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Type 1 Skin rash/spots

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Bennett1211

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Type of diabetes
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I'm type 1 diabetic.
Started to get quite a lot of spots on my hands and arms last week. It's got worse and pretty my whole upper body is covered in them now.
I have been to my GP who reckons it's just eczema but the cream she gave me has been no help whatsoever.
I am going back tomorrow to see if she can try something else
But just wondering if any of you have had something similar and if it is related to diabetes.
Wasn't sure if I might be taking an allergic reaction to insulin or something like that..
thank you.
 
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Not so much pain. It's uncomfortable.
A bit itchy but not to bad.
It's just spreading everywhere now.
I have it all over the soles of my feet aswell..
 
Bennett1211 said:
Wasn't sure if I might be taking an allergic reaction to insulin or something like that..
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Why are you thinking along those lines, have you recently just changed insulin or something?

Maybe taking an antihistamine might help matters.
 
Just thinking of every possibility.
Only been diagnosed for 3 months.
I use levemir and have seen a lot of people complaining that they are allergic or that I leaves them with sore lumps..
I have been taking antihistamines for the past week since it first started and don't seem to be much help either...
 
If the rash/spots started around the same time as starting on insulin you could ask to change insulin's to see if the problem goes away, Tresiba (which is a newer basal insulin) gets some good feedback from the members here who use it.
 
It's 3 months down the line that it's started but when I have looked up, some of them say that people take allergic reactions to them years after first starting to use them.
I am going to phone my diabetes team in the morning and see what they think
Thank you for your comments
 
Sometimes with diabetes, conditions like folliculitis can occur which has a similar look to that photo you posted, but is generally all over the body. That's worth checking with your doctor too.
 
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