| Beverley 2006-06-04, 9:30 am |
| Lupus is hardly ever seen in small children. And discoid lupus is easily
diagnosed with a biopsy. I don't think they take much for the biopsy just a
little scrape across the lesion - nothing that should leave scaring.
I'd try to get the child to a children's hospital and find a pediatrician
connected to that hospital who specializes in autoimmune diseases!!!!!
At this point I'd put my bet on allergies or even psoriasis/eczema. I'm not
a doctor, just a mom and a grandmom. But I can't imagine a doctor saying
discoid lupus is no big deal in children.
Bev
<I.teach.K@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> My friend is just about going crazy because a dermatologist (at Kaiser)
> has diagnosed her daughter with possible Discoid Lupus. (She's 2 years
> old.) Doctor seems to think it's no big deal, and that she should just
> use sunblock. My friend then did some research on the internet, saw
> some of the pictures of scarring and hairloss, and read that she could
> later develop Systemic Lupus; Thus the freaking out. She tested
> negative for systemic, but they didn't want to do a biopsy of the welts
> because they were all on
> her little face. The pediatricians she has seen have diagnosed various
> things. (Food allergies, eczema, etc.) If you have any advice on
> steps she should take, she would greatly appreciate it.
>
> The rash on her face has been appearing on and off for quite a few
> months. There is absolutely no scarring when they go away. The last
> outbreak occurred right after applying a different sunblock than usual
> (Coppertone). Her other outbreaks have occurred out of the blue. She
> practically had to beg to get the dermatologist to schedule a chemical
> allergy test. Food allergy tests all came out negative. Are there any
> specific places she could go to get reliable information? Thank you in
> advance for any advice you can give.
>
> Tia Rubio
> i dot teach dot k @ gmail dot com
>
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