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Are Morphea And Diabetes Auto-immune Conditions That Can Be Treated With Methotrexate And Insulin?

I am 58 yrs old and was diagnosed with morphea which I say I have had for at least three years. Since august I have developed very hugh blisterson some of the morphea, and biopsies have shown, bullous morphea, I am being treated with methotrexate, I am also a insulin dependant diabetic, which also came on very suddenly, I had my yearly checkup and my randson sugar was normal three months later I was registering 30, was admitted to hospital on an insulin drip and have been taking five needles /day . are both of these conditions auto-immune, and is there anything else I could be doing to speed up the healing process of the bullous morphea, It is just like severe burns, to the skin, painful and scarring.
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
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Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal.

Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query

I think you should be in constant contact with your doctors. i hope the team consists of a physician, endocrinologist as well as a rheumatologist.

i am not sure form the query but steroidal support may help you to a certain extent. however any steroid use may make your sugar control go high, sometimes really high

the best thing that i can probably suggest with the limited information available is to keep taking medicines prescribed regularly, and avoid skipping medicines. and meet your docs regularly

I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck.

I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.

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Are Morphea And Diabetes Auto-immune Conditions That Can Be Treated With Methotrexate And Insulin?

Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal. Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query I think you should be in constant contact with your doctors. i hope the team consists of a physician, endocrinologist as well as a rheumatologist. i am not sure form the query but steroidal support may help you to a certain extent. however any steroid use may make your sugar control go high, sometimes really high the best thing that i can probably suggest with the limited information available is to keep taking medicines prescribed regularly, and avoid skipping medicines. and meet your docs regularly I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above so i can be of help further. Best of luck. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you. Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)