Originally Posted by Frankybme  Please answer as many questions as you can. We are hopping to find some common patterns among the answers.
If there are any other questions you want included, just send them to me. Also you might want to quote this post and then just fill in the answers.
1. State you reside in Arizona
2. Inner City? Suburb? Country?Maricopa county
3. Do you live on a lake, by the ocean or pond?no
4. Do you have city or well water?city
5. Do you live in a heavily treed area?no
6. Age at onset40 years old
7. Number of years affected 8 years
8. Any other family members affected?Brother&cousin i believehas it..brother has gotten crazier from due to no help..cousin has been put on psyc meds.drs thinking it was in her mind..the outcome is that she is crazier than ever before the meds not helping but making it worse
9. Your occupation at onset?specimen processor in a medical lab
10. Do you own pets? Cat? Dog? Other?cats
11. Have/had you traveled to California, Florida or Texas? Europe? Other?no but have a couple of friends that just came back from iraq and was with them the night that i did break out in welps
12. Do you/have you garden, hike, camp or spend allot of time outdoors?broke out the first month of living in my new house..woman had rats,rabbits,ferrits,birds,cats,and dogs..had to clean entire backyard&inside to ride of everything and still is not clean..i broke out in welps while my cat was sleeping on my chest..it rained that night and i figured she got into something in the backyard and what was on her paws got on my chest
13. List your activities and hobbies.hiking, fixing up my backyard and home,reading, now my spare time consisted of this horrible disease
14. Have you used a public whirlpool or pool?no
15. Please provide your medical history (i.e.: do you or have you had any other diseases? Cancer, Lyme, Thyroid, AIDS, other?).no diseases like that..never had problems with my skin..started having problems after i moved into this home in2001
16. Do you smoke?no
17. Any medications you have taken or are taking?no
18. Do you drink more than 8 cups of coffee a day?i drink a pot of coffee a day
19. As far as lesions, have you had more than 10 at a given time?the first onset of this nightmare i had lesions all over that just got worse...now i just leave them alone..i believe that the top part of skin heals but what lays underneath is still the continueing problem
20. What part of your body did the lesions start?on chest
21. Is there any area that they are most prevalent? well that depends on that day..i use to have good days and bad days..now i have bad days and bad bad days. Is one side of your body/face more affected than the other (i.e.: left vs. right)?no
23. Please list your current symptoms (brain fog? vision disturbances? fatigue? nausea? weight loss/gain etc?)brain fog.all joints hurting,swelling in various parts of my body,when rubbed they move,headache,twitching,blury vision,hot and cold sweats,skin is folding over especially in wrists to look like thick wrinkles,nails are weakened with ridges and flat,loss of more hair, headaches that are unbareable,not sure if its the muscles or bones that are popping but that is all over my body..mucos in throat,,coughing and throwing up,,,stomach feeling full all the time,consistant gas,no energy went to er now i have heart damage,,,still waiting to be seen by a cardiologist,,that one is the worse and i am scared..
24. What did other doctors diagnose you with (i.e.: folleculitis? Scabies? DOP - delusional parasitosis)? |