tiny itchy blisters on arms & legs - Dermatology

isquishu

Jul 17, 2011

To: Everyone

Hi All,

I don't know if my explanation will be for everyone but, about three years ago I started to get patches of these itchy, blistering rashes on my hands, then it proceeded to eventually cover most of my body. The rashes were extremely itchy and the doctor could not figure out what I had. He gave me cortizone cream...I tried every kind of itch relief I could find, nothing worked.

A naturopath that my mother went to said that I had a parasite or worms. She told me to get a parasite cleanse from the health food store or a worm cleanse from the drug store. I did both, THE RASH WAS GONE! Within a month of taking the cleanse the rash was gone and has not returned.

When I contacted her to thank her, I asked how I possibly got a worm or parasite and she said that all it takes is to be in contact with animals or to go out for dinner and have someone handle your food after they had gone to the bathroom and not washed their hands. She also said we should be doing parasite/worm cleanse at least twice per year.

I haven't done one in about a year and a half and recently been living with two cats...guess what rash came back? I'm doing a cleanse right now and have also found that eating raw pumpkin seeds kills parasites.

I hope this helps some if not all of you. Good luck!

nastyarms267

Jul 25, 2011

To: Pimple arms

I started getting these on my forearms about 5 years ago. Doctors don't know what causes this or what they are. My brother said he thinks it's cancer. I told him to go kill himself. These things are soooo embarassing. I hate wearing t-shirts in the summer. I just want a solution. I'll do anything. People always say... "What the hell happened to your arms". I've even used cover up on them. I know it will take longer to heal using cover up but i'd rather cover them up for 6 months than have them look nasty for 6 weeks. I'm getting desperate here. WTF is this???

motherof31980

Jul 26, 2011

To: Everyone

It could be Molluscum contagiosum.

research this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molluscum_contagiosum

Jessamay

Jul 29, 2011

To: Everyone

I had multiple wasp stings a few years ago, after which I started with rosacea. This year I went walking in the Peak District and got bitten by a horsefly twice on my left arm. The actual bites are taking forever to heal, and the whole area has become extremely itchy and covered in tiny itchy bumps. I have tried Eurax cream but that made it worse. The only thing I have found that reduces the itching is a cool pack (like the ones you put in cool boxes), you can use ordinary ice, but this just tends to burn the skin and makes a watery mess.

ellem9

Aug 04, 2011

Have any of you guys researched molluscum contagiosum. My daughter was diagnosed by the gp today with it so I've been intently researching it. However, I do believe the diagnosis to be incorrect according to the symptoms and pictures. With what you guys are saying it seems quite plausible that you could have molluscum contagiosum but I am no doctor. Good luck with your search for an answer.

ellem9

Aug 04, 2011

To: twilightburl

I think you guys should research molluscum contagiosum. I'm not a doctor but from some of the information from some of you, it sounds like this could be the case. Especially those who say when they scratch they weep and spread I think. Hope you find an answer soon.

ashleymac22

Aug 06, 2011

I once had something similar to what some of you are describing. It is a fair rare infection that you usually only get once and there is no real reason why someone attracts it.

My rash started off small but then spread fast and made me really hot...it was on my back, legs and arms but would only go half way up. Ex. the rash on my arm but stop at my elbow and wouldn't continue to my wrist. It was super weird. I went to a top dermatoligist in New York and he said it was Pityriasis Rosea - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001874/

I got a shot of cortizone and some creams and it went away!!

Hope this helps!

robkirk123

Aug 07, 2011

To: All - Something that works!!!

I am a 58 yr old male in living in Boston, and get exactly, or similar, to what many have described here. Starts with little pin-head sized "bubble blister" or group of them. They are very itchy!! They (it) multiplies forming a patch and sometimes, if left untreated, a circular dime sized patch. I get them mostly on the tops my arms and on my legs. They seem to happen either in the winter when it's really dry or the summer after working in the yard or when I get hot. When I told my dermatologist about them about 5 years ago, he prescribed a small tube of topical cream - Lotrisone. It's both an anti-inflamitory and anti-fungal) After applying it twice a day for a week, the blisters had disappeared. I've used it several times over the past few years and it's always works using it . After applying it twice a day for a week, the blisters had disappeared. I've used it several times over the past few years and it's always worked. If I don't use it, they get itchier and spread. A couple of weeks ago, either because of exposure to the sun or something in the yard, I started to get a small group on the back of my arm. I had run out of so he prescribed a substitute for the Lotrisone, "Clotrimazole and Batamethasone dipopionate cream 1%/0.05%" (made by Fougera). After using it for a week, they and the itching - gone and healed!! (PS: the first day I used it, the itching got a little worse and the skin got redder, but by the third day things started to improve dramatically.)

hippychick64

Aug 11, 2011

To: AITCH50

i was very interested in your urin theripy. i have read about urin being good for you befor. i shall start off with rubbing it on. i have all the symtems that have been discribed -itch scratch blister, but being a diabetic, not serios. i take a long time to heal, but worst of all its the brown scars that im left with that really get to me. on my arms they tend to go white and dont tan over, i dont sit out sunbathing, my legs now look awful with about 30 brown scars. im overwight, hypo-thyride and take statins, none of which can help......im off to the loo.

