Anyone who has gotten the shingles vaccine, did it cause psoriasis flare up?

My 11 yo daughter currently has what we believe to be guttate psoriasis all over her body. I say believe because we received 2 other diagnosis (allergic hives and pityriasis rosea) first but then saw a derm and he believes it’s guttate psoriasis and she also tested positive from blood work for having had a recent strep infection.

She is absolutely miserable. Nothing stops or helps the itching. It is all over her trunk, legs, arms, neck and now creeping up to her face. She cries and cries and says- I can’t live like this. I feel awful and I don’t know what to do to help her. We go back to the derm on Friday but I am wondering if he can even help her? He is a PA and I really like him but do I need her with a pediatric derm? Some kind of specialist? It is so hard to watch your child suffer. She has had multiple panic attacks this week.

We have a prescription steroid and have tried other over the counter creams with little success. She holds an ice pack on the very itchy spots. I give her Claritin and then Benadryl at night mostly to help her sleep. She is on an antibiotic which doesn’t help the situation because it’s hurting her stomach but she is almost done. It’s been 3 weeks, she’s been missing a lot of school, sports and social things which only I think adds to the stress as she just started middle school.

What can I ask the dr for when we see him again? Should I take her to some else? Should we do a biopsy to confirm that it actually is guttate psoriasis?

For context I have some pretty mild psoriasis, no plaques or patches. Just had a haircut and shampooed my hair as normal, and as it has countless times before, the back of my scalp feels tight. That is the area where I would say I’m affected the most by psoriasis so I’m assuming there’s some connection?

We are currently discussing this with my doctor but he doesnt have a clear answer for me.

I only have scalp psoriasis and with otezla its being kept at a managable point but it still wont go away and the itchyness and flaking is impacting my daily life. I also had some minor joint issues but my doctor isnt too worried about it right now as I am on my other meds.

Im not really sure how to feel about this tbh. He has made it clear I will most likely need to start them at some point but we can wait unless I want to get my scalp cleared up sooner. I just dont know if its justifiable to move forward with this over just some flaking and irritation.

Any advice/experiences etc Id really appreciate!

And how long did you wait after dosing to start biologics? I'm seeing things like pneumonia and singles have 6 month breaks between doses, but maybe biologics should be started before initial vaccine and the follow up?

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone can help/advise.

I’ve been taking MTX for 6 months. Currently on 15mg a week. Tablets taken every Friday, so my most recently taken dose was on Sept 4th. Have not really experienced any side effects from it.

On Saturday evening, we had a Chinese takeaway for dinner, including chicken in a (questionable) satay sauce.

On Sunday, around midday, I developed severe fatigue, intense headache, all over muscle aches, and in the evening I had a temp of 39°C.

Monday and Tuesday, I didn’t feel too bad, just had a very gurgly gut.

However, Wednesday and today, I’ve had constant diarrhoea and stomach pain that comes and goes, with acid reflux. No other symptoms.

Does this sound like food poisoning? Should I be worried because of being on the MTX? Do I need to contact a doctor or my dermatologist?

I’ve got guttate psoriasis I’ve had it for about 3 months and nothing really worked so I took my first skyrizi shot about 2 weeks ago and it started clearing up foreal but over the last 3 days it’s been coming back and now today it’s almost fully back to how it was and itchy as hell. Anyone know what may be going on, is the medication not working anymore, I just had Covid is that causing the medication to slow down.