ASACOL SKIN REACTION


By SUSAN E STEVENS from BOWLING GREEN,KY on February 01, 2007
Category: Asacol (Oral)

MY DAUGHTER IS 24 Y/O AND IS TAKING ASACOL FOR ULCERATIVE COLITIS/CROHNS. APPROX SIX WEEKS AFTER TAKING MEDICATION SHE PERIODICALLY GETS 4-6 RED SPOTS ON HER TRUNK. NO ITCHING, PUSS ETC. AFTER A WEEK THE SPOTS GO AWAY AND THEN IN ANOTHER 1-2 WEEKS SHE WILL GET MORE. MOSTLY ON HER TRUNK AND SOME ON HER NECK. THEY ARE BIGGER THAN A PEA SIZE AND ARE PINKISH TO RED IN NATURE AND A SLIGHTLY RAISED FROM THE SKIN.

 

HER PHYSICIAN SAID THIS WAS NOT AN ALLERGIC REACTION BUT SHE HAS NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE AND HAS NOT CHANGED SOAPS ETC.

 

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP OR GIVE ANY SUGGESTIONS



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