We did the round of testing and were not getting any answers. One day we made an appt with a doctor in our clinic that we had not seen before. He knew exactly what it was.
Dermatographia
Basically anytime Joshua (even lightly) rubs up against something or gets a scratch his skin puffs up and swells. Sometimes it covers a large area of skin at once. Little is known about this skin condition. There are some treatments but the long term use of antihistamines and steroids would be more damaging than his level of discomfort.
There are people who use it for art. Joshua uses it to impress his friends.
***he did this himself with a toothpick. He assures me it doesn't hurt or else I would put a stop to it***
The swelling and puffiness goes away in about 20-40 min.
Crazy!!! That is just crazy.
ReplyDeleteMelissa
MY SISTER has this. She has told me about it over the phone... but I've never seen in it real life. WOW!
ReplyDeleteGreat pic.
ha. that's not bad at all. I have really bad dermatographia, he scratched himself and it didn't even turn red!
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,
ReplyDeleteSome days are worse than others. He can do it on command which gets him through and makes it something cool, like a super power. But there are lots of days where he wants to crawl out of his skin. :(