Itchy Skin, Rash, Bruising

Hello-

Recently I developed these little bumps on my body that are incredibly itchy.  The first one I noticed was on my wrist and it looked like a little bug bite.  I got this when I was on vacation in Maui and I thought it was just a bug bite because it was itchy. When I came home I started to get these bumps on the top and inside of my thighs.  They have been so itchy that it keeps me up at night and I can't sleep.  First they look like little red bumps, almost like pimples or bug bites, then it develops into a red splotchy rash.  Then it bruises, I guess from me itching so much.  I have a huge purple bruise on the top of my right thigh and one is starting to develop on the inside of my left thigh.  Now I have the itchy red bumps on my wrist and hand, my arms, my foot, my stomach, and a few on my buttocks.  They are scattered and small so it's not very noticeable but it is so annoying and I'm starting to worry.  I have never had any allergies or anything like this before.  I'm not sure if it's just because my skin is really dry or the change from one extreme climate to the next- I was in Maui for a week where it was obviously very warm and then I got home to the midwest where it was freezing.  Right when I got home from the trip is when this problem started to happen.  I do have a doctor's appointment in a week but it's been so frustrating I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions- Thanks!!

[mjm62]

I have the exact same symptoms.  Have you been to the doctor yet?  I went but the bruising had not shown up at that time and she said she didn't know what it was, just bug bites.  My husband was looking over my shoulder reading your post and asked me if I wrote it!  Almost exact conditions.  I live in the south and the weather here goes from extreme cold to very mild.

[ec78]

I too have these same symptoms and have not been able to find anything online that sounds similar and the doctor thought it was an allergic reaction but nothing seems to be helping and it's only spreading more and still itching!  Please post if you find out what it is or find something that helps. Thanks...

[Lou04]

I too am having these same symptoms.  Getting ready to call the doctor on Monday.  Please post again after you see the doctor.  The itching and bruising is annoying!

[debbiemc2010]

I too have exactly the same symptons.  I returned home (Texas) from vacationing in Jamaica on July 19th and immediately broke out with a first an infernal itching on my right hip and within a day or two started having a rash and several days later had about 6 bruises appear within the rash, it looked like where fingerprints had been.  It spread across my abdoman.  Went to the doctor and was told it was a topical allergy rash and was given steriod pills, after one day I started itching all over my body and thought it was the pill so I stopped taking it.  Went to a dermatologist the following week and he too said it was a topical rash and gave me a steriod shot, no change, it just got worse, it has now spread all over my stomach, upper torso and now is on my breast.  It sounds like we all have the same thing, but, what is it?  Going back to the dermatologist in the morning but would really like to know what is happening to my body.  It is very scarry, where will it spread to next.  Please, does anyone have any answers.  I would appreciate any help.  You can even call me at 214-794-4099.

[Kim5kids]

Hi there,
I too have a very similar thing going on and have had it for almost 2 yrs, my dermatologist also thought it was just an allergic reaction but mentioned had never seen it everywhere like this. It started on my hip and went to my thighs, now its on my buttocks and abdomen too as well as under my armpits and one on my shoulder...really want to know what this is!!

[gideonsmom]

Wow! Me too. It started on my left ankle. Severe itching like I have never experienced. The next day my ankle was very swollen and had developed into Cellulitis. Then the rash went to the other ankle and then up both legs to both thighs. The Cellulitis went away in about a week and a half but the rash is horrid. It has left so many bruises that I honestly cannot count them. It has now been going on for almost two months. I have eliminated anything new or fairly new to me and my  evnironment but to no avail. I have used Tea Tree Oil to the point it was dripping off of me. Then Gold Bond Powder, Cortizone cream, anti-itch cream, benedryl cream, Syrtec tablets, and even bug bite swabs containing Amonia (ammonia). Surprisingly, even though it burned quite a bit, the Amonia (ammonia) helped alot. But, I still have the rash. My doctor cannot figure it out either. Once the itching gets going I cannot stop until it reaches a creshendo almost. My legs are a mess. I have a couple of spots also on my breasts and they also itched severely. Last night out of desperation, I actually squeezed the fluid out of the bumps/hives on my breasts and then applied Cortizone cream. Today they seem to be healing and no longer itch. I just wish someone, anyone had a clue as to what the heck this is.

