Impaired skin etc. healing/bruising in HMS?

[meggy.nut]

I was looking at the scars from my arthroscopic shoulder surgery the other day..they look like little bugs
A pointy ellipse from the incision with four little dots/legs from the stitching. Showed my hubby and he said "weird".

[Rosie]

Hiya

My daughter has a scar from where she had a small cyst removed from her arm. It always makes me think either of a water boatman, an insect that is so light it walks on the surface tension of water, filmed from below. Or it looks like a boat in a boat race like the Oxgord/Cambridge boatrace, where they row in 4s or 8s and are often filmed from above. Both of these are exactly as you describe, a pointy ellipse with dots on either side. In her case the scar itself is filled with cigarette paper type skin, and she has 3 dots on either side as she had 3 stitches. At the time I had nmo understanding of HMS and its implications for skin and healing, but in future I would request that the stitches be left in longer to try and avoid the spreading scar, and maybe use more stitches.

Rosie

[Spireite]

Rosie,

That's my scar you are describing. I'd never thought of it being like the Oxford/Cambridge boat race but it certainly is. I had 3 stitches too, long before I knew about hms. I had been thinking if I ever have anything like that again, I will ask them to leave the stitches in much longer.

[Kattykins]

For some reason I have started getting bruises on my fingers and toes. This is on the inside of my joints or under my toes (ie not my knuckles) and seems to occur spontaneously. The finger/toe then becomes very swollen and painful and this lasts for a while after the bruising has gone! I have mentioned it to GP/Rheumy and got the usual 'Oh yes so it does!'
Is it just me or does anyone else have this? I did a search but I can't find any mention of it! Please move this post if there is a thread.

Thanks!
modnote: merged into main skin/bruising thread

[JoSo]

Having endless fun with my skin atm, have just started my second 6 week course of antibiotics to treat folliculitis in the pressure sores from my ankle braces...I'm covered in little scars and red angry blobs some with indgrown hairs some with pussy bits some with open tops that will not close over...they run from my foot to about mis shin height on the sides of both legs and a few at hip level from the zips on my lycra fit hip braces...if anyone has any tips to help them heal up i'd be greatful...
my current regime:
Sudocrem
tea tree barrier cream from holland and barrett
antibiotics
Bio oil when they are healed enough (which isnt very often atm)
and tea tree shower gel and scrub every bath/showe time

gentle hugs all round hope everyones doin' alright

[nemonie]

Hi Jo,

I had really bad eczema on my shins a while ago that got infected and went all pussy and gross I used neat tea tree oil on the broken skin (applied with a cotton bud or cotton wool pad) and invested in some dermasilk tube socks. You can get dermasilk regular socks too. I got mine from here but some of the items are available on prescription. They are intended to treat eczema and psoriasis, but are excellent to wear underneath splints and can be worn over infected skin to protect it and help heal it.

[JoSo]

Thanks for that! My mum just got me some silk sox and they are lovely, might have to get more x

[sheppeyescapee]

I seem to bruise rather easily. The blood pressure cuff they are using here at stanmore is covering my arms in bruises

[star gazer]

I had the same with my 24 hour b.p monitor it left bruise lines around the upper arm like a wrist grab that it too tight, and whenever it expanded it sub luxed my shoulder, I now dread having 24 hr b.p cos the arm is so sore by the end.

[sheppeyescapee]

yeah the same here.

[Yecart09]

Hi not sure I'm posting this in the correct area so please feel free to move or delete.

I have always bruised easily and they take weeks to go away but I also have this so my question is, do any of you get what feels like a bruise near the bottom of your legs (shin & ankle area) and when you go to look there is no bruise to be seen but you run your fingers over it and the pain is very sore as if you have just bruised the area. I get them all the time but there's absolutely no mark to suggest a bruise just an invisible sore patch. Now the weird thing for me is I also get these sore patches on areas of my head, very similar to if you had bumped your head, but I have no lump and I def haven't bumped my head but if I brush my hair or run my fingers through my hair there are certain parts of my head that are extremely sore. I've always had this as long as I can remember so I've never really thought about it until I got diagnosed with HMS. I have been referred to Prof Ferrel and I am writing everything down that I have expierenced but I am unsure wether to include this incase he thinks I'm hallucinating.

[nemonie]

Hiya,

these I think are similar to fibro 'tender points' and a lot of us tend to get very sensitive to even light touch or pressure or touch in certain places on our bodies. My upper arms are very sensitive too any kind of touch or pressure in this way.

[Yecart09]

Thanks nemonie, I was tested for Fibro but I don't have it, I only had a few tender points. I think I'd rather see a bruise where the sore patches are than nothing at all The sore patches/invisible bruising gives me the heebees when I touch them.

[GreenLantern]

I am terrible for bruising easy and taking ages to heal, I can wake up with bruises before I even get our of bed! if I get a cut or a graze it can take ages to heal! I've ad a tear on the corner of my mouth for weeks! and it's still not gone, my partner got one roughly the same time and his only took a week or so to go!

[lollipop]

I always seem to get bruises but they never come out, just a patch that's sore.

I had an operation on both of my feet in nov 09 and april 10. When the stitches came out both wounds popped open again and ended with infections. I now have 2 very lovely scars that are healed but large and have never faded.

This was before I knew about my hms, but now it maxes sense.