JSalvo

Aug 11, 2011

To: Everyone

The vast majority of people suffering from this are likely experiencing Dyshidrosis or Dyshidrotic Eczema

Unfortunately, it has a laundry list of -possible- causes and -possible- treatments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyshidrosis

http://www.eczema-ltd.com/dyshidrotic.php

Myndee

Aug 15, 2011

I too have the same thing. They look like small water blisters that leave a white scar. I got them on my legs about 10 years ago and then never came back until a few months ago. I thought they might be Scabies. However, scabies affects your entire body including the genital, back, stomach, inner thy and area I do not have them on. They are only on my legs, arms and hands.

They leave a white scar like the pigment was taken out of my skin. The strange thing with mine is they are forming on my scars. I have something called RSD/CPRS. I got it from a carpal tunnel surgery. It is a disease that attacks my scar tissue and nerves. My body thinks the scar tissue does not belong in my body and attacks it. Sense the scar tissue is wrapped around my nerves and muscles in my wrists and hands it is also attacking those too.

I thought this had something to do with the RSD and my body now attacking all the scar tissue. But, they are appearing in places that I do not have scar tissue. They even start looking like water blisters and if I itch or pick at them popping the blister, cause they are very itchy, the blister comes back with in a minute.

I live in Idaho Falls which is a very dry climate. There is a lot of farming and I am very allergic to pretty much anything that blooms, green, sheds, flowers, has leafs and well almost everything but medications. When I go to Boise, which is a warmer, lower elevation, and the area has more humidity; the bumps go away and stop itching. I am thinking that this is some sort of an allergic reaction.

My Grandma also had shingles about a year ago. I noticed dry itchy spots after visiting her. I also had the chicken pocks 6 times as a child. I think mine are a combination of both an allergic reaction and shingles.

What has helped me is I use a body spray after bathing called Diamond Shine. You can smell the alcohol in it. After spraying down with the body spray I use a moisturizer called Cetaphil. It was recommend by my doctor. This has helped and I think after bathing and using the body spray, it kills and spoors that I am allergic too and the moisturizer helps protect my skin from the allergens.

I am seeing my doctor tomorrow and hoping he has some more answers. If you have this and would like to talk about it more, my personal email is ***@****. I would only like to talk to people who really have this and don't have Scabies aka the pinkish red fluid that comes out of the blister and all over their body and not just on their arms, hands, legs and feet. I would be interested to know if you have them also growing on your scars, if you have an pain issues, what kind of plants you have around your home, thyroid issues, insulin resistance, or any other medical issues. Just to see if it is related to another medical issue or if it is just an allergy attack. Uhhh thinking about it makes me itch.

verozcorderoz

Aug 18, 2011

Hi all, I have the same symptoms, my doctor told me they are fever blisters or another form of a cold sore except its not on my lips I get them too not as often..they are the worst n I am getting them more frequently..currently I have 9 bumps. Sounds weird but I only find athletes foot cream to help or antibiotics from my doctor, there are pills this is part of the herpes virus n that is the reason they spread when scratching. It's good to know I am not the only one, also I've noticed they are a tad bit warm like a fever..

Myndee

Aug 18, 2011

To: Everyone

I went to my Doctor yesterday and this is what I found out: What I have is called Polymorphous Photodermatosis. In lame mans terms is an allergy to the sun. I have these bumps filled with clear clean fluid on my arms and legs, the places most exposed to the sun. My bump very in size and then turn into these scars that are purplish pink and then turn white and Oh My God do they itch bad!! When I itch the bumps the top of the blister pops, a clear fluid come out and within a 30 seconds the bump looks exactly like it did before, just like the blister I popped. When it heals and the purplish pink goes away it pulls the color out of your skin so it looks white and that is the Photoderatosus part.. Funny thing is that this will not effect the face and if you have them any other place then the places that are in the sun most of the time aka arms and legs, or if they are on your face, you DO NOT have this.

My Doctor gave me a steroid to push the allergic reaction out of my skin and a cream to help the places where the allergic reaction turned into Eczema. The steroid is called Prednisone and the cream is called Betamethasone Diproionate Cream .05%, It seems to be helping especially in the places where I have the Eczema, and the itching (thank God!!).

How you keep yourself from getting this again is to wear a good moisturizing lotion with a sunscreen in it. Depending on your skin it can be from a SPF 8 to 30. Anything above 30 is a waist of money cause there is no such thing. If you CAN NOT find a lotion with sunscreen that works get what is called Cetaphil, it is a very good hydrating lotion (Doctor recommended) and mix it 2 parts lotion to 1 part sun screen (also make sure the sunscreen is water proof). This will make a shield for your skin against the sun. Also a good tanning lotion if you can use something with a lighter SPF. This will moisturize and help protect your skin and NOT the $8 Banana Boat stuff. Go to a tanning salon and tell them you need one to protect your skin cause you are allergic to the sun with a good moisturizer. You may end up paying $30 - $180 but it is worth it to keep these ugly bumps from coming back.

