This article is pretty good.

http://www.aocd.org/skin/dermatologi...s_herpeti.html

Darn it, Nicky, get those tests redone!!!! If you have celiac, your small intestines are being destroyed. Prednisone may even mask celiac - some cases of refractory celiac have been shown to get better with Pred, since it IS an autoimmune disease!!!! GEEZ!!!!!

I get the itchy damn bumps if I get some hidden gluten.

It's a good thought to assume it's the drug but I have to wonder in your case if it is celiac. If the rash spreads, go back in. I had folliculitis on Pred really bad. But then I got an antibiotic and got the lovely secondary infection Clostridium Difficile.

Have a good night . . . and call your doctor (or a gastroenterologist since they deal with celiac) in the morning! Oh, and being on Pred can make the celiac antibodies disappear, just like the MG antibodies would. You may need an upper endoscopy where they take several little biopsies of your small intestines. It's not a horrid test - I had it done.

Annie