Recent skin problems and remicade
I’ve been on remicade for about 9 years and have been in remission for almost as long. Ive had very few side effects, mainly because I reduced stress in my life but I would occasionally get migraines that would make it so I couldn’t read or operate simple devices like my phone. I only throw that in there because it took me many years to figure out that the migraines were a side effect of the meds.
In the past 9 months I’ve had a lot of medical issues that went along with changes in stress levels. I had severe tmj that caused my 2 months of vertigo. I was clenching my jaw while I sleep and was able to address this with PT.
But this post isn’t about migraines or tmj. This is about the most current hell I’m living in. About 6 months ago I started noticing hard lumps in my groin area and pimples all over my legs. They seemed to come around when it was time for my infusion and then clear up. I eventually developed dry red patches of skin on my legs and arm pitts that anti fungal cream would clear up. I still get the hard lumps and pimples but now I have what looks like bug bites all over my body. I am itchy ALL OVER. My skin and scalp itch and the back of my throat itches. I might have poison oak on the back of my neck. My skin, where it itches, is red and puffy. I’ve checked my bedding for bed bugs, the cats for flees and found no bugs.
Has anyone experienced anything like this on their biologic? I’m worried that I’ll have to go through the trial and error of finding an alternative med to remicade, which happened when the generic version came out and gave me near constant migraines. I’m just so uncomfortable right now.