Ithchy Red Bumps All Over Body

I'v had hives for 4 months spreading over different parts of my body. I've been treated by a gp and a dermatologist. They gave me cortisome cream, claritin and prednisone. The predinisome may be helping. I'm going to rheumatologist and an allergist this week so I can find out the cause. My gyn reccomended the rheumatologist. Other symptoms i'm having are insomnia, numbness in my arms and hands and muscle and joint pain especially at night. Do you have any of these symptoms? Sue35054

My first question would be. Did you have hives from anything recently? Usually a form of allergic dermatitis. Sometimes hives, if scratched incessantly, can spread all over your body. Prednisone should do the trick.

Hey all....The spots with itch sounds like scabies...My sisters family have just been through a hell of a time with it. They started with my nieces baby and the community nurse kept diagnosing dermatitis until it spread to my sisters two little girls who's doctor very quickly diagnosed scabies...He prescribed a one time treatment which apparently is not very pleasant but it worked.

I've got red itchy bumps that started on my breast and are spreading all over my stomach, back, top of legs, under arms etc. I don't have a fever or feel bad, same as described by a few people here. The problem is everyone is putting what is wrong with them, but no replies as to what it really is. My doctor said Scabies, but I spent $110 on the medicine and no results so I'm going to a dermatologist at 2:00 today and if he gets it right I will be sure to post it back on here so hopefully it could help someone else.

I'm back from the doctor and he seemed to know what I had the minute he laid eyes on me. It's Pityriasis Rosea. Everybody is different and I didn't have a Herald patch which is what it starts with and my bumps were mainly small. I did have some maybe the size of a dime if that, but not that many. They vary from person to person, I thought that was what it was because I didn't have any on my face. (Even though you can, most people don't). He gave me a shot of cortizone to dry them up faster, Atarax for itching and a Zithromax Z-Pack because it's probably a coinsident but my throat is beginning to hurt and he wanted to make sure anything that might could have been the cause of it or irriates it was going away. It is not usually spread from person to person and it didn't seem to spread by scratching it either. Many people's bumps don't itch, but mine are an uncontrollable itch. It seems to come from a virus, but not known for sure. If untreated will eventually go away. Mine started a week ago today and he said it will take a week to really know they are going away. Hope this helps someone!

So many of these posts seem to be exactly what I'm having but I don't see any follow up as to treatment and has this problem went away for everyone?

The April/May thing rings a bell because the 1st week of April, I'm laying out in the back yard.. come in to take a shower and I notice over 30 bites (or what I thought were bites) on me...red bumps (no head.. no puss.. and no itch.. but horrible looking acne-like big red bumps) long story short, it's now a month later and after going to the doctor and it first being diagnosed as "insect bites" then two weeks later scabies... and doing weeks of treatment for each and cleaning my house like the worst OCD person ever to prevent reinfection, I still have them. My girlfriend even got a few of them.. but nothing like me..

On a bad week I have 100 of these red things mainly across my waist line and area where your shorts would be... but not below and hardly ever above (an occasional one or two on my arms)...
I never thought the hot tub could cause such a thing but we did buy a hot tub just a week or so before this started happening.

I stayed out of it the first week this happened and KEPT getting new bumps in places they weren't the day before so I ruled out the hottub early (as did the doc).. but now he's stumped and is about to schedule appointment with a dermatologist..

I'm afraid they won't know either..
and yes this is very stressfull and annoying for so long!
We're going to the hot tub dealer tomorrow and try to get to the bottom of testing the water... we put the chemicals in regularly as suggested but I wonder if it could be the chemicals themselves??

Bottom line, no matter what caused it... has anyone found a way to get rid of it?

S

i've been suffering from this same thing since i was about six im 17 now the doctors say its allergies but i just dont know it happens every year about this same time last year my hands got swollen and painful this year its on my arms my hands and my legs and and some on my stomach

It sounds like psoriasis. My father has that, for many many years now. He's been on different treatments but none really helped much. It'll be great if someone can recommend new treatments for him?

