Unusual Skin Inflammation

[kenuhelp]

Hi,

Four weeks ago i came down with a cold of some sort, i did not go to the doctor for the cold, I just stuck it out.
it last through one night. It came with cold chills, weakness, very sore muscles and a temperature of 100 but was maintained at 98.6 by using tylenol. the following day thing began to get better but I had taken of work for the next 3 days to be certain. On about the third day I broke out in a severe rash all over my body, My hands and feet began to swell and i decided to go to the Dr. The Doc prescribed Prednizone 6 day session. I took this and the rash got better but never completely disappeared. So I went to another Dr. and this one prescribed me an anti-biotic which i took for 5 days. here it is about 3 weeks later and I'm still having the same issue. the rash isn't very noticable at all but my hands and feet are slightly inflamed and very sensitive. this mostly occurs in the morning through to the afternoon and calms down everntually, however some days it doesn't calm at all.I do have very sensitive skin but this has never been an issue. I recently moved into a new apt., I've been eating alot of mushrooms, i now use Aveeno soap and shampoo. I recently started using fragrence free laundry detergent as well.

        I would love to get any information on this issue at all if possible. i appreciate any and all comments ahead of time,

Thanks,
       kenuhelp

[Simpleman74]

Oh yeah. Been wondering why you seem to have to go pee a lot? And many times hardly anything comes out, when you had to go so bad and have a hard time to hold it? Or when you go to Walmart or other stores, you always have to find the bathroom? No worries mate! Nothing wrong with your kidneys! They are fine. The allergens are in the air in stores. So many new products. And contact with plastics, rubber, poly etc.... all make you urinate a lot but less at a time. They can trigger you to have to go right soon as you touch them! The bodies way of trying to pee out what it thinks is toxic. And somewhat it is. sometimes I am going to pee myself and rush to the can, only to pee about a shot glass. This is normal for ACD.
Let me know on these things man. And others will read your reply. So you are helping them too by doing so. Pass it forward bro !

[Simpleman74]

Don't worry my friend. I will fix you right up. I have found ways to live better with this condition.
And here are the answers to your questions. Seeing you already know and have reacted many times from synthetics. So from here I am going to speak to you like you DO have this allergy.

You said "I already know I am allergic to some Rubbers/Plastics and such, however it's never been this bad.
[ I believe these synthetics, all have a common ingredient which is the real culprit and thus is why people allergic to plastic are to all the others as well. And seeing That common ingredient "BPA I think it was called" I forget for I just found out about it." is always in lets use one like plastic" then the body becomes allergic to plastic. For the immune doesn't know the difference. It only knows that every time you make contact with plastic, it is bad. Anyhooo
This allergy get worse and better. Fluxuating all the time as your immune dips down and comes back up. And the thing to know is that there is a long process before the problem shows. So lets say you haven't touched anything you are allergic to in a long time. Then your hands per say, have a much longer way to go before problems from contact arise. Especially if it is not constant. So you have that large window to work with. But if you touch stuff every day, your hands are closer to the point of symptoms, and closer to the point of more severe symptoms, and you get to that more severe point faster when you touch em. Which is pain in the joints, aches, eruption, swelling, as so forth. Symptoms vary, but these are the ones that come later. And remember, it is a delayed reaction. Just that the delay get shorter the worse it is at the time. I know this is long but important to understand so you can live better and not wonder.
This long chain reaction of symptoms can be held back to the beginning stages if you do as I say. Let me more on to your next comment or q.

You said "I avoid contact with most plastics and rubber on a daily basis. The rash is pretty much gone by this point but my hands and feet are super sensitive to almost anything.

I just explained that. You feet and hands get more contact thus are closer to that point, and will suffer easily thus.
The more pressure against your body the allergen is applied the more reaction! And the more surface area also. And so you feet being like this, is because all your weight it pressing on the soles of your shoes and as you walk they push hard on top and sides etc... Thus this is why.
Get yourself some all leather shoes. I go to Goodwill myself and find almost new ones for 5 bucks instead of 100. All leather is expensive of course. And check to see that the bottoms your feet touch are not a vinyl of the same color. They cheat with cheaper leather shoes and people are fooled. And vinyl is a bad one. You can tell by lifting the side and looking underneath to see if it is thin and has string in it or different underside. Check all your clothes tags. Any contact prolonged will wear your immune down more and thus you are closer to the point of pain anywhere else on your body at all times that way. So no polyester! Also, no insulated footwear! Those are insulated with polyester only. All of them. No rubber either. Even if a person doesn't react much to rubber "but you do" it still keeps you more vulnerable everywhere.
Okay, now you have you sore feet peolem fixed. Phew huh? I do know how you feel man. Be glad you are not me! next.

