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Question by Bernie: Do I have inverse psoriasis or is it my alcoholism?
I have seen many, many dermatologists, and no one can figure out what is wrong with me. Whenever I sweat, I get a rash under my “right” armpit, never my left. NEVER my left, just my right armpit. Sometimes I get a rash in other skinfolds, but normally it is isolated in my right armpit.

It all began about two years ago. One day rashes started breaking out between my legs, and before I knew it, I was in the hospital getting serious antihistamine treatment–during this first out-break, my armpits were completely covered, my neck was covered, the folds of my knees were covered, and my elbow folds were covered in rashes. The Doctor put me on prednisone and it zapped it, but ever since I have been battling this rash under my right armpit. And it gets to hurting sometimes.

But this is the catch: I am a very, very bad drinker. I used to drink up to a fifth (of liquor) a day, and now I drink 12 to 18 beer a day. A famous psoriasis specialist, who I contacted via email, said that drinking is my problem–I am 23 years old and she believes drinking is my problem. But my local dermatologists have sent biopsies that have come back distorted: one will say psoriasis, another will say spongyitis dermatitis, and another will say dermatititis.

Can anyone tell me what I have? What to do in response to it? The psoriasis specialist who said it is my alcoholism said for me to quit drinking and take lots of Zinc supplements. Is this maybe the solution?

If you plan to help me, I can email you and articulate further.

Best answer:

Answer by Barry
Hi
I can understand your frustration for being unable to solve your problem. I have a problem similar to yours but on my finger and it is only on one of my left finger. About 10 years ago, I had a sudden outbreak of rashes all over my body and the doctor gave me some cream to apply and it managed to control it after a couple of weeks.

Unfortunately the rash on my finger start to appear once in a while. Though applying cream help to control it, the real cause of the problem was not found until I consulted my company doctor during a routine checkup. He told me that it could be some sort of food allergy Everytime after an outbreak, I will try to recall what I had eaten the day before and list it down. After enough info had been collected, I started testing by eating one type of food for that day to see if there is an outbreak. By elimination process, I managed to nail the culprit and it was seafood especially prawns and cuttlefish. By not eating these food, the outbreak actually stopped.

You can try this process also. Maybe there is some ingredients in the beer that is causing the problem.

If you still think that it is psoriasis, I would suggest using a cream from Revitol Skin Care Product called Dermasis Psoriasis Cream and it works to help control your skin symptoms in a smooth, non-greasy formula that absorbs quickly—and will not stain your clothes or skin.

The product unique formulation of ingredients not only soothes and moisturizes your skin, but its active ingredient also helps control the scaling and flaking associated with Psoriasis to help your skin to heal naturally.

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