One of the symptoms is skin lesions.I am trying to think if my daughter had eczema before or after UC

She gets rashes on her chest and hands.She has cortisone cream to put on them.Not the synthetic cortisone the proper one.It generally goes in a few days.She always has it on hand.

I did have a dermitis due to legs swelling on steriods. Had to wear jobs hoses, which suck by the way. I have used cetaphil. It is soothing and they make a soap and lotion. Good luck.

Wow!I did not even realize skin lesions were part of having Crohns or UC...I have been having ALOT of sores on my arms , chest and legs that will not heal. Doctors just ignore it and tell me it is my nerves. I have had Crohn's most of my life (was not diagnosed until age 24 though) I guess my problems with that have been so serious that they chose to let this part of it go.

OMG--I have had eczema or psoriatic arthritis or whatever on my fingers. Not much helps except the tannign beds--go figure. I have Chron's and my doc had never mentioned that this can be a result of Chron's.

Well... crohns and colitis can be considered auto-immune diseases to some drs. Some think that they are caused by some sort of allergy. My dr has told me that crohns and colitis also effects the outer layers of the skin, and has noticed alot of his patients experiancing eczema, dermititis and so on.

I have had crohn lesions on the outside of my body, they were football shaped. I also was wondering if anyone has little red dots on their hands or arms? I do and it scares me because thats also a sign of leukemia, my mother died of it and she had the same spots. Marcie

Hey
I have had the little red dots on my hands, i completely forgot about those till i see you mentioned it Marcie!!
I get the big sores on my legs like huge spots, they weep blood and pus (sorry for being graffic). Docs increased pred but theyre worse and appearing on my arms again too!...Crohns docs say sweet syndrome, dermatology said a while back something about white cells but they dont seem bothered either!
But ouch they get sore as hell i cant walk or stand for long!

So sorry to hear of how your mum died Marcie...always in the back of your mind when anything happens similar to how she was...im same...i lost my mum to bowel cancer! Plus it runs in my family!
HUgs for you

yer i get skin stuff its very common as crohns is a imflamatory disease to get imflamations in other places on the body such as the skin. i get red nodules under my arms inbetween thighs and stuff doc told me it not related to crohns but i beg to differ as they get worse with flares. dont stress people. take say at a time ur not stuck in a hospital bed lets be greatful for each day :)