You said;   If I use my hands to work they immediately get red. particularly where I've touched something, they're also very itchy now and the same goes for my feet. if i scratch a part of my foot it immediately swells but usually goes away within about 20 minutes.
[ this is how it works. same as above also.

Cloth seat is usually polyester too. Very rarely not. It is cheaper, stronger etc...
However this is a good sign for you! Makes me glad too. I mean,the butt has more fat which acts as somewhat of a barrier. But if you can sit onpolyester "with clothes on to protect you some anyways" then you don't have it nearly as bad as I do. And probably wear jeans instead of dickeys. For jeans can block poly out better than a looser woven material. Better than A beach towel folded up to be 5 inches thick even! So this is good. However, even though you don't react to seat, you can be left more sensitive everywhere else. And itching is sometimes far away from the part of you that makes contact. you body chooses. And have its favorites. Strange! No insulated gloves either. Or polyester. This may be the reason your hands suffer more. All day in gloves! Okay though if they are all cotton or real leather! And darn it, they put polyester in the threads still! You can't get away from that. But if not too tight, this could be the thing to keep you strong. You see, if you avoid all contact, then when you do, it gets much worse, much faster. And light amounts keep your immune always working on it I guess. And the thread in your clothes is enough to do that. Is just right for me. Except when I wear a coat or layers. For then it weights on my shoulders and thus those thread usually 40% polyester 60 % cotton, make my neck get stiff, and causes some tension in the back of my head. stiff shoulders.
One thing too before I forget, note. When allergy is bad, I lose strenght and endurance. Getting all out of breath and exhausted easy. Or if I and working with hands on rubber or etc... I get tired out easy, and sore arms etc...

Another very important thing is eat well, and sleep well. And Shower before work ending in cool, for it lifts you up and boosts you PH and immune.
Also very very important is your mattress. A cotton sheet in not a good barrier. You might find. "depending on your bed" that you wake up a lot, and find it hard to sleep, and thus wait until you are really tired to go to bed or you won't sleep. This is your mattress and pillow. Remember polyester makes your heart rate not get very low and you can't wind down or sleep until you are so tired you will fall right asleep.
Put some densely woven blankets under your sheet and above the pad. And get rid of that pad. It is 100% poly. All cotton sheets over it. If you don't have many blankets like that then fold them and they will only be on your side of bed. a small bump between you is all. But I am sure she loves you and won't might. You seem like a kind man. Here is the hard part man. That pillow is 100 % poly filled. But the cover is cooton and pillow case added mean this: not enough reaction on face and head because of the barrier of cotton. But it effects your immune still. And you may find you have itchy head, and dry scalp. Not to mention the bit of brain uneasiness, and shorter temper, and harder to get it up too. When on a poly bed and one sheet only,  I get winded easy during sex, and have a hard time doing enough to make me happy, let alone her. Once you fix your bedding this will greatly improve. You will be a tiger all over again. And this may be the best thing you heard yet huh? :)
Live well, be good, and stay happy! :)
See your back
Tony

[kenuhelp]

I already know I am allergic to some Rubbers/Plastics and such, however it's never been this bad. You may have a point to what your saying but I'm not completely convinced Synthetics are causing the issue. Of course I could be completely wrong as well.

I avoid contact with most plastics and rubber on a daily basis. The rash is pretty much gone by this point but my hands and feet are super sensitive to almost anything.They swell slightly but mostly if I'm touching something with my hands or moving about on my feet. also recently my feet are killing me! they feel like I've been on them for hours upon hours but I haven't at all.I get up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and as soon as I stand up I can feel the pain in my feet, Mostly my heel.It's the strangest thing I've ever experienced.

  If I use my hands to work they immediately get red. particularly where I've touched something, they're also very itchy now and the same goes for my feet. if i scratch a part of my foot it immediately swells but usually goes away within about 20 minutes.    
  I've felt my rear and it appears to be very smooth, no bumps or dimples similar to goose bumps.
    
I do mechanical work, which means I work with chemicals but avoid any contact, I'm not in a seat for very long at all for the most part.The seat is made of cloth, I wear cloth gloves.

If this is in fact what you say, what are my options?
(I hope you don't say stop using this or that because it's almost impossible to not use majority of the things most people use every day).


