Itchy red bumps

[jaleno]

Hi i have had these red bumps all over my body. It was driving me crazy, couldnt sleep, felt nothing. My doctor put me on these antibiotics and they went away for 4 weeks. they have just come back.... what is this?

[Freesoulshine]

Look up carpet beetle larva. We just a major infestation and had bites and rashes everywhere. The hairs on the larva irritates your skin.

[BhumikaMD]

Hi,

This could be ringworm.

Skin medication is usually successful at treating Ringworm within 4 weeks. Advice often given to prevent ringworm includes:
* Avoidance of sharing clothing, sports equipment, towels, or sheets.
* Washing clothes in hot water with fungicidal soap after suspected exposure to ringworm.
* Avoidance of walking barefoot, wearing of appropriate protective shoes to the beach and flip-flops/thongs in locker rooms.
* After being exposed to places where the potential of being infected is great , washing with an antibacterial and anti-fungal soap or one that contains Tea Tree Oil, which contains terpinen-4-ol.

Treatment includes washing ths scalp with shampoo with selenium sulfide (2.5%) or zinc pyrithione (1-2%) used 2-3 times weekly at home. Oral steroids can also be added for severe inflammatory types of scalp ringworm.

Ringworm can be mistaken for one of the following conditions: granuloma annulare, discoid lupus, and sarcoidosis.

Bullous tinea pedis (athlete foot with blisters) can mimic bullous drug reactions, bullous pemphigoid, and other bullous diseases of the skin.

If suspected ringworm does not respond to routine antifungal treatment, further diagnostics must be performed, like a skin biopsy, a fungal culture, or a skin scraping for fungus identification.

Let us know if you need any further information. It would be advisable to consult a skin specialist for the symptoms and a proper clinical examination.

Let us know if you need any other information and post us on how you are doing.

Regards.

[Uppa]

Could be ringworm, could be MCV, could be your shower soap...  might want to look into MCV and compare symptoms.