Hi All:
I am newly diagnosed with APD and understand your concerns. I too had great difficulty finding one of my personal Physicians who had even heard of it. Thankfully, in weeding out Doctor's who did not "listen" to me as a patient, when I stumbled on APD and presented it as a possibility, they did investigate. While I can't recommend someone personally I had my allergist/immunologist do the testing. I went to his office armed with case studies and similarities that matched some of my symptoms. I would recommend going onto NCBI - National Library of Medicine and Institute of Health. Just google Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis and NCBI. The testing is relatively easy and requires an interdermal injection of progesterone. I too agree that this is a grossly under diagnosed. It appears that it can present in a variety of different ways. My symptoms are not like any that I have read about in any of the case studies. My symptoms seem to be more or less contained to the mucosa tissue in my body. I get hives orally, vaginally and swelling in my sinus cavity. I am in the throws of finding someone to treat me and to also understand how this has affected other processes in my body. I was also diagnosed with insulin resistance a few years back and feel it is directly related to my hormone fluctuations as well. I wish you all luck.
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Hi All:
July 19, 2011 - 6:35pmI am newly diagnosed with APD and understand your concerns. I too had great difficulty finding one of my personal Physicians who had even heard of it. Thankfully, in weeding out Doctor's who did not "listen" to me as a patient, when I stumbled on APD and presented it as a possibility, they did investigate. While I can't recommend someone personally I had my allergist/immunologist do the testing. I went to his office armed with case studies and similarities that matched some of my symptoms. I would recommend going onto NCBI - National Library of Medicine and Institute of Health. Just google Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis and NCBI. The testing is relatively easy and requires an interdermal injection of progesterone. I too agree that this is a grossly under diagnosed. It appears that it can present in a variety of different ways. My symptoms are not like any that I have read about in any of the case studies. My symptoms seem to be more or less contained to the mucosa tissue in my body. I get hives orally, vaginally and swelling in my sinus cavity. I am in the throws of finding someone to treat me and to also understand how this has affected other processes in my body. I was also diagnosed with insulin resistance a few years back and feel it is directly related to my hormone fluctuations as well. I wish you all luck.
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