Sweat aggrivates my skin badly! - Skin Problems Message Board

06-08-2004, 07:43 PM

Hi people,

ANy help would be greatly appreciated.

When I play sports and stuff and get really sweaty and hot I have real problems with my skin. The skin on my chest, stomach and back gets incredibly aggrivated and itchy. It's like being pricked by needles all over my body. It's unbearable and makes me just wanna tear my skin off but when I cool down and the sweat drys it calms down. I shower every day and don't really sweat much anyway and this only seems to happen when I plays sports and get really warm. Also, this may be unrelated, I've noticed small spots of dried blood which seem to be coming from my pores. They are tiny (like the mark you would get if you, say, pricked yourself lightly with a needle, tiny).

Can anyone offer any help or info? Thanks a million.

Dear Maggie · 06-12-2004, 08:25 AM

Solvents/poisons can be expelled for a time, at least, through one's respiratory system, so why not skin, too

Then the skin feeling itchy could be a reaction to the solvent being expelled?

Blood sounds serious. Can you think back to when this started and what you were exposed to? Did you have eyes burning and hurting from fumes of some kind?

Medical doctors don't study chemical exposures from what I've heard. Is there a toxicologist they could consult with? Or a doctor who is open to this possibility?