Hi Aimee,

Welcome to the group!

I haven't had this problem with pred (wow you were on
a high dose!), but I do know that other drugs such as
Imuran and 6mp have inserts warning about increased
sensitivity to sun exposure. Are you on any of these
meds as well?

Hopefully your doctor will work it out on Friday.

Take care,

Amy.

--- ambrunelle <abrunelle21@...> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm relatively new to this group - so I apologize in
> advance if this
> topic has been discussed... but I'm wondering if
> anyone else has had
> something like this happen while on prednisone...
>
> A little history - I have UC, dx about 5 years ago.
> This past May, I
> had an "attack", spent a week in the hospital. When
> I got out, I was
> on 90 mg oral prednisone. I'm down to 30 mg now,
> but in addition to
> all the "usual" side effects (wt gain, moodiness,
> rounding of face,
> etc) I think I have developed a skin problem. I
> have a rash type
> thing going on my skin since mid-June - not itchy,
> not painful - just
> there... but it only appears where I have had sun
> exposure. There
> has been nothing new in my diet or in soaps/lotions
> I use... and this
> rash only occurs where I have tanned (hands, arms,
> legs), could it be
> due to the prednisone? I usually put sun block on
> my face and neck,
> so these areas haven't been effected. The only
> thing different is
> that I spent a few weeks in southern California (I
> live in upstate
> NY) - but I've been back home now for well over a
> month. The rash
> doesn't tan, so it appears as white bumps on my
> skin.
>
> I have another app't with my doc on Friday, so I'll
> ask him about it,
> but sometimes I have to pin him down to get him to
> answer my
> questions...
>
> Any and all thoughts/ideas are appreciated!
> Thanks!
> Aimee


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