spontaneous large red itchy welts

[jamie935]

I am a 24 year old female.  About 6 months ago I started getting small red bite-like bumps that would itch like crazy.  They seemed to appear in the morning after sleeping.  My first thought was bed bugs or some other creepy crawlie and we did a sweep of our home and found nothing.  I share a bed with my fiance and our son sleeps in his own room.  Neither of them have been getting the spots.  The itchies would last about a week and when they're gone the skin pigment is slightly darker.  We spent 2 weeks away from home in another state and I still received them there.  Shortly after they seemed to stop.  There was about a 1-2 month period where I did not receive any.  I became pregnant in early April and have since started getting these itchy red bumps on a much greater scale.  They started again showing only in the morning and growing to be slightly larger than the end of a pencil eraser.  Now, they start all throughout the day, i get small red blotchy spots that do not itch at all.  They turn into nickel size swollen intensely itchy bumps that last weeks.  They started on my right upper arm, then my left upper arm was attached.  My right forearm was hit bad and now my left is covered in them.  Sometimes they seem to form a line with a fairly equal distance between them.  I also have been getting them on the tops of both feet and on my fingers/hands.  They last about 2 weeks now.  When they go away, they still have a raised bump that itches but the redness and harsh look is gone.  I've been to an allergist who said it was not hives and referred me to a dermatologist.  I had a biopsy done on a fresh one and am still waiting to hear the results.  I have not been able to find anything online similar to what I have.  I've also switched to a gluten free diet recently because my symptoms matched very closely to those of dermatitis herpetiformis, which comes from gluten intolerance/sensitivity.  The pictures of rashes people suffer with this problem however, don't match mine.  The picture shows the large bumps that developed overnight.  There are two small ones that are starting on the inside of my forearm also.  Tomorrow, they'll be the same size.  Any help is greatly appreciated!

[MissMeiLing]

I've been getting red itchy mosquito like bumps for almost 2 months. They usually occur during a nights sleep and have been to the DRs twice. It's winter now and they keep saying there are no mosquitos around so think it's bed bugs but they don't look like bed bugs, as they are not small and clustered. I also get them sometimes in pairs but they are quite spaced out and look just like mosquito bumps. I get them when I'm at work and last night I got them whilst sleeping at my boyfriends. However no one in my house or even my bf suffer from this. What could it be?

[Ctoct9]

Hey guys anyone get it figured out. I'm having the same issues.  It's driving me crazy I went to see a dermatologist and they have no answers yet. They also did a biopsy.

[Asimons04]

I have the same issue. Still looking for answers. On 3 to 4 different occasions with weeks in between, I wake up with huge red, raised, very itchy marks that also come in two's. My husband and son sleep in the same bed but, arent  affected. I dont know what it could be.

[Ravenswood4]

Wow, same exact thing happening with me. For 2 months now, I will get 2-4 mosquito-like welts that itch terribly and I cant figure out where they are coming from. Been to the derm twice and had an exterminator out and nobody knows. Whats going on?

[Lynnthepin]

I'm a 51 year old female riding menopause in various stressing situations over this last year and started getting these same dual quarter welts from hell. I'm sure they're related to nerves and autoimmunity. I, also, have rocked rosacea for years now, which is related to hormones. I'm curious if these welts that itch like I want to just take a paring knife and slice them the hell off would disappear like my rosacea patches if I should take my doxicycline hyclate, but I have none at the moment and I'm rocking 2 welts in a row on my left, inside forearm. I do drink red wine. I do have abnormal liver enzymes and always have. I've had them on the back of my calf, the top of my toe-foot. This is my 3rd breakout. The discoloring pigmentation comes afterwards. Anyone? Answers?

[Ladiegrizz]

I have these red bumps in my body and they really itchy tatted on my stomach now their on my back and arms.there burn and itch.they will not stop multiplying

[Xiximayhem]

I had the same problem little tiny hives in am when I awoke and mine would just keep getting bigger till they formed one big one on my legs back or stomach. My lips would swell too. they in the end ended up being the size of my entire thigh  they tested me for every type of allergy, but in the end I found out I had alot of allergy but my hives where not allergy related mine were due to stress so as soon as I notice that first little hive I take a nice relaxing bath and try to clear my mind doesn't always work out (life is stressful) that well but they don't get nearly as bad

[Cellag]

I cant believe ths,  so many people are going thru the same issues Im going thru! Any answers yet I swear the itching is so bad I want to burn off these areas!! Wwwaaaaa!! First it starts off as a small itch,  then it gets bigger and bigger next thing I know I have a giant welt the size of a c. D from just about,  and it stings and its a little hot to touch.  Sometimes when I itch my skin makes little lines and sometimes theres small mosquito bites it looks like, but they are a little more swollen like a bump on the skin. They are everywhere!!  My back,  neck,  thighs, legs,  arms even my face.  I have to make sure I dont scratch my face...  I did notice that after I switched fabric softener and fabric dry sheets thats when I started breaking out. Costco opened here and I bought Kirkland brand of those two.... Im going to stop using that for now.

[Kl2642]

Same exact issue here going on for about a year now. So frustrating!!! I feel like I'm going crazy! Does anyone have any answers yet?!?! We need updates please!

[127jj900]

I have similar experiences as what has been described by many here. It started out as an itchy sensation at night either before bed or during and if I scratch, it will worsen and spread in the affected area. Sometimes it appears as a long welt line, or nickel sized circle or even a small odd shaped I started taking benadryl atnight which seemed to help. I acquired a benedryl ointment to use as a substitute to treat the affected area whenever the sensation would come on and the ointment would dry up the skin, then a new welt would appear in another part of my body. Sometimes I would have to treat multiple areas just for relief and to get sleep. It is not appearing during the day while I am at work, but I am able to ignore it and it will go away after 10-15 minutes as long as I don't scratch. I also try to keep my skin moisturized which seem to help. After reading many of the comments, I will go back to taking the benadryl and use the ointment when needed, but will check back to see if there are any new developments or ideas on how to eliminate this altogether.

[Sskefka]

Contact dermatitis of some kind is a possibility. This is recently happening to me and I'm trying to rule out all possibilities. At first I thought it was wold spider bites because they look exactly like this,  but since others around me are not getting it I thought it might be urticaria brought on by a build up of histamine caused by some allergy. Which I still think it is. At first I thought it was from drinking Flax seed milk, but under further investigation of recent things that could be the cause. I think it is being caused by dryer sheets aka contact dermatitis. I noticed many on here being diagnosed with dermatitis but no known cause and thus is a very viable cause. Hope this helps.

[lissuhllama]

I have the EXACT same thing. Started with a larger, very red, non-itchy bite the day after a concert. By the following week the smaller ones started breaking out. Everyone tells me its Chiggers but I don't get a yellow thing in the middle. I can't find pictures of chigger bites that look like this. Mine also seem to pop up mostly overnight but twice I have witnessed them popping up while outside, in a grassy area, in the heat. Doctor has no clue what it is. Certainly someone who has commented here can come back and tell us how it stopped!

[Isabella443]

Same thing is happening to me right now. Doctor just told me I was bite by a fire ant, which felt like a bee sting and has a yellow pus center. I was standing in the grass at night. Now, I keep waking up with a small red bump almost like a mosquito. I thought it was chiggers but no one can figure out what they are