Do you have an outbreak of blisters or pustules on your
skin? Does it look anything like the photo on the right (or any of the photos on the webpage link that is under the
photo)?
Do you think that you have herpes?
Did
your doctor ever tell you that a food sensitivity to wheat gluten can, and very often does, cause this skin condition?
Dermatitis Herpetiformis,
which is also known as Brocq-During disease, Duhrings’s disease, and dermatitis multiformis, is simply Latin Doctor-Speak
for inflamed skin that manifests in a form that looks a lot like "herpes".
Consider this:
Maybe you don't have a "sexually transmitted disease"!
Maybe you have a socially transmitted food sensitivity that you caught at dinner with your lover when you shared a loaf of
bread and a plate of pasta!
This rash may be an indicator of underlying health issues such as Celiac Disease. Dermatitis
Herpetiformis is not passed from person to person. The bumps and blisters known as Dermatitis Herpetiformis are often a chronic,
long-lasting rash. While they scab over within a week or two, new patches will continue to appear. These rashes will be most
commonly present on the elbows, knees, arms, legs, shoulders, scalp, buttocks, neck, and face, or anywhere. Dermatitis Herpetiformis
affects males twice as often as females, and occurs more among caucasians than in people of other ethnic backgrounds.
The rash may come and go depending
upon eating patterns and digestive function. Because the rash disappears when gluten is removed from the diet, which is also
the only known effective treatment for Celiac Disease, these two conditions have been linked. Despite the name, this condition
is not related to the herpes virus; rather it is a food sensitivity reaction. To find out for certain if your rash is Dermatitis
Herpetiformis you must completely eliminate all grain from your diet for at least one month. Then go on a wheat gluten eating
binge and see if the blisters re-occur with a vengeance. If they do, you have determined for yourself that you are gluten-sensitive
and that your sensitivity to gluten manifests as inflamed skin that looks very similar to a herpes outbreak.
