Very bad case of poison sumac???
I am a 41 y/o female who may have contracted poisin sumac last week. I went to my physician on 8/1, and she sent me to a dermatologist on 8/2. I am not happy with his diagnosis/treatment, and the only dermatologist I really have confidence in unfortunately just moved out of the Madison, WI area last month. I contracted poison sumac approx. a week ago, according to my best judgment. At first I thought it was spider bites because of the terrible itching. After a few days it started showing up as small spots along my arms, legs, trunk, eyes, neck, etc. After the weekend, I visited my doctor wherein she took a few biopsies from the eruptions to rule out gluten intolerance (dermatitis herpetiformis) due to other symptoms that I have had with my bowels for the past several years. Yesterday (the day after the first doctor visit, I called her and told her that I had several more erruptions which mainly seemed to be 15-20 spots anywhere in a 4″ area. She immediately called me in for a blood tes