My personal problem with all of this is I am 5'8 and range from 115 to 120lbs. I had popped all of these and they scabbed over. So I look like I had needle marks and meth sores. There was three different people actual came up to me and recommended a good Drug Treatment Program. I told them NO this is some sort of allergic reaction to something and they would look at me and say, keep telling yourself that. They are not going to go away until you get help. Talk about insulting and wanting to punch someone in the face for judging!! So I really want to get rid of these stupid blisters. But I guess now a days you can not be tall and thin without being accused of using drugs to get there. I call them the jealous people and all of them that said this to me were women, very over weight, so I sub the people with ******* and I told them that. Also they needed to see a doctor for their issues.

My issues is because I live in Idaho where we are at a high elevation. That means more UV rays can get to my skin. Which makes sense to me because when I travel to California, Boise, or Seattle they go away, all places lower in elevation then here in Idaho Falls.

I do suggest if you have this to go see your doctor and tell them you think you have Polymorphous Photodermatosis. If they tell you that you dont know what you are talking about or will not listen to you, then see another one. YOU know your body better then any doctor and YOU are paying them so you have a right to be heard. If they try telling you that you have Scabies and have them only in the spots where you get sun, they are scaring and turning the purplish, pink then white, they are not spreading and only spread when you get in the sun - YOU DO NOT HAVE SCABIES and see another doctor. You deserve to be listened too and heard.

Best of luck and I hope this helps some of you <3
Myndee :)

bobsmith2005

Aug 28, 2011

To: everyone

Guys,

I moved to Miami 4 years ago, the first year was fine, but the itchy skin
and blisters of what you have began in 2009.

I swam anytime the ocean allowed, I drank beer daily, then in the summer
of 2009, I discovered a very sweet local mango, it is only available between
June-August, I bought and eat a lot in 2009, yes, all hell broke loose, I got
what you guys described, I went to see skin doctors, they gave me
2 kinds of cream that helped me to sleep, boy, I lost so much sleep, but
I did not know what caused my skin irritation.

What I did was to go through the process of elimination, I stopped drinking
beer, then I found out the alcohol increases the itch feeling only when
you have the irritation already. Anyway, I stopped the beer.

Then I realized every year I began the itch process in July, the only fruit
I eat so much during June/July/August is Kent Mango, this special
brand must contains a lots of poison Ivy itch ingredient.

I discovered this Mango allergy last month after I purchased 14 Kent Mangos, after the 3rd one, I started feeling the itch skin is coming so I stopped right way, now I am experiencing the symptom but this time it is
less than last year or year before because I only had 3 :(

Anyway, this itch symptom usually go away in months, sometime 6 months, but once it stops, my skin returns to normal.

I do believe the 90+ degrees sunshine is also the problem, I swim a lot so
my legs and back have more itch blisters than other places.

My advice to you are from my experience of fighting this xxxxxxxx

(1) When take shower, do not take too much hot water because the
hot water would make the blisters 'grows'
(2) Triamcinolone Acetonide cream USP 0.1% is very good stopping the
itch
(3) Permethrin cream 5% is very effective for the blisters, it stops itchy
feeling as well.

I must consider strongly to move back to the cold zone because I did not
have this xxxxxx in the past, however, I hate "snow", God, you can't have
both, can't I?

ErK625

Aug 29, 2011

To: hbmama & rest of forum

Look into Dyshidrosis eczema or pompholyx eczema. You will be pleased to know i found this today after dealing with the same symptoms as all of you for a pretty long time. I guarantee this is exactly what you have!!! Check out this website!!!

http://www.skincare-answers.com/dyshidrosis.html

rgon66

Sep 23, 2011

To: Everyone!

Hi Everyone!
My son who is 5 yrs old, has had the same condition for the past year. Small blisters all over his body, then turning into sores (due to scrating too much). He ended up in hospital numerous times, because it ended up getting worse and turning into cellulitus, due to too much bacteria in his body. The doctors could not work out what the cause was. Fed up with all the hospital visits, I ended up at the naturopath. All I had to do was change his diet! Within 2 weeks his condition was basically cured! He had to change to Soy milk and Gluten free bread....it was wierd, because he never had a problem before hand with these foods (cows milk and normal bread). (the naturopath also recommened a cream and a multivitamin powder to speed up his recovery process). Now, I have noticed if he is given the cows milk, or has normal bread that the blisters and blemishes come back, but within a day with the cream and multivitamin, it is gone again.....so maybe it is foods that we consume?!

Harvengure

Sep 28, 2011

I have actually had this most of my life and have been told it is a form of psoriasis or 'palmoplantar pustulosis' or some such thing. Either way, as said above, there is something of a laundry list of causes and treatments. However I've found that a Clotrim/Betamathasone ointment has done wonders. What will happen is I'll apply the cream here and there for a couple of days and the rash goes away for sometimes weeks at a time and then I slack and simply forget to put the cream on and eventually the rash comes back. Still, while using the cream steadily, say every other day, the rash goes away.

I should say though that when applying the cream when you do have a breakout of this rash...it will make you want to scratch even more then you normally would.

roofmd

Oct 01, 2011

Omg... I have been getting these on my knees lately and it is so itchy, I am also a roofer, so my job tends to irritate the symptoms.
I am a heavy smoker, have had pneumonia 3 times in 4 years and my tongue is sore most of the time...
Anyone have a idea what if any of this has in common?

