Docs - Itchy bumps appear and disappear

[AFC-911]

So, I've been noticing itchy round bumps appear on my butt, arm, and leg. They appear, itch badly, but if I don't scratch it, they stop being itchy and then disappear after an hour or so.

But then, another will appear in another area in a few hours or the next day...They look like bug bites. (I'd take a picture, but the one on my elbow is disappearing rapidly).

They don't hurt at all. It is so weird.

No change in diet, activities and I still have just my one dog.

I realize it's not ideal to diagnose through the internet, but any guesses?

[bkreigsr]

do a 'google' or 'bing' on shingles

[Rusty914s]

Originally Posted by bkreigsr

do a 'google' or 'bing' on shingles

[bivenator]

I thought this was a follow up thread on Joe Bob's Vegas venture.

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by bivenator

I thought this was a follow up thread on Joe Bob's Vegas venture.

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Seriously, how's your stress level these days?

[Aragorn]

I am not a medical doctor but have experienced something similar.

In my early 20's I started to get a rash on the insides of my arms and legs. I went to the dermatologist and got what some doctors have referred to as the catch all diagnosis of atopic dermatitis.

Atopic eczema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I couldn't stand to wear wool or anything itchy. Heat made it worse. Learned the triggers and the symptoms burned out for the most part by early 30's. Still get it if I get overheated though.

You may want to see a dermatologist or your doctor to get properly diagnosed.

[Don Ro]

Years ago my doc said it was "a viral syndrome." Whatever that was.

[AFC-911]

Originally Posted by bkreigsr

do a 'google' or 'bing' on shingles

Those are too clustered.

Mine are just singular bumps that look like bites that appear as one or two, then disappear if I don't scratch it.

The one on the inside of my elbow that appeared just prior to my original post is already gone.

[AFC-911]

EDIT - I did just have two new ones crop up after my last post.

[AFC-911]

And those two have almost subsided.

[fxeditor]

I almost hate to say it but perhaps you have bed bugs?

[KFC911]

I don't want to cause you any undue alarm either, but I sure hope it isn't the prelude to that nasty "dinky dropus offus" that's been going around. Any changes in laundry detergent, soaps, lotions, etc.?

[john walker's workshop]

herp?

[Chocaholic]

Don't wait! I recently did a bout of shingles and fortunately, got to the doc before it got too far along. He put me on an anit-viral and it was only insanely itchy for about 10 days. Didn't have to endure the agony some go through, especially if it gets too far along without treatment.

[M.D. Holloway]

I had a rash on my stomach - thought at first it was bed bugs but it lasted to long. Turned out to be an alergic reaction to Prilosec - guess it happens if you have high cholesterol. Who would have thunk?

Look at alergic reactions first...

[nota]

CHIGGERS

or sand fleas aka noseeums

[MBAtarga]

Ever watch that TV show Monsters Inside Me?

[AFC-911]

Well, I came home and had a massive outbreak.

I got marks on both arms, thighs and a couple on my side.

I haven't had anything that looked like that since Thanksgiving 2012 when I came home from a Best Western in Savannah.

The past several days, it was just a few marks localized on my butt (near the crack) and cheeks that took turns appearing.

Crap! I'm doing massive cleaning tonight / laundry and I'm calling the docs first thing in the morning.

Right now, I'm leaning towards bugs or allergy...And if it is bugs, the leading candidate is dust mites, I think.

[Laneco]

Sure sounds like hives... I'm allergic to anti-freeze and sulpha drugs. Both of them make me hive-up pretty quick. Mostly on the torso and on the joints of my extremities, knees, elbows, and finger joints especially.

angela

[M.D. Holloway]

Yup, sounds like allergies