[lizzianne_05]

I am experiencing a similar issue. I noticed a rash breaking out on my hand yesterday, it stings a bit and is very itchy, there are now dark blue almost black bruises within this rash and my hand is swelling. It is so weird, I work in a hospital and nobody had any idea as to what it was.

[lilmj]

This is very strange, my fiance and I both have gotten this.... rash..... we have the same symptoms..... small red bumps that are rash like, very itchy, after a while it turns into a bluish purple bruise which is worse for my fiance who is a diabetic, I have two small ones that went to a brownish blue bruise..... we have not been to the Dr., yet as I have little faith in them lately.

[stephanie235]

My name is Stephanie in Mississippi.  I too have suffered with the same condition as you and others on this post.  Please if you have gotten relief / cured from this issue please share with me.  I have had this for 8 months.

[Idolized]

I have the same thing. Going on three months now!  I've been to my fourth doctor and still no answer. I've had blood test for gluten allergy, it was negative. I've had biopsy for psorIasis and it was negative. Have had every blood test know and everything was within normal ranges. I don't know what to do, but I'm miserable and covered pretty much from the top of my head to the top of my feet.

[1207]

experiencing this same issue with a family member at this time & has had several blood tests done.has seen dermatologists & rheumatologists.1 test came back positive as an autoimmune disorder(lupus) just waiting for the biopsy to confirm.hopefully its negative.the rash(flare) comes,goes away,leaves a bruise like appearance and another rash starts somewhere else and most times its usually on multiple parts of the body and you are absolutly miserable.itches all the time.so best of luck to the rest of you with your diagnosis.

[margypops]

Possible environmental allergies caused by the spraying they are doing...ask for a heavy metal toxicity test

[KirstenIndiana]

Guys.... I started off tonight hoping I didnt have bed bugs....looking for pictures of spider bites....now I am terrified!!  my husband thinkss Ive gone crazy imagining bug bites that are really just bruises!! Whats wrong with us?!?!! Going on two weeks spot started on upper left thigh now on upper right thigh but doesnt itch anymore. Just lil red dots surrounded by a giant hard bruise

[KirstenIndiana]

I dont know if this helps but i lived in central mexico for six months then chicago six months now NW Indiana three months

[KirstenIndiana]

I never thought I would say this but at this point I hope I have bed bugs and they are only biting me!

[Dobermama]

I too have a very itch rash that has spread over most of my body and is now bruising. If I get a scratch and the skin doesn't break I get a bruiselike line.  I have been to an allergist who did allergy testing and bloodwork and I do have a lot of allergies but we do not think that is the cause.  I saw a hematologist and had a second round of blood tests done but the results aren't back yet.  The only thing that gives me any significant relief are steroids but these will kill you if you take them for long.

[lilkit5757]

Hi, I have an appt this Monday with an endocrinologist. My story reads just like all of your's rash, bruising, thinking it is a gluten allergery. I'm so tired of waking up with new bruises and now the rash is on my face. My stomach hurts, my joints hurt. I have stopped eating everything, down to fresh vegetables this weekend until I go to the dr. on Monday. If you find anything out, please post it. Thank you!

[sarahj28]

I'm right there with ya ladies, thank god this forum started, I was feeling like a crazy person who insists on not taking their meds. SO here's my thought - none of us are 5 and we never had this before, it's something contagious or spreading through by air or animal population. I'm going herbal and homepathic in general. Essential oils will probably be the best, tea tree and lavender, chamomile and god knows what else. I've got books and I'll run a Google search on what to use for rashes. We'll see, personally I do not want to spend up a bunch of money on doctor visits when it's pretty obvious they haven't worked it out for a lot of people. Good luck to everyone. By the way I have the rash migrating, started in the thigh area and now a little on stomach, arms, thighs. Also have my 7 year old son suffering right along with me, and there's no way we both have luekemia so keep that in mind, another poster said her fiancee had it too so I think we're healthy but under attack.

