could help - and I've been taking about 1000mg of it for a few months, but am not seeing much improvement. Anyone with any help or suggestions I would REALLY appreciate it.
your not the only one who get's the redness on your face. so do I, as well as my chest and neck. It's really embarrasing when someone asks me if i just got punched in the face. I never know when it's going to happen. It even happens at home for no reason at all. But mostly during social situations, drinking, not feeling well(headache), It starts on my chest then works its way up my neck to my cheek bones. I hate it. I have been taking Atenolol for a few years now, and it still happens. I've actually turned purple on my neck once i was so nervouse at a obgyn appointment. The doc made me wait to leave untill she checked my blood pressure.But that was before i started taking atenolol 50mg. It seems to be the worst when i drink.
your not the only one who get's the redness on your face. so do I, as well as my chest and neck. It's really embarrasing when someone asks me if i just got punched in the face. I never know when it's going to happen. It even happens at home for no reason at all. But mostly during social situations, drinking, not feeling well(headache), It starts on my chest then works its way up my neck to my cheek bones. I hate it. I have been taking Atenolol for a few years now, and it still happens. I've actually turned purple on my neck once i was so nervouse at a obgyn appointment. The doc made me wait to leave untill she checked my blood pressure.But that was before i started taking atenolol 50mg. It seems to be the worst when i drink.
Please let me know what your dermatologist recommends, I am interested to hear. Also what is your dermatologists name ?
I have llived with this my whole life. This is the first time I've thought to Google it and see if anyone else suffers with it. I'm so glad to see I'm not alone. Many years ago a doctor told me it could be treated with beta blockers but he didn't want to put a young healthy person on this drug. Recently I have been diagnosed with a heart condition which I have to take beta blocker metoprolol for. I am hoping it will have an effect. This condition has effected my life. I avoided all opportunities in my career that would put me front and center. It's so embarrassing. My daughter has it too and my mother and sister also suffer from it so I do think it is hereditary as well.
Hi all
I can relate to many of your posts and hopefully this may help some of you.
After doing alot of research on the internet I feel I have an answer and understanding to my personal problem which may also be similar to many others on here.
My neck goes very blotchy and red in many different circumstances. Sometimes just talking to people, sitting in a hot room, standing outside on a cold day, eating food, doing exercise and drinking alcohol
I have had this problem for over 20 years since I was a teenager and i am now 35. In my earlier years it hit my confidence terribly as i just didnt know when it would happen but now i have accepted it as 'my thing' as i dont know anyone else to who this happens to.
However i recently decided not to pursue a teamleader role at work and the honest reason for this was due to my 'redness problem'
Anyway I decided that i needed to find a solution and I now believe I have.
I am now convinced that my condition is due to histamine which is a chemical released by the brain during all sorts of circumstances.
Usually when excess histamine is produced there is an enzyme which 'mops' up the histamine however some people are deficient in this enzyme. As a result the histamine rather than being deactivated can travel to areas of the body and bind with for example mast cells in the neck which can dialate blood vessels and produce a red neck rash reaction.
Anyway have started to use Clarityn one a day which is an antihistamine. This has improved my 'conditon' by 100%. A week has gone by and no redness. Its amazing
I would like to add im not a doctor so my medical explanation that i believe is correct may not be explained very well
Hope this at least helps someone on here
I can relate to many of your posts and hopefully this may help some of you.
After doing alot of research on the internet I feel I have an answer and understanding to my personal problem which may also be similar to many others on here.
My neck goes very blotchy and red in many different circumstances. Sometimes just talking to people, sitting in a hot room, standing outside on a cold day, eating food, doing exercise and drinking alcohol
I have had this problem for over 20 years since I was a teenager and i am now 35. In my earlier years it hit my confidence terribly as i just didnt know when it would happen but now i have accepted it as 'my thing' as i dont know anyone else to who this happens to.
However i recently decided not to pursue a teamleader role at work and the honest reason for this was due to my 'redness problem'
Anyway I decided that i needed to find a solution and I now believe I have.
I am now convinced that my condition is due to histamine which is a chemical released by the brain during all sorts of circumstances.
Usually when excess histamine is produced there is an enzyme which 'mops' up the histamine however some people are deficient in this enzyme. As a result the histamine rather than being deactivated can travel to areas of the body and bind with for example mast cells in the neck which can dialate blood vessels and produce a red neck rash reaction.
Anyway have started to use Clarityn one a day which is an antihistamine. This has improved my 'conditon' by 100%. A week has gone by and no redness. Its amazing
I would like to add im not a doctor so my medical explanation that i believe is correct may not be explained very well
Hope this at least helps someone on here
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