Dermatologist.
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If I’m on a gluten-free diet, can I still have outbreaks from dermatitis herpetiformis (DH)?
Although a gluten-free diet is the treatment for DH, often the diet alone is not enough. Some DH patients require Dapsone or other medication to help treat it. If a skin biopsy is positive and a strict gluten-free diet isn’t helping, see a knowledgeable dermatologist to discuss additional methods of treatment.
(Updated .)Can a skin biopsy for dermatitis herpetiformis (DH) confirm celiac disease or is an endoscopy still needed?
A skin biopsy should be done on a non-affected portion of the skin near the rash when there is an outbreak. It’s not necessary to perform an intestinal biopsy to establish the diagnosis of celiac disease in a patient with DH; the skin biopsy is definitive.
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