[teresa161]

so did you ever figure it out ? Is it lupis. i have the same symptoms. i livein idaho . its crazy i wish someone knew what it was .

[teresa161]

did you ever get a diagnosis for this ..i have it too ..did yours appear on equal sides of your body? mine has been on both arms same area then those start to heal and appears somewhere else ..I'm so sick of it...
thanks
Teresa

[teresa161]

did you ever figure your rash out? i have the exact symptoms and i have no idea.my general dr doesn't know either
pleas let me know
thanks Teresa

[thisguy777]

can someone please post a picture of your rashes or email it to me at ***@****

[thisguy777]

please txt a few pictures of this rash to [phone]

[ktpees]

Wow, I have this exact same thing, its so crazy! But also really good to read that other people have the exact same symptoms! I think there may be something to the environmental component and heavy metal toxicity... I just moved to China, and this is when it started. I know the water is severely contaminated here, and obviously I don't drink it, but I never thought before about showering in it or using it to wash my clothes... Some of you said you had it while living in Mexico, or after visiting Jamaica... perhaps it is the water?? I am going to get a filter for my washing machine and shower... hopefully this helps! Does anyone have any updates on doctors' diagnoses??
Thanks!

[ruby723]

I have the same exact thing;rash that itches and a bruise that comes along. I went to the dermatologist and she said that i have developed a very bad cas of ECZEMA, but im to so sure. She has given different ointments to treat it but irt just got worse. Then she gave me a steriod pill that i have been on for just two days. if you find out what it is plz let me know because i still think that i have something other than this genetic skin disorder. thank you!

[ruppie]

Ive got the same thing! I freaked out and thought it was bed bugs too, so I bought a fogger and just went nuts! The itching sometimes is unbearable and the mark its leaving on my leg is hideous! I would go to a doctor, but since I dont have insurance ive just been using cortizone to try to stop it from itching so much. When I do itch it just spreads even more. Ive got one big one and a couple of small ones that look like bug bites. If anyone knows what it is please let me know! I also talked to a friend of mine who is a doctor and he thought it was staph, but I have the topical ointment for that and I tried it but it did absolutely nothing for it.

[SisThompson]

OMG!! I have it too!! The Itchy is so severe!!! I have it on the backs of both legs and both arms and around the ankle area up! I have tried everything and been thru nearly 2 tubes of cortizone..the cortizone helps the itch somewhat but doesnt last to long.Does anyone know what the hell this rash is??

[littlefeather733]

Omg i have the same symptoms you all have i am so tired of it. I saw an allergy Dr and he told me its vasculitis i have other allergies also.I hope you all the best ...

[criccit45]

I have the exact same symptoms as well. Very itchy and skin is bruising prob. from scratching it so much. I soaked in the hottest bath imaginable for it on my feet and it relieved it for hours, but yet it still does not explain what this is caused from or how to prevent it. I don't have any faith in doctors or hospitals anymore because honestly they all depend on the net too much for prognosis/diagnoses whatever! but sure you can understand how this would affect and prevent them too from diagnosing anything, i mean look how many sites you came up with when typing in what you are experiencing...too much information some useful, but most not so useful better if they all just stuck to the library and books like back in the day for issues that are not common. right?? Anyways i live in northern florida and have gotten this twice in the past 3 years down here. Makes me wonder whether its some environmental testing or something which really wouldn't surprise me seeing these love bugs got so out of control down here seeing they were made by the university to supposedly eat up the misquitos.
As far as cortizone treatments and steroid use we already read and see here first hand that its not a cure, and after studying what you wrote here about some quack suggesting it to be Vasculitis!? have you read what exactly that is? I'm not a doctor either but we all could easily be as qualified as one now a days by getting on the internet and checking things out for ourselves. Blood tests and stuff they can authorize yes, but what codes do they put into their computers to know what to test or look for if they can't even decide what they may be dealing with, and then it goes back to what they've found on their trustworthy p.c's of laziness, lack of money or lack of time...I know allot of negative comments and not much help, but i'm figuring it to be some sort of allergic reaction benedryl liquid form keeps the itching and scratching at bay, extreme heat hot tub baths without your soaps just simple epsom salt baths at night and be cautious of what new soaps or detergents we have used in our wash, dishes or on our bodies until we ourselves figure it out. use your doctors for any other serious complications that may be a result of this in case its anything more complex of course, and give them all the facts and information in your cases. I found the suave sweet pea violet body wash can cause this rash and therefore don't use it anymore from three years ago when i got this. and now i'm studying the possibility of the "warm vanilla comfort" Xtra laundry soap or Suavitel field flowers drier sheets even or maybe even something my new dog is bringing into my home. I'm no expert or doctor but maybe everyone suffering with this ought to get together and post what they've found works by process of elimination in their every day lives...log what your using that may be new to your lifestyle...and lets figure this out together. :)

