Has anyone else found that their eczema (and psoriasis) has returned in force once all the treatments have finished?? Was diagnosed May 2010 and have had 6 x FEC, lumpectomy and all lymph nodes removed, 3 x Taxotere and 15 rads by mid-Feb 2011. Since then my chest area has had a slight reaction to the rads (treated with Hydrocortisone) but what’s really flared up is my eczema on the base of my spine which I used to suffer from slightly before diagnosis. GP has prescribed betnovate and I know in the grand scheme of things this is a minor worry but just wondered if others had experienced this.
Yes, I did. Think it’s all to do with the ‘poison’ that is chemo and the way it works with the immune system and hormones. I have it on my hands and it came back after about 3 months although possibly not as badly as before. I’m on arimidex, zoladex and zometa and think they may be contributing in some way to it not coming back as badly. I found betnovate made my eczema worse - it was too sticky. The onc dept gave me some Eucerin (sp?)cream a while ago for dry skin and that helped quite a lot.
Hope things improve for you - I know how bad it can be with all that itching.
Liz
Thanks for this advice. Am seeing my oncologist on Monday so will mention this to him then!
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