Prurigo Pigmentosa – Page 3

Prurigo Pigmentosa – A Few More Thoughts

Posted on May 11, 2013February 18, 2015 by BJJ Caveman

One of my readers, Doctor Timothe, was kind enough to write a very thoughtful response and analysis of my first post on prurigo pigmentosa, and while I was in the middle of typing a response in the comments section, I thought it’d probably be more helpful to write it as a full post.

I am a surgical ER Doctor thats been following you for a while, but I am no Dermotologist. I have been in ketosis for almost 2 years, and i maintain High cardio exercise, and have never had such a problem, nor hear of it.

Prurigo Pigmentosa – The Ketosis Rash Nobody Warned Me About

Posted on May 9, 2013June 25, 2015 by BJJ Caveman

In early December, about a week and a half into my nutritional ketosis experiment I started to develop a rash on my body. It began in my abdomen, near my collar bones, and my lower back. It was only slightly itchy (I’ve attached a few pictures that I took from that time showing what it looked like as it was beginning).

Over time it gradually spread to cover much of my trunk (unfortunately I didn’t take pictures of this), but it looked like this.

I thought it might’ve been related to a viral infection or something (even though I never felt sick), because I know that
sometimes certain virus’ can give you rashes (the general term for this is a ‘viral examthem‘).… Read More