[jude503]

Hi all, I have exactly the same symptoms.  However, I live in Liverpool, England.
I went to the doctors Monday, he gave me cream and a antihistermine, but they gave me no respite.  I returned to the doctors the following day as I was no better.  He gave me steroid tablets (6 a day) to be taken all together for 5 days.
I thought the rash was getting better Tues afternoon and I was happy and relieved, but Wed morning when I woke the rash had worsened again and my skin was burning!  I took myself to hosp and they told me to increase the steroid tablet to 8 for the next 2 days and if no better, then to go back to my own doctor.
It is now Friday afternoon here and I have made a further app at my doctors as rash is still there and moving to different places and I am also bruising!!!  I will let you know what my doctor says.  Take care. Jude, Liverpool, UK

[Itchy2013]

I have got the exact same symptoms as most of you here and have been to the doctor twice and am now waiting to see a dermatologist on wed.
I'm also in England but came back from holiday in Namibia and Soth Africa recently.
My son (7 yrs) had the same but his started and ended within a week. It got so bad that we ended up going to the A&E as he was covered top to toe in itchy rash but at hospital with antihistamin it disappeared over a day and hasn't come back.
We first thought he had an allergic reaction to some insect bites (mosquito or spider) he got when we were camping in Namibia. i had the same bites. neither of us had many.
The specialist thought it was an allergic reaction to a cutaneous larva migrans infection that he had got from the damp sand where we were camping in Namibia. Kind of make sense as he had what we thought was a mosquito bite under his foot which was very long swollen rather than round... As I had just started a rash at the time they said it seemed I probably had the same and they gave us both a triple dose of vermox.
I never had any bite that looked anything like a larva migrans...
My son's rash didn't come back at all after the day at the hospital and actually was completely gone before he even started the vermox so it is difficult to say if that actually was the cause.
My rash has gradually got worse for the 2 weeks i've had it now. It seemed to be moving around a bit in the beginning but now settled on the following areas; the inside of my lower arms, shoulders, around all of my my thighs but worse on the inside with serious bruising (in patches) also the lower part of my back down towards top of my bottom... Use to be behind ears but that's better now.
We haven't changed any washing powder shampo, food, drinks etc I'm 41 and have never experinced anything like this neither has my son. The other children or my husband hasn't experienced any of this so it doesn't seem to be contagious...
But what on earth is it!!!??? I feel pretty desperate and can't survived not taking antihistamin (piriton) every 4 hours...
It seems like most of the people who posted here hasn't come back to to post again... I wonder/HOPE it s because they have received treatment or it has gone away but if anyone who reads this know what it s or how to get rid of it, please please please post your information!!!!

[Itchy2013]

Me again...
My itch and rash has slowly but surely eased and i have gone from taking piriton every 3 hours and itching like crazy to taking it only 3 times a day! It is wonderful to not have such itch anymore but i still am pretty bruised.
I have bee to a dermatologist who suggest maybe onchocerciasis which is a parasite disease that is transmitted being bitten by a black fly... This can cause severe itchy rash and other symptoms like eye problems etc and in very severe cases blindness. However i am not sure that the symptons occure so soon. They have done blood tests and i am having further blood tests next week.
The dermatologist also said that as I am suffering from other allergies like hayfever and dustmites I am also more sensitive to general insect bites like mosquitos etc. this also means my skin in general is more sensitive and therefor the more severe case of bruising and rash.
Am seeing the dermatologist again in 2 weeks and will post further update if I find out more.