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Sun-03-12-2023, 23:30 PM
Welcome Kathy!
From my experience and what I've gathered from a few others, it's not uncommon for a general practitioner to diagnose dermatitis or eczema. However, a dermatologist should know the difference but let's face it, they also misdiagnose at times.
I would get another opinion from a different dermatologist.
Early treatment for psoriasis (due to insurance mostly) is ointments/light therapy etc. How old is your daughter? There are a lot of treatments, but not all are suitable for young people. As Caroline mentioned, light therapy can help but usually is given along with some other medication and it's not something good to do all the time. I had laser light therapy and got a few burns from it.
It could be with the seeping and all that whatever she has (psoriasis/dermatitis) had become infected. I've had that happen a time or two (much lesser area that your daughter however)
You didn't mention what the doctors have actually done to help her, what medication/treatment did they suggest?
I'd get another opinion honestly, although on what I just looked up about atopic dermatitis, some of the treatments are the same used for psoriasis.
From my experience and what I've gathered from a few others, it's not uncommon for a general practitioner to diagnose dermatitis or eczema. However, a dermatologist should know the difference but let's face it, they also misdiagnose at times.
I would get another opinion from a different dermatologist.Early treatment for psoriasis (due to insurance mostly) is ointments/light therapy etc. How old is your daughter? There are a lot of treatments, but not all are suitable for young people. As Caroline mentioned, light therapy can help but usually is given along with some other medication and it's not something good to do all the time. I had laser light therapy and got a few burns from it.
It could be with the seeping and all that whatever she has (psoriasis/dermatitis) had become infected. I've had that happen a time or two (much lesser area that your daughter however)
You didn't mention what the doctors have actually done to help her, what medication/treatment did they suggest?
I'd get another opinion honestly, although on what I just looked up about atopic dermatitis, some of the treatments are the same used for psoriasis.