Ifeelyabrotha

Oct 03, 2011

To: Instant Relief!!!!

I have been doing some research into this annoying skin problem we are having and found out about a type of skin healing patch called Hydrocolloid dressing. I recently tried it out on my blisters and it worked! the itchiness stopped and the open sores were cleared and the spreading stopped within a week. I dont know why doctors do not recommend this product, its amazing. Its a thin waterproof elastic film that you leave on top of your wound for a week and when you take it off the blister is all healed up. it protects the blister from outside bacteria and stops you from itching and in sequence stops the spread. Im serious try this out, any brand is ok, i got myself the ones from targets brand for a good price.

dion38

Oct 05, 2011

To: hi all

My hole body seems itchy and iv also just got small fluid filled spots just a few there drivin me mad any ideas 2 wat they cud b

bobsmith2005

Oct 08, 2011

Hi,

I had 5 breakouts in the last 3 years but the very last one began in mid July this year right after I started my first Mango this year, I stopped after 3 Mangos right way because I suspected the Mango had something to do with
my blisters/rashes for the past 3 years besides the Florida sun and ocean.

My process is called the elimination process, I started with items which I
obtained as habits in the past 3 years.

First, I quit beer because when I have the blisters or rashes, the beer drinking made these things itch and painful, I think the alcohol irritates the skin, so I did my first step but the alcohol only becomes problem once you have the blister or rash so if you have these monsters, don't drink.

Then I carefully rinse my body every time I get out of the ocean water, that
proves helpful, I was blister/rash free for 4 months, then the Florida
mango season started, boy, these monsters come up overnight.

Last year, I had 25 mangos, the itch drove me crazy for over 6 months!!!!

So I have reasonable doubt that the mango is no good for me, I googled
the mango ingredients, it says, 'poison ivy' similar ingredient
is in mango as well, that may explain the itch part, luckily I had 2 or 3 only
in July this year.

I used the two creams that I said in my last email above, the 5% one is very effective for the blisters, it shrunk them besides stopping the itchness,
the 0.5% I used to stop itch all over my body.

Today, 10/8/2011, 2.5 months later, my skin is smooth once again, no blister anywhere, so my advice to you is watch what you are eating, fruits
specially.

Oh, hot, spicy taste work like alcohol, they makes your blistered skin itch
and painful as hell, so avoid them if you have blisters or rashes.

The reason that I am giving you my life experience here is because
I know how painful you are, I hope what I say here will release some pain for you.

1 more, the blisters on the finger tips? You may break them with a nail clipper, once the juice is out, the itch is gone, apply some neosporin to prevent infection overnight because it heals overnight.

Good luck to you all.

nyitching4321

Oct 09, 2011

I agree. I tried permethrine 4 times, still get the itchy blisters on arms and legs.

nyitching4321

Oct 09, 2011

To: bobsmith2005

I agree. I tried permethrine 4 times, still get the itchy blisters on arms and legs.
I noticed several people around me were having the same condition!

nyitching4321

Oct 09, 2011

I am thinking it is a viral infection spreading...

studboro

Oct 18, 2011

To: All Rash Suffers

I have this rash now. I was in the Philippines and China for 3 months, travel hard and fast and not as clean as I should have been. I also had a women with me. I have used fungal spray that will stop the itching. I got antibotics, they seemed to help some. Hydrocortisone creame works a little. I am using an expired anti-bacterial cream that seems to work very well. I also spray isoprophl alcohol and or voldka on my rash areas. I believe at the moment it is bacterial. Side Note: My mother is gluten intolerant, and this possibility is interesting, because the first time I had an outbreak, I thought it was insect related, but it did not itch . Clear puss and swelling off a bump like acne or insect. Just like this rash thing. I had eaten poorly that day, only candy licorce made of wheat flour and palm oil. I also would have had a lot of food cooked in palm oil in China and the Philippines. I know that my razor was not kept clean during my trip. My worst problem is on my chin. I also shaved other areas that became "infected" therefore I am pursueing the bactrial problem. I loves to spread an inch away. Fortunately for me it does not spread big as some people have suffered. The hard part is that it seems internal and external symultaneously.

