Prurigo Pigmentosa – BJJ Caveman

Launching TheKetoRash.com

Posted on September 15, 2014October 21, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

I’m very excited to announce the launch of my latest project, TheKetoRash.com, which I intend to be a comprehensive resource on everything related to the keto rash, which is known scientifically as prurigo pigmentosa. Since I’ve made it a goal to review and write about as much scientific literature as possible on this little known entity, I decided that it would be most effective if I compiled all of this research in one centralized location.

To make it easier for readers to chime in and interact with other readers and myself, I created both forums and a facebook community, which I think should make things more convenient as opposed to what we’re doing right now, which is scrolling through pages and pages of comments at the bottom of a post!… Read More

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 5 – Caused by H. Pylori?

Posted on September 5, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 5 – Caused by H. Pylori?

Here are links to the prior installments of this series:

This was another paper that caught my attention because of the title which identified a specific organism in the skin biopsy of the prurigo pigmentosa rash. … Read More

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 4 – Associated with Lyme Disease?

Posted on August 31, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 4 – Associated with Lyme Disease?

Here are links to the prior installments of this series:

I was very excited by the title of this article, especially since it offered potential insight as to a specific infectious etiology to this rash!

This was published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2013. … Read More

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 3 – After a Strict Ketogenic Diet

Posted on August 28, 2014August 28, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 3 – After a Strict Ketogenic Diet

Here are links to the prior installments of this series:

This one had a very promising title and was in Pediatric Dermatology on December 30, 2013.

Prurigo Pigmentosa after a Strict Ketogenic Diet

This was a single case report about a 17 year old white boy who presented with this rash on his chest, upper back, and abdomen for 2 weeks. … Read More

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 2 – A Segmental Appearance

Posted on August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 2 – A Segmental Appearance

The next installment of my literature review of the keto-rash, prurigo pigmentosa.

Here is the previous post:

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 1

This next article is also hot off the presses, published July/August 2014 in Pediatric Dermatology.

Segmental Prurigo Pigmentosa

This was simply a case report about a 13 year old girl (pictured above) who developed the rash. Unfortunately they do not discuss what they think caused it.

They thought this was worthy of report primarily because of the distribution of the rash which they call “segmental,” describing how it appears almost as a band on the left side of her chest.… Read More

Prurigo Pigmentosa Literature Review Part 1

Posted on August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

I haven’t written much about the keto-rash, prurigo pigmentosa lately despite promising that I would (shame on me) so I’ve decided to do a more in depth review of some of the literature that is available.

This article is hot off the presses, just published in the American Journal of Dermatology on July 30, 2014.

Prurigo Pigmentosa: A Clinicopathologic Study of 4 Cases from the Middle East

This was the first case series from the Middle East, out of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon.… Read More