Cortisol Inflammation

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I was wondering are we more prone to have immune issues? I have eczema and while now with medication it is not as bad, but when I get stressed or constant anxiety it is out of control. I have read that cortisol the stress hormone can cause internal inflammation. I don't know if after 39 years I made myself sick, I am hard on myself because I see people my age and younger, they seem to take on so much, without getting eczema, anxiety, ocd and emotional meltdowns.

Have direct cause and effects with the same thing you are describing ...please pardon, my clinical form of writing.
Dealt with this unsuccessfully as baby ....over the lifespan of myself 60 + yrs finally about 5 years ago found a very much older ex
ER doc..post retirement , started his own clinic called Preventative healthcare, He has passed on last year . And clinic closed. And gave me understandings of this circumstance never found before. 60 years of dealing with less than insightful Dermatologists.Do not put up with diagnosis of excezema,or dermatitis imho. Knowledge base on this is only now getting out recently to the medical community See current educated infectious disease doc for dx. (. Disclaimer: this not meant to be a medical opinion.See your competint Med Practicioner ) Advanced cases of what you have described in
recent info. Terms this as MAST cell issue.Mastocytosis. Over reactive skin cells . Parents tried in vane to address this with more docs than I care to ever remember. And myself all these years ,Yes ..this is a literal topical skin issue . reacting directly to stress issues .
People used to say you wear you emotions on your sleeve, as a critique. But this is a actual proof , can occur in many various places on the skin. joints forearms and wrists are typically showing the affects .Redness ,rash, etc. It has been scarey to me. As stress ,especially emotional, add physical ,can get worse.Attacks vs recover from each occassion can last many days- week? s . Can be seriously disabling for Aspies . removal of stressors help very much.Doc at Preventative healthcare taught me treatment methods. And added traditional allergic/ cold meds to treat .Prescription eventually came down to Hydroxizine, low dose tranq.s and hydrocortisol,low dose .only administered as needed. .
Have met one other Aspie with this situation....Have had success with these measures for myself.
Once more : Not intended to be medical advise . Please see your own qualified Medical Practicioner.
Might reccomend a GOOD Naturopath. IF needed and considerate ,am willing to recieve a private message con: this issue only. Good Luck with Your health.

Theoretically , the situation: appears as a body over production of Cortisol/ histamine .

I've certainly had itchy skin since I was a teenager. Never had it diagnosed, so I don't know if it's got anything to do with cortisol and histamine or not. Asked doctor about it once, but was told "well, if you really insist you can have a referral, but you'll probably never find out what it is and you'll just waste a load of time trying." Some truth in that (I've heard of one case of somebody with the itches who pursued a diagnosis for decades and is still none the wiser), though I suspect my doc was mainly trying to conserve NHS resources. So I asked the local pharmacist who said it wasn't contagious and that I should talk to my doctor if it got any worse. Thank you health service, that's really helped.

Without intervention my life would be hell. Luckily I found out that scrubbing the affected area and applying menthol cream gives me a lot of symptomatic relief. Topical salicylate may also be helpful, but unfortunately I'm on anticoagulants these days so I daren't use much salicylate, even if it's only topical. I'm thinking of substituting topical salicylate with paracetamol, but I'm not expecting miracles from it. Antihistamine? Well, the cat's had occasional jabs of that stuff for some suspected itchy allergy, and it seems to help, but my optician says I've got cataracts - not bad enough to impair my vision yet, but antihistamines could accelerate the problem and I don't want to go blind.

My other intervention is to hyperfocus on fascinating projects, which as well as distracting me from the itching also stops me getting bored. So as you mention other people taking on a lot of things, that approach might work for you too, though naturally it would depend on how intense the eczema is - if my skin condition were much worse I'm sure my ability to focus would be overwhelmed.

In my case there's no reddening of the skin at all unless I scratch it, though I'm also getting some mild-ish facial dandruff these days which is starting to get visible. Currently it can be removed simply by washing and wiping, but it could get worse.

Anyway, good luck fixing it.

When my skin gets going it goes millimeters below the skin and the insane itching , also relieve by using a stiffer bristled hair comb . to get some temporary relief . Bendryl gel , only . then if you can afford a a dmso gel to put on afterwards. (Use of any creme based sunstance . Did Not relieve the itching ). When a child even in my sleep would scratch to the point of tearing skin surface ,to point of bleeding even while unconcious. Still fighting this to this very day
especially if am suffering extended emotional stressors.
Went to extremes to try to trick the histamine / cortisol response in affected areas. When the itching was mind numbing
tried ice cubes directly on the skin . Then went to ((((not advised,but worked))) was to while showering . Turn the hot water very high to the point of causing the skin to redden,soak more seriously affected areas of wrist/ forearms.
For a few moments till itching went away,replaced by burning pain. And immediately remove from water flow . Return
to normal water temp. usually this was done at the end of the shower. Process include me screaming about the burning sensation while in the shower .Dry off gently and apply bendryl gel, then dmso gel. Benedryl gel/ dmso gel with frankensense.Can work by itself. But my situation felt absolutely desperate.
It tricked the skin into thinking a hyper release of cortisol/ histamine in that area of the skin was necessary. And reacted as if it was so..And calmed it down 100% .Try to avoid letting skin dry out afterwards . Aloe vera gel suggested or nothing , just no cremes.as a moisturizer ( after the Benedryl and Dmso, Followed by application of suggested gels right away afterwards even allow benedryl gel to dry before applying DMSO manufactured with frankinsense.DMSO as a carrier through the skin for bendryl and ,Frankenscense is a natural anti inflammitory.
""It shocked my Doctor and he advised against it"".( the scalding of skin part with hot water) but within a hour. Redness mostly all gone! And no itching for a long while afterwards.even days. (Cannot reccomend this method legally) My case is/ was quite severe.but have use it repeatedly ,on occassion.Never the same day though. Yes it is a auto immune defect( hyper response) imho. Possibly redundant wiring in nervous response system.? Have tried discontinuing coffee on and off to see if it had any effect.
No changes noted. but coffee in any type of liqour, did make it appear worse for me, just my experiences.
Dosages of Hydrocortisol prescribed orally ,were tiny amounts 5 mg. small amounts as needed. Not a medicine you want to use unless almost last resort. Sometimes intially as often as 2 x aday..generally once a day if a over reaction appears and only at those times .Can be used day or nightime.
Necessary Disclaimer: Not Intended as Medical Advise.
Best wishes to you.