GHIntolerent

Oct 30, 2011

To: All with rash

MOST of you have dermatitis herpetiformis. NO it is not herpes. It's named that because it LOOKS like herpes. It is actually gluten rash or celiac rash caused by gluten intolerance. You may or may not have celiac disease. These things are not contagious. When you scratch you do not spread the rash it is just breaking out farther. How do I know? Because I have it. Yes, I had misdiagnosis by Dr. How did I find out what it was? I found this site months ago & wrote down the name of every malady proposed on this thread & then checked each one out systematically. Google it, you will find tons of sites & photos too. The photos are toward the extreme so you may not quite look like those. What is the cure? Eat gluten free. Totally gluten free. Be careful, there are many "hidden" glutens out there. I found it in russian dressing & chicken bouillon. Learn the names of glutens. NO BEER. Wine has to be made in the USA. Read all the ingredients on labels & know what may be a gluten. Do your research. It isn't easy but I did it. I am now gluten free (totally) for 3 weeks. Yes, I still get itchy blisters. Why? Because you have to be gluten free for a minimum of 6 months before you are guaranteed they won't come back. If you screw up & eat gluten they can come back. This is what the Dr. will tell you too. The cure is NO gluten. There is a drug to help with the rash called dapsone but I choose not to use it because IMO it has too many dangerous side effects & your blood has to be monitored every 2 weeks. Steroids (some of you have mentioned) will make it go away temporarily. When I was misdiagnosed they put me on them & they made it go away. But you can't stay on those things & within weeks of quitting the rash comes back. Antihistamines may help too. I had those too but the minute you quit it all comes back. I am severely gluten intolerant. You may be less so or more so. There is a guaranteed fix for those of you who are gluten intolerant. Go gluten free. Period. I know your pain --- I am suffering too. I'm getting better but may have a full fledged outbreak as I said for the next 6 months or maybe even longer (Gads, I hope not!). But this is what we have to do.

Nikkilee123

Oct 30, 2011

I have these itchy blister looking thing on my hands that are starting to spread up my arms. I have noticed a few around my breast and stumic area aswell. And now I have noticed one on my daughters finger. Pleade help I have no idea what these things are but they are veru itchy...some have a clear fluid that comes out of them

Xaandi

Nov 12, 2011

i have been suffering from rashing, blisters, tiny sores and scaling for months. it started at the begining of winter and has never gone. it recedes every now and then but i always am itchy. this is driving me nuts. i'd had them for about 2 months when my husband started getting itchy too. now my 2 youngest children also. i have been tested for scabies with a biopsy but the result was negative. was told it was "contact dermatitis" only thing is there is nothing new in the house and why would my family get it many weeks after me? i get it on my hands the worst, but it started on my buttcheeks like a big mosquito bite, it then went to my belly, my nipples would get scaly, then go away, then it spread to my arms slightly and now my hands so bad i can no longer wear my rings. it also started scaling on my fingers near my knuckles so bad i was loosing feeling there. moisteriser seemed to help not with the itching but the scaly stuff. it went away and feeling came back.
my 2 youngest got it on there scalps, and the weeping was so bad i ended up having to shave their heads short just to stop the horrible sticky matting of there hair. i found Betadine during the day to dry it out and Lucus's Pawpaw ointment at night to put some moister back into it worked wonders. please, if anyone has any idea's on what the hell this thing is, post something. i have tried everything from change in diet, dropping food groups altogether, changing shampoo's and other things and also laundry liquids. i even washed our bedding every single day on the hottest temp i could and if anything the itching has gotten worse on my hands.

GHIntolerent

Nov 13, 2011

To: Xaandi

You need to check this out:

MOST of you have dermatitis herpetiformis. NO it is not herpes. It's named that because it LOOKS like herpes. It is actually gluten rash or celiac rash caused by gluten intolerance. You may or may not have celiac disease. These things are not contagious. When you scratch you do not spread the rash it is just breaking out farther. How do I know? Because I have it. Yes, I had misdiagnosis by Dr. How did I find out what it was? I found this site months ago & wrote down the name of every malady proposed on this thread & then checked each one out systematically. Google it, you will find tons of sites & photos too. The photos are toward the extreme so you may not quite look like those. What is the cure? Eat gluten free. Totally gluten free. Be careful, there are many "hidden" glutens out there. I found it in russian dressing & chicken bouillon. Learn the names of glutens. NO BEER. Wine has to be made in the USA. Read all the ingredients on labels & know what may be a gluten. Do your research. It isn't easy but I did it. I am now gluten free (totally) for 3 weeks. Yes, I still get itchy blisters. Why? Because you have to be gluten free for a minimum of 6 months before you are guaranteed they won't come back. If you screw up & eat gluten they can come back. This is what the Dr. will tell you too. The cure is NO gluten. There is a drug to help with the rash called dapsone but I choose not to use it because IMO it has too many dangerous side effects & your blood has to be monitored every 2 weeks. Steroids (some of you have mentioned) will make it go away temporarily. When I was misdiagnosed they put me on them & they made it go away. But you can't stay on those things & within weeks of quitting the rash comes back. Antihistamines may help too. I had those too but the minute you quit it all comes back. I am severely gluten intolerant. You may be less so or more so. There is a guaranteed fix for those of you who are gluten intolerant. Go gluten free. Period. I know your pain --- I am suffering too. I'm getting better but may have a full fledged outbreak as I said for the next 6 months or maybe even longer (Gads, I hope not!). But this is what we have to do.

Xaandi

Nov 13, 2011

To: GHIntolerent

i'm sorry, but maybe 1 or 2 ppl in a large household could be gluten intolerant. but not a whole family. and to come on all of a sudden like it has. i don't think so. this has to be something else. i don't know what and i can only guess like the rest of us. but something has to be done. there must be something "new" being put in our water, food, drinks. there is something we all have in common that is causing this.

GHIntolerent

Nov 13, 2011

To: Xaandi

Did you know that if it's DH then that is a diagnosis of celiac disease? AND it's genetic? It runs in families. Don't know about your hubby but your kids could certainly have it from a parent. AND yes, it can come on very suddenly. I'm not saying this is what you have but if you don't advocate for yourself & check things out then you will continue to suffer & continue to get misdiagnoses from Dr.'s like you did the scabies.

