tiny itchy blisters on arms & legs

[twilightburl]

Shamefully, for almost 8 years I have been getting very small itchy blisters on various spots on my arms and legs.  The small blisters develop and immediately itch intensely, which is how I know they're there.  They have a clear fluid inside, with no puss.  When I scratch them in my sleep or when they break, they often weep a little  amber colored liquid.  Also, when I scratch them, more tiny blisters will develop around the original blister, signifying an infection.  These broken blisters often leave  (little open sores) which can be difficult and slow to heal.  These outbreaks seem to come in waves, as I'll often go weeks or even a month or two without a sign of blisters, itching, or infection.  I have never had any white puss or swelling redness around these troublesome blisters/vesicles, which isn't like any normal skin infection I've ever had before.  Can anyone help me diagnosis this problem please?

[Idahowell]

I also have itchy spots that turn into blisters. They did biopsies on my legs about 10 years ago when I broke out from head to toe for a year to the day. Antihistamines and steroids I was given until I ballooned up and could not walk. I was told it was a highly allergic reaction to something, but they could not figure out what. I could not go out in the sun. Do anything. I was on a sedative at night that did not help me sleep. A year later I woke up and it was gone like it never happened. I have not had a problem until three months ago and I have them back on the bottom of my feet, ankles and my wrists. All I can think is please, not again. The itching is horrific.

[smiley1963]

I've had the shingles Fr two weeks first rash now blisters now blisters are gone but their or lesions that is clearing up but itching if I scratch it will the blisters come back or will it continue to heal

[DanielleDS]

The exact thing happened to me! I went to the Virgin Islands a few years ago and went swimming in the ocean. That night my lower legs became very itchy. I woke up with a horrid rash on both my lower legs that itched to no end. I tried everything to get rid of it and nothing brought relief. The itching was unbearable! I was also convinced I brought home some kind of foreign illness. But no doctor could tell me what it was or how I got it. It took over a month to go away. I still have scars from where the bumps were. I was shocked to see someone else experienced this as well! Swimmers itch would make sense, and that it was caused by some kind of bacteria.

[Account3]

Heaven help us! First week of July I went to the virgin islands, went swimming in the ocean on the first day and on second day had a small patch of red, irritated, bump like areas to right inner wrist.  Didn't pay much attention to because I have very sensitive skin and the smallest thing makes it itch and it then becomes red and swollen.  This was the only issue I had for the entire week I was there and there was plenty of swimming.  The day after returning ( 2 months ago) I found myself itching the hell out of my lower legs, and noticed straight lines of blisters, and then the fun began!  Mine start as a small red bump that appears to be a tiny white head which of coarse itches and within a day or 2 it becomes a small blister which itches even more.  Then  once you itch it, and break the blister, it spreads the liquid from the blister causing more which makes this so fun, haha. I was sure I had brought home some weird contagious disease.  It took a month for those few areas I had to go away and that was with babysitting them and making sure I didn't itch them.  But as soon as one patch healed I would find another patch or one or two more blisters somewhere else. Now have scars from the ones that have healed.  I have freaked myself out panicking about scabies and bed bugs and herpes and etc.  My brother informed me that it was probably from the mango tree because it has sumac which is the same liquid in poison ivy, but treatment for that didn't help.  I treated these patches with everything from rubbing alcohol, vinegar, poison ivy remedies, oatmeal, hydrocortisone creams and blah, blah, blah.  I also don't have a lot of stress, no kids, house is paid for, like my job.  Really, no stress.  Also did not and don't spend a great deal of time in sun due to sensitive skin and if I do I wear high spf rated sun screen. Had a biopsy done, no results yet.  Mine are primarily on my lower legs but have an occasional one or two somewhere else on the body.  The only thing that has helped me with my itching is anti-fungal cream like Tinactin and ice for itching.  My dermatologist also prescribed me something called Atarax but you have to take at night because it makes you sleepy but it allows sleep.  But I just came across a possible cause for some that is called swimmer's itch.  It can be from oceans, lakes and pools.  Type of parasite, but according to web-sites, it only lasts for a couple of weeks.  Many different types of rashes and infections related to swimming but I am not certain of anything at this point.  I pray for all of us that there is someone out there that might have an idea or even and glimpse of hope for this insanity. Thanks for reading

[Soltairedog]

  Oh, and dust. Dust swirls around the electrically charged laptop. It sticks to whatever it finds, like the tv screen attracting dust. Same thing. It gets into the heat-opened pores on your body and clogs 'em up. Then when you sweat, little blisters form. It basic heat rash stuff, aggravated by dust. Vacuum your immediate environment to within an inch of it's life. You might find that helps. And do a quick rinse off of the dust from your body in your shower before you go to bed. Clean sheets every week. It's working for me finally.

[Soltairedog]

I have been reading all of these sufferer's symptoms. Most symptoms I have, some I don't. For six months I have tried to figure out what causes these blisters on arms legs and torso. I started by eliminating all the things I love to eat. That didn't work. I put lotions on, rubbed salt into the wounds (which kinda helped), and finally saw a dermatologist who treated the symptoms. That gave me some relief. But it kept coming back. Then a PA suggested that it wasn't what I was putting in my body, or touching with my skin, maybe it was something that I wasn't doing, like getting enough vitamin D, or enough protein. Yeah. That didn't work. So maybe it was something I was DOING.  Well, I know what I was doing, all the time (I'm retired), from the get-go.  I was playing World of Warcraft on my laptop for at least 12 hours a day. That little computer really heats up while I am busy fighting monsters, it get's so hot I can't touch the keys.  It rested on my lap.  Under the clothes, I'm hot and sweating. And breaking out in little blisters.  I don't know if there is a name for it, so I'm gonna call it "laptop itch."  It's an elaborate heat rash reserved specially for those of us who like to battle the Horde on laptops. I had to move the computer to a table top and restrict my playing to 2 or 3 hours a day. Real life has returned to normal.