itchy things on skin

DoctorsRstoopid · 03-13-2003, 11:07 AM

hey Girrrls, havent been on for ages. Anyway I was wondering what the hell is wrong with me, because Ive had this since I was at least 11...Im now 19! I used to think that they were just mosquito bites because they were just so damn itchy. But I know theyre not coz they come up outta nowhere. I get red itchy lumpy things on my neck, legs and thigs, but mostly my legs and arms. They seems to flair up and then go and then come back again. Its not acne , its some rash. I thought it might be a yeast thing candida or something gone through my system, but the doc just said that the clorine in the pool (I work as a swim instructor) would kill yeast, but sometimes me and mum think that its actually in my system, I mean, everything goes in about 2 or 3 week cycles, I have a zit cycle, a depression cycle, a headache and fatigue cycle and even a diahreah cycle (sorry about that one) but the thing is, there is no need for me to be like this, I eat a good diet and no junk. and I m very active. I wanna get to the bottom of the itchy skin things its so bad I itch them all night and they bleed and scar. i want them to go!!!!!!!!!!! please help.
love from Sarah

BayGirl · 03-13-2003, 11:30 AM

Could it be hives? I get hives and used to get them something terrible. If I smelled something wrong I got hives. If I eat something wrong.. hives. If I sweat, hives. IF I get too cold or too hot... hives. Somethign is too tight, hives. Mainly I would get on my hands and feet and when they were anywhere else, I knew I had to watch out because then I might get full-body ones. THey appear almost bug-bite like. Sometimes they swell so much that you can't see where one begins and ends. My hands get so swollen I can't bend my fingers. Hives are mainly an unexplainable thing. Its very hard to find out what you are allergic to if any and in most peopel they go as unexplainabley as they came). I not only have allergies, I have dermagraphitis (swelling of the skin when scratched- gets itchy) am allergic to my own sweat and and hot/cold sensitive (the extremes put my body in shock and i break out). I go through periods when I dont have any at all, I go through times when I can barely get rid of them. I have been hive-free for at least 6 months (kinda almost makes up for teh 2 years straight that i had them). Do tell me more and I will see if I can help.. my mom works for a top US dermatologist for many many years. I will ask her her opinion. Have a good one.