Xaandi

Nov 13, 2011

To: GHIntolerent

i have been tested for scabies by 3 different Dr's, also a bunch of other things. now i live in Australia, so many of the things ppl in this thread are trying to sort out having / using the same of, we don't have. in ref to the "runs in families" no-one else in my family has it. no-one in my hubby's family has it. and also, and the most important thing is: friends who have visited us now have it also. it is contagious i think. or i have something in my house that they are getting it from. wether it be food or something they are touching idk. but like i said, i have nothing new in my house.

Xaandi

Nov 13, 2011

To: GHIntolerent

also, i have NO redness at all except when i scratch one so much i get a small infection in it. and once it has dried up and gets a scab when it falls off i have a perfect circular hole there. not all of my tiny bumps have liquid in them. just a few, but when i pop those that do from scratching yes they spread. many pictures from many websites showing scabies, DH (yes i looked) dermatitis and many many other things, none and all look like mine. 1 pic out of 100's will look like what i have from all of those sites. so, which is it if any? when i have my next Dr app, i will however get him to do a few more test, one for DH just incase. but, why would my friends get it too??

GHIntolerent

Nov 13, 2011

To: Xaandi

How long have you been living in Australia? Any correlation to the time you moved there? Is there a pest company who treats the house either inside or out? Have you had any testing done on the water for organisms or contamination? How long have you been living in this particular house? Have you been in the attic to check for mold of any kind? Do they have basements there? Check that?
Could it be fleas? Not implying anything here ; it's just that things happen you know? ANY chance at all it might be bed bugs? Paper fleas?
You know, an allergist might be a good one to see.

Xaandi

Nov 14, 2011

To: GHIntolerent

i have lived in Oz for over 35 years. and in this house for nearly 4 years. no basements, no attics, water is the same as everywhere else, no mold, already had someone to check for bedbugs and no fleas. i am allergic to nearly everything. i can't use soap, nearly all shampoo's, conditioners, alcohol, anything with alcohol in it, perfume's included, makeup. i can only wear gold or silver earrings and have had the same ones in for 10 years. same with my rings i had to take off. no new clothes, bedding, have used the same brands of bodywashes/ lotions for years and nothing is different there either.
i have had mild dermatitis since a child and know the difference between that and this. Dr's have said it nothing like it and wouldn't turn into this. all of them say it is "contact dermatitis". so as i have come in contact with nothing new, where has it come from. my family and friends got it weeks after me. this is baffeling to say the least.

GHIntolerent

Nov 14, 2011

To: Xaandi

I'm so sorry. You obviously have major sensitivities to many things & that could explain your kids as they are likely to take on your allergies. But that doesn't explain your hubby & friends. I don't know what to say. Wish I could help.
Hugs

coolstorybro

Nov 24, 2011

To: General Post

I have bilsters that are specifically located around the wrists and ankles and a patch on my shin. When the blisters dry up the spot becomes scaly looking. The mark left is purplish rather than red. The blisters pop up randomly for no specific reason and at any time of the year. However, they may be related to stress. I went to a dermatologist and he diagnosed Lichen Planus. It has nothing to do with lichens but is name this because of the scaly appearance when the blisters dry up. I researched this condition and the symptoms described fit perfectly. Steroid cream was prescribed.
This condition usually occurs in people in their forties. It is not contagious and the cause is not known. It will eventually go away but this may take several years.

annamarie50

Nov 25, 2011

I as well get this rash and its caused from stress.
I have to relax, destress and bath in a avino oatmeal bath.
Helps dry it up and keep skin moisturized.
Hope this helps.

JennyH0920

Nov 30, 2011

Thank you so much to everyone who posted here! As many of you have said, I thought I was the only one having this problem. My rash would start as itching just below my lower lip. Gradually small blisters would form, which itched and then ruptured. Eventually my lip would crack. I tried cold sore medicine which was horribly painful and didn't help. The only thing that kept it under control is a cortisone called Triamcinolone. I went to see my dermatologist who eventually referred me to an allergist. It turns out that in my case, it is something called contact dermatitis. The most common contact dermatitis is from poison oak, which now that I think about it, is exactly what my rash looked like. Basically what happens is that I come into contact with something I'm allergic to, and then (within 1-4 days) my lip reacts to it. Contact dermatitis is different than other allergies because you generally don't react right away to the allergen. For example, with a food allergy or a bee sting, you usually have a reaction right away. Unfortunately with it taking 1-4 days, it is almost impossible to determine what I'm allergic to. The allergist offered to do something called patch testing, but he said they only test for about 30 different things. He said there are literally hundreds if not thousands of things that could be causing this. We decided instead to keep me on the Triamcinolone since it is dirt cheap and because my allergy is intermittent. He said if I start needing the Triamcinolone every day, then he would like to do some testing.

GHIntolerent

Dec 01, 2011

To: JennyH0920

Jenny, It might behoove you to keep a log of everything you come in contact with & then you could narrow it down.????? Just a suggestion.

