ZINA
I HAVE HAD SIX EPISODES OF ERYTHEMA NODOSUM IN THE PAST TEN AND A HALF YEARS. TWO EPISODES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH PREGNANCY AND ALSO INVOLVED SOME AUTOIMMUNE SYMPTOMS. ANOTHER TWO EPISODES WERE DUE TO ORAL BIRTH CONTROL. I HAD ONE EPISODE THAT DID NOT SEEM TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER PROBLEM AND IT QUICKLY DISSAPATED ON ITS OWN. CURRENTLY I HAVE HAD ONE NODULE SINCE LATE JULY 2000. I HAVE SEEN A RHUMETOLOGIST AND TESTED NEGATIVE FOR MANY AUTOIMMUNE TESTS. I ALSO WAS SEEN BY A REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGIST, WHO RULED OUT ANY ESTROGEN PRODUCING TUMORS, AND FOUND MY ESTROGEN LEVEL TO BE WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. A DERMATOLOGIST BIOPSIED MY NODULE TO CONFIRM THAT IT WAS E. NODOSUM. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL ROUND OF PREDNISONE, I HAVE BEEN TAKING SSKI. I DEVELOPED A NEW NODULE WITHIN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO ALSO HAS SUFFERED FROM THIS PAINFUL CONDITION. THANK YOU