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prague · 11-06-2005, 03:48 AM

Hey,

I don't know if this is an allergy or not. For the past 2 weeks I have had uncontrollable itching. My neck itches, my ears, scalp, cheeks, stomach, legs, groin etc.. All of it. I just can't stop itching it and tonight I woke up itching like crazy and I had hives on my arms. They were just little raised bumps that were the same color as my skin. Each about the size of a poppy seed. Anyways, I can't get much sleep because of the itching and sometimes I itch so muc that my skin bleeds or the blood vessels pop. Any ideas?

MandyPandy · 11-06-2005, 10:47 PM

Are you on any new meds? Are you possibly itching really bad in your sleep which is causing you to bleed etc. It could be a newly developed environmental allergy. You could also just have a really bad case of dry skin. Did you switch laundry detergents by any chance? Are you eating anything new that you can think of? If it does not go away I would go to your primary doc & maybe an allergist and then a dermatologist if you still do not have answers. you may also want to try some benedryl.

prague · 11-07-2005, 12:57 AM

Hello,
no, I did not switch detergents and I have not eaten anything new lately. It seems that the itching is the worst during the night while I sleep. I wake up itching my scalp, neck and stomach the most. I woke up just now (its 3 a.m) and I was itching my neck and stomach. There seems to be a rash from my neck down to my chest and ending at my stomach that is kind of diagonal. Also, I noticed that the area I am itching on my neck there is a little bump. Like a colorless pimple.

I was bitten by a tick last weekend but I was already itching before that, although the rashes never happened. The doctor said it was nothing (the tick bite) because it was only on my for under a few hours.

furthermore, I recently saw a doctor about red bumps on my skin near the bottom of my stomach (pubic hair line) that I had had for a year maybe but the bumps seemed to spread a little and they got really red and bigger. He diagnosed it as molloscum contagiousum. I doubt that they are causing my entire body to itch though.

Any ideas? Oh, and along with the severe itching and rashes I have headaches too. And I also am practically bathing in dry cream lotion but it doesn't seem to help much. (also my armpits its)