AJbackstreet

Dec 09, 2011

Can you help me out? At the end of October I had a small break out of bubbley skin on my elbow, with some benedryl it went away in an hour & didn't come back. But then in the begining of November I had a HUGE break out. These bubbles were all over my arms (but not above the elbows) and all over my legs, including one on the top of my foot. This was as soon as I woke up. My mom brought me tot he hospital b/c our Doctor's were closed and the lady said it was a rash. When we told her aboslutely none of our stuff has been changed she said it could be something in the air triggering it. It all cleared up by the end of the night. I wa son benedryl for a week. Right up until after Thanksgiving I was fine & didn't see the return of them. But then they came back & I have been dealing with small, itchy patches of them appearing daily since. They only appear on my arms and/or legs. They seem to bubble most when exposed to heat (I sleep with a heated blanket for example and that night I had 'em everywhere, they look absolutely horrible.) I am at a loss here, I have no idea what's going on & it's really freaking me out now.

If it makes any difference, I'm also an asthmatic with severe asthma attacks in the Winter. But I've been one for 17 years & have never dealt with this, so I don't think they're connected. I haven't changed my medications recently either.

studboro

Dec 21, 2011

To: duckn

All this looks like Prurigo Nodularis. I have it now. Rental surfboard in the Philippines. I am using hdyrocortisone, coco butter, fungus (aka jock itch and atheletes foot and vaginal),and antibiotic, creams. And a poison ivy scrub that is pretty good. All over the counter. The first two will stop the itching. I have not fiqured out how to kill it. At this time there is no known cure. They do not even know what it is.
R.R.Sudborough

berdsede

Dec 29, 2011

To: dannytill

Hi, you are the only person on this thread who has described pretty much exactly what I have been experiencing for about 6 years, including pigment loss. Did you ever end up going to the doctor? I live in Iowa, and the climate is very dry in the winter and very humid in the summer, and I experience my symptoms year-round, although this has been a particularly odd winter this year. The temperature has fluctuated a lot (it was 54 degrees today!), and my legs are the worst they have been in years. Please tell me you got some answers! It sounds like everyone else has had to search and search, with no real solution.

lisad408

Jan 14, 2012

To: everyone

I broke out severely with these very itchy, liquid filled  blisters for the first time in August. I talked to a pharmacist they told me it was poison ivy, oak or sumac so they told me to use ivy dry as benadryl topical wouldn't work, within hours of using the ivy dry the blisters got worse, I went to the doctors he said the same thing the pharmacist said and gave me steroids to take,  this worked it cleared it up.  Twice since then it has come back not as severe as the first time, but on both arms between the wrist and elbow not just the one spot as the first time and its not from the sun or heat as it is January in Michigan right now and it came back.  I think stress may bring it on for me but I have used benadryl which doesn't help the itch, I've used calamine lotion which seems to work somewhat.   While talking to my neighbor she told me to look on this site:

http://www.coconut-oil-central.com/coconut-oil-poison-ivy.html

click onto this site then go to the side bar and click under cures and look at  all the things it states that coconut oil can cure.  Here is a few statements I copied and pasted from the site under cures:   coconut oil can cure and protect you from herpes.....Coconut oil jock itch? End the discomfort and frustration of this skin fungal infection of the groin with coconut oil (CNO), the world’s all natural, fungus-fighting tropical oil......Coconut oil eczema blessings keep your skin as healthy as they can get, safely and naturally.

Among other things listed as curing is:  Chicken Pox, Skin Fungus, Shingles,  Stretch Marks, Parasites,  Poison Ivy or Oak, Prostate Enlargement, Psoriasis, Ringworm, Varicose Veins, Wrinkles, Yeast Infections, Warts, Nausea,  Eczema, Cold sores, Hypertension, Heart Disease....the list goes on but check it out yourself.

I have been slathering it on my bumps  and blisters for about 24 hrs now and the itch is just about gone, barely there, at times its totally gone.   I'll keep you updated and report back in about a week and see how its going.......Best of luck to everyone in tolerating whatever it is we have
Psoriasis

lisad408

Jan 14, 2012

To: everyone

I broke out severely with these very itchy, liquid filled  blisters for the first time in August. I talked to a pharmacist they told me it was poison ivy, oak or sumac so they told me to use ivy dry as benadryl topical wouldn't work, within hours of using the ivy dry the blisters got worse, I went to the doctors he said the same thing the pharmacist said and gave me steroids to take,  this worked it cleared it up.  Twice since then it has come back not as severe as the first time, but on both arms between the wrist and elbow not just the one spot as the first time and its not from the sun or heat as it is January in Michigan right now and it came back.  I think stress may bring it on for me but I have used benadryl which doesn't help the itch, I've used calamine lotion which seems to work somewhat.   While talking to my neighbor she told me to look on this site:

http://www.coconut-oil-central.com/coconut-oil-poison-ivy.html

click onto this site then go to the side bar and click under cures and look at  all the things it states that coconut oil can cure.  Here is a few statements I copied and pasted from the site under cures:   coconut oil can cure and protect you from herpes.....Coconut oil jock itch? End the discomfort and frustration of this skin fungal infection of the groin with coconut oil (CNO), the world’s all natural, fungus-fighting tropical oil......Coconut oil eczema blessings keep your skin as healthy as they can get, safely and naturally.