But listen, I really appreciate your time in both posts and I'm completely open on any oppinion at this point. I've never had any health issues, so I'm rather worried for the moment. I'm really hoping this is nothing more than an allergic reaction to something very minor. Buuut... I doubt it :-(

[Simpleman74]

Look to the left of the main dermatology page. All you see is ads to cream and lotions. And look at what all the doctors do with skin disorder patients on here and in the offices. They recommend creams and lotions with no testing for allergies or other things unless you end up almost dead in the Hospitol and they have to start to look for the cause and not just treat the symptoms!
They go to college and they are told how to treat things and what to do. And for issues like rashes they are told Cortizone, and other creams and lotions.
And so when they hear of someone complaining of this they do exactly what they were told to do. Treat this symptom with what is available at that time. And the epidemic that is rising fast in America is allergies. And this has been ignored for centuries. Doctors need to get on board and start reading and realizing that so many people are becoming allergic to things now, that it needs to be examined by them and start figuring it out. School children becoming allergic to foods are sky rocketing at an alarming rate. And they are getting on this. Allergies form when the immune is compromised from chemicals, and more and more plastic food containers etc...
Thus the increase! And you are no different than anyone else. Your immune works the same way!

[Simpleman74]

Here is a theory for you.
You may have been a bit sensitive to something but didn't react because your immune system kept it under control.
Then you got very sick.
So sick you even had a fever.
Then over this period of time, this virus you had wore your immune system down. Way down. And then the slight sensitivity you always had, "and many do and it is so slight no one really knows" was no longer kept at bay by your immune! And for 4 reasons.
1. Your immune was so low that it wasn't able to keep it at bay for this time period.
2. When your body finds that it has been sick for a time and still not recovering, it begins to prioritize. Leaving the more unimportant issues alone for a time and focusing that extra immune defense on the more severe issue. "The virus"
3. And once a condition get bad enough, the immune has a harder time dealing with it. And when it can not handle it, it decides to take extreme measures, and fight it another way. Thus creating the allergic reaction from extra histamine.
4. When your immune is low, so is your PH balance. So now your red blood cell count is down and your white cell count is up. During this time you are not alkaline but your blood is acidic. And acidic blood "low PH" is more inflammatory. "Doctors listen and learn. Remember there is more to medicine that what you learned in college"
Acidic blood combined with low immune "red blood cell count" Makes inflammatory illnesses worsen. And is likely when rashes go away after your body re-coops itself.

Now forget about just dealing with the symptoms "IS all doctors do is that and take out part of your anatomy" for now, and lets look for the cause first, while it is still severe enough to find what you are reacting to. And never mind tests, often they do not show what they are looking for and doctors are in too much a hurry so they jump to the easiest thing to do. "treat the symptoms"

Now,,, something tells me it is # 3 and 4 mostly!
Swelling and rash are both allergic reactions.
You had swelling on your feet and hands. What do these 2 body parts have in common?
1. They are both extremities, and the immune is your blood. And the hardest part of the body to get blood "immune in red blood cells" to is the feet and hands. Being the furthest from the heart. Thus the most swelling there.
Once the body can not fight something it attacks in another manner thus it freaks out and becomes allergic. "the bodies desperate attempt to do something. And so it attacks itself and/or does something to alert you it needs your help and attention. And once it does it may stay that way. Meaning you could have this allergic reaction now for the rest of your life. And it may get worse when you get older and your defenses and chemical production reduces a to a point.

Question is what are you reacting to. Answer is, synthetics.
Polyester, or latex, vinyl, plastics all contain a toxic chemical which california and every other country has banned from use. It is the clear hard substance that they also coat cereal and all other boxes with. Very durable so they like to use it, and fight to keep it on the market in USA.
Hands and feet often react the most too because they come in direct contact. Your shoes have latex, probably polyester, maybe vinyl.
And your hands touch they things.
And believe me I know for having a severe issue with it myself that your feet can sweel and/or get red, hot, and itch from touching with your hands. Even though it is so far from your hands.
This issue started when your immune was low still and you went back to work. Now tell me,,, What do you do for work? and what is it that you touch all day? And feel your butt cheeks? Are there little tiny bumps like goose bumps?
And or the rash is worse or better there. And what kind "material" chair do you sit in at work?
Are there carpets and plenty of traffic to stir up fibers?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
I cannot confirm anything without examination but it can be hives. Hives (medically known as urticaria) are red, raised areas of skin that appear in varying shapes and sizes. They have a tendency to change size rapidly and to move around, disappearing in one place and reappearing in other places, often in a matter of hours. Viral infections is an usual cause of appearance of hives. Apply calamine lotion or some mild steroid cream and also give some Benadryl( causes drowsiness) and Claritin. If the symptoms persist then a dermatologist’s evaluation will be the best.

I hope it helps. Take care and please do keep me posted in case you have any additional doubts. Kind regards.