skin allergies?

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I seem to have a lot of skin problems, some of which are seemingly unrelated to each other. I have developed allergic reactions to topical medicines that my dermatologist said he had NEVER in decades of practice seen anyone develop an allergy to. I seem to be somewhat allergic to all dish-washing detergents and now I have developed an allergic reaction to my hand lotion. Which sucks, because my hands are so chapped right now that they are cracked and bleeding.

I'm just wondering, are these kinds of problems more common with people who have autism?

I've wondered about this too, because I'm pretty much the same way.

I don't think it has anything to do with AS and many people develop unusual skin sensitivities and allergies.

On a practical note, naturopathic medicine is said to help with things like that in ways that ordinary doctors cannot come close to treating. If your doctors are shrugging and looking confused it may be time to try the alternative.

I know it's not directly related to autism, but I was just wondering if there might be more of a predisposition to skin sensitivities/allergies. Sort of how Tourette's Syndrome is considered to be a comorbid of AS even though there are lots of people who have Tourette's but not AS, and many who have AS but not Tourette's, but the incidence is slightly higher in the ASD population.

I dunno. Maybe I just have so many different chronic medical problems that I want them to be related in some way so it will make more sense.

The theory makes sense to me. Autism seems to be genetic. Genes play a roll in what proteins our bodied produce. The same rebellious genetics that prevents proteins from being created, and thus causing behavioral issues.... way, way, way down the line from the tiny coded instructions of DNA; could also cause an adverse effect on another part of the body.

Certain scents of Dial soap.
Tide laundry soap
Passionfruit scented (mixed?) dishsoaps
Bubblegum scented handsoaps.


And a wide variety of unknowns.
The bubblegum chaps.
Tide & Dial caused rashes that lasted for over 6 years before cured.

Allergic to every cream except Sorbolene.
You should try some emu oil on your skin. I use it in very small amount so I don't feel sticky. It's actually just a cream too, not actual oil.
Vaseline is good too. I'm so glad I'm not allergic to that. When I have dry skin, particularly on my face, I put that on and it heals up. It does the same for sunburn/ other skin infection.

I can use hand wash and normal soap, though it does make my skin dry.

My doctor gives me a steroid cream for my hands. It works well on my hands. I have ezema which is mostly under control right now. I'll only use one type of hand lotion as well because I had a bad reaction before. Took me a while to find the right one.

Hmmm. I had many minor skin allergies as a child (different types of soaps, fruit juices, etc), but I was fortunate to grow out of them while I was still quite young.

Allergies are insidious disorders which occurs when stimulated by allergens. Well I guess antibiotics are prescribed in such cases but too much antibiotic may cause the bacteria to become resistant.

I have psoriasis, which I have only just had diagnosed although I have had the skin problems for years. It takes a wide variety of forms according to where on the body it occurs, typically dry and scaly on the outside of joints, but raw and red on the inside of joints or in skin folds. Some chemicals, cold, damp, stress and tiredness all make it worse.

I found one study from 2005 showing a 2.7-fold increase in autism amongst the children of mothers with autoimmune conditions including psoriasis (Croen LA, Grether JK, Yoshida CK, Odouli R, Van de Water J. Maternal autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies, and childhood autism spectrum disorders: a case-control study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Feb;159(2):151-7.), but as something of a one-off I don't think it is a significant association.

A visit to any pharmacy will confirm that these conditions are extremely common, and can be difficult to control and very distressing.

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Last edited by wornlight on 17 Nov 2010, 8:28 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[quote="PangeLingua"]I seem to have a lot of skin problems, some of which are seemingly unrelated to each other. I have developed allergic reactions to topical medicines that my dermatologist said he had NEVER in decades of practice seen anyone develop an allergy to. I seem to be somewhat allergic to all dish-washing detergents and now I have developed an allergic reaction to my hand lotion. Which sucks, because my hands are so chapped right now that they are cracked and bleeding.

I'm just wondering, are these kinds of problems more common with people who have autism?[/quote

Find lotions and soaps for sensitive skin and are dye and fragrance free. Wash clothes with fragrance free detergents. Dust and certain soaps make my skin really dry and red. Soaps tend to dry my face out so I have to search for something that doesn't. Keep looking for that one product you can use and stick with it once you find it.