Among other things listed as curing is:  Chicken Pox, Skin Fungus, Shingles,  Stretch Marks, Parasites,  Poison Ivy or Oak, Prostate Enlargement, Psoriasis, Ringworm, Varicose Veins, Wrinkles, Yeast Infections, Warts, Nausea,  Eczema, Cold sores, Hypertension, Heart Disease....the list goes on but check it out yourself.

I have been slathering it on my bumps  and blisters for about 24 hrs now and the itch is just about gone, barely there, at times its totally gone.   I'll keep you updated and report back in about a week and see how its going.......Best of luck to everyone in tolerating whatever it is we have
Psoriasis

lisad408

Jan 14, 2012

To: everyone

Oops sorry didn't mean to post this twice

alley3000

Jan 17, 2012

To: well

I am a 23 year old woman never had any issues with anything related to skin. When I got a bump on my wrist I thought it was just from my hair tie I put on my wrist at night.Then more smaller bumps developed around it, turning it into more of a horseshoe look. All on my wrist and backs of my hands, straight lines of tiny bumps. Itchy if i notice them. But I read something that it was a form of eczema, cause their on my feet now and front of my knees. But their not red unless i scratch them and then fluid comes out and they scab. I dont have insurance so im putting off going to the doctor but now their showing up on my back and other areas. Straight lines of tiny bumps. Perfect lines.... And other weird shapes... Dyshidrotic Eczema was the closest thing i could find to what i have but i havent seen anything about it occuring in straight lines.And I dont have a sweating problem... I dont think their spreading when I scratch them cause the next ones always show up in random places I hardly if ever touch on a daily basis, such as my feet lol......

eliezar

Feb 02, 2012

To: lisad408

The only problem we have is that my husband thinks the coconut oil "'Butcher Boy" made by Columbus Oils, and Kosher approved cannot be publicly revealed as to whether it is made from old dried out moldy coconuts, called Copra or fresh live nuts. They will NOT tell me. He had an outbreak ALL OVER HIS BODY after using Butcher Boy brand coconut oil for cooking. His head is still weeping and little 'seeds' or bugs he calles them come from his pores.

melissa1963

Feb 09, 2012

To: nastyarms267

Put bandaids on it to cover them. They will be gone within a couple of weeks.
I am a nurse, but my son had this and he got treatment for it but the treatment scarred him. Finally, we covered him with round bandaids and they went away.

Good Luck!

sherlockdigs

Feb 11, 2012

To: Everyone

I posted about my problem with this, a long time back and I mentioned that they were in straight rows.  I still get them and they itch like crazy until after the blisters have burst or until I pop them and treat them. I get them on the inside of my legs around the knees and below.  Here is what happens:   First I notice an itching on my leg in a place or two. It starts out as just little light red colored spots. It feels like pins sticking me at first and then it is itching.  Then pretty swiftly the skin is no longer smooth and these spots, that are in perfect parallel rows of three and sometimes four or more rows, having an average of four to six dots in a row, will rise and become blister dots having a clear liquid in them. It is at this point that they increase in size and very hateful itching.  After they pop from being rubbed against clothing or after I pop them, they still itch but the itching will start to decrease if they have been cleaned and treated with something..  They leave scars on my legs after they are healed up.  I sleep with my legs together and if the blisters pop while I am asleep, the clear liquid will transfers to the skin on the other leg and make another place of blisters in the same stage of development.
    I went to a dermotoligest and I allowed a biopsy to be done   (I now have a dime sized moon creator on my left leg that is a scar from now own)    on one of the blisters while it was at the stage of almost popping.  I was told that it was posion oak or poisin ivy or posion sumack.  I could not get a conformation on which one is was because they couldn't  tell.  Wasted my money because it maybe a posion but it is NOT oak or ivy or sumack.  All these years that I have had it I have not been in contact with those things. Oh, but they swore that it was a posion.   I never had these things until my family doctor put me on a blood pressure medication called " Lisinopril".   I may be wrong but it could have to do with the re-occurring itchy patches.  Maybe it is a posion that my body has produced because of this med.  A side affect that no doctor is willing to own up to and for unknown reasons I think.
    Anyway,  I soak a paper towel in 91% isoproyl alcohol and soak the blisters for a while and then I rubb it hard into them and bust them.  Throwing away each paper towel and repeating this until all the liquid is gone from every blister.  I continue to clean with alcohol until I am ready to put either a cream, that the dermotoligists gave me or antibiotic onitment,  which is cheaper, on it and then cover it with a patch of something like bandaids or gauss.  They are  still bumpy and will itch some but they start to stop the itching as they start to get well.  I repeat this for three or four days and it starts to heal up.  Leaving little scars.
I belive that one day I will find out what it truely is.  I have read post here where everyone's dermotologist has given it a name or two but it all sounds vauge to me...
I have it, can't get rid of it,  it keeps on coming back, nobdy REALLY knows what it is, doctors seem to be unconcerned for the most part, and EVERYBODY'S got an answer.........Lord give me a break, please...
.......I hope that you have better luck at find out what it is than I have had...