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?

[Myndee]

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.

[JSalvo]

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

[hippychick64]

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.

[robkirk123]

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.)

[ashleymac22]

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!

[ellem9]

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.