WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1998: Hormones and allergies

Hormones and allergies

From: Nikki (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 22 Dec 1998 17:04:44 -0600 (CST)

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I have a very unusual situation going on right now and I am having a very hard time finding a doctor that has dealt with it. Two weeks after the last day of my period my tongue gets hives and my throat feels tight. I also get a really bad ecema type patch on the inside of both elbows and my eye. I have been told by my dermatolgist that it is auto-immune dermatitis and is caused by my body's own progesterone. This will last until about two days into my period. For the first two weeks after my period is over I feel totally normal. My doctors feel that I may allergic to the progesterone levels that my body produces. It usually bothers me around 3:30 in the afternoon and then later on in the evening. I currently take Zyrtec and alot of Benedryl to relieve the symtoms. It started about 8 weeks into my second pregnancy two years ago. They told me at the time it was hormone related and would subside after delivery. I was fine after delivery until last October I received a shot of Depo-Provera and I really got bad. On three occasions I had to administer Epinephrine and on these occasions the hospital had to administer additional shots to get my reactions under control. I was on 60 mg of Prednisone a day for at least two months along with about five other prescriptions. Last March the Depo was for the most part out of my system and I was put on the birth control pill. This is when the symptoms started occuring during the middle of my cycle. I started taking Synarel about two weeks ago to shut down my ovaries to see if my problems stop. In about two weeks I am supposed to have a progesterone allergy test and if the test comes up positive my doctors want to monitor me for the next few months on the Synarel. If my problems do not reoccur while on the Synarel then they want to do a hysterectomy. I am 27 and do not know what the best options are for me. The frustrating part is that I cannot find anyone who has ever dealt. If you have any information that you could pass on, I would really appreciate it. I live in Michigan and I am seeing doctors and the University of Michigan Hospital.

Thank you

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Nikki Selden

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