Hi
I was diagonesed by the doctor of having erythema nodosum It is where you legs nodules on your shins are swollen and may feel bruise like. They are supposed to be bright red but mine are not...

Has anyone else had this??????

No, sorry, haven't heard of this one. Have you tried googling it? Maybe there's a discussion board of people who have it?? Just a thought.

i have this i don't get them as much as i used to in my early 20's they were horrible. this last pregnancy i had them horrible as well. when my get really bad i see a rhuematologist and take steroids to get rid of them fast otherwise when they are just slightly inflamed(painful but i can still tolerate them) i take naproxen sodium(prescription) and once they are cleared up i stop taking them. for about a 2 years now i have been using the over the counter pain releiver aleve(it contains naproxen sodium) as soon as i see one or feel like they are coming and 9 out of 10 times i can avoid a bad outbreak of them by just taking aleve. i feel for you they are very painful i even get them down into my ankle bone area that really sucks when you gotta wear shoes...i hope you find some relief i know it is no fun you might ask your dr about taking aleve it has really helped me unless they have you trying something else that works well for you.

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Yes, I have this too. I have Crohn's disease and it is one of the symptoms. I take several meds a day for the crohn's and usually that keeps the bumps away too. However I have some on my lower calf right now that popped up a few weeks ago. They can take a while to go away. I don't have the world's greatest legs to begin with so with the erythema nodusum acting up, they look really ugly... Did your doctor say they came for no reason? You might want to check that there is no underlying cause...JMO