I have ecsema and what your describing sounds EXACTLY like it.

i use lubridurm and kenalog together as a lotion. but don't use elidel. that causes skin cancer.

it sounds like heat rash and you get all little spots come up

I have the same thinggg.... i went to my doctor he said its some kind of fungus, i asked him where it comes from he siad it can come from anywhere, pool,river,quarry,lake etc; not only bodys of water.. he told me to go to a drug store and get tinactin its a cream, ive been going through one bottle every 2 days.. it still hasnt gone away.. ive had these bumps for two weeks now =( its on my face, my neck and on my stomach.. its bad it looks like chickenpox without the white head that they apparently have. about that scabies post i asked my doctor, he said i DO NOT have that... idk what else to do =(

Hello, this is my first time posting on here. I've been going through similar symptoms with some other stuff too. Have any of you felt intense heat or burning on the bottoms of your feet, itching on your feet. Immense itchy once out of the shower? Towels spotting like that of a bleach stain? Anybody? Please let me know. Thanks

Yours sounds more like what I've been going through for over a year now. One thing I forgot to ask everybody in a previous letter was that does anybody have a dog? I've always wondered if it was my dog and I was wondering maybe if it was him or if this is just a virus we can all pass on to one another. I've had it for over a year now maybe even longer. It's driving me nuts. Some days its good and some days it's really bad. I also feel creepy crawlies on my buttocks and face some days. I've had bad sores just come out of nowhere and pimples that hurt so bad you wanna die. My scalp, groin, buttocks, arms, biceps really bad and armpits. I've never had this before. Nothing like this ever. It's horrible. I've been diagnosed with scabies and whatever have you. But those were all BS. Well if I have scabies how come no one else does? I have to spray rubbing alcohol on me just to get to sleep and stop me from itching. I can't take this anymore and I'm sick of doctors saying it's this and that. Nothing. One guy thought maybe IBS and he gave me a drug for that and for a few days I was good. But just not sure. Maybe it is a bacteria that derives from bad digestion or what have you. I'm just so sick of it. I can't find anything online anywhere. I bleach towels on the really bad days. Some tee shirts are starting to get holes in them and they'll discolor eventually. The holes look like bugs are biting through it. It's crazy. And some days I'm so hot and dizzy I almost pass out. And pain in my neck going through to my brain. It's horrible. Yet the doctors draw blood and say I'm a perfectly healthy adult. Hopefully someone knows something out there.

My mom has red bumps on her chest and upper back! They look like pimples, but only some have white heads. She was soaking in the bath on Saturday night in this weird swell-reducing bath mix for pregnant women, shes not pregnant but, you know, its a bath soak, so she decided to use it anyhow. Its Wednesday and they are still going strong. I looked up everything that people have mentioned and they are all different. Think hundreds of pimples on a 50-year olds chest and upper back. I don't know what to do! Please help me!!! Thx.

I woke up Saturday morning with what looked like 100 insect bites on my butt cheek! It wasn't itchy but they were red and bumpy. But by the next day, they were itchy like crazy and most of them formed a pus and looked like huge pimples. We thought everything from bug bites to soap allergy, but nothing made sense until my husband found this website: http://www.parpool-spa.com/Page/ Help/Spa/Pseudomonas_Aeruginosa_spas.html< /a>

BINGO! There's no doubt in our minds that this is what we have. Even the pictures looked just like what I have in my butt cheek. Very disgusting!!!! And sure enough, we just got a used hot tub and I went in it on a Wed and symptoms showed up on Saturday. My husband started showing signs of red bumps earlier, but only because he's been in it a few times and this was my first time. We also figured out that the water temperature wasn't high enough to kill any bacteria and the chlorine was also low when we got in. So imprtant safety tips: ALWAYS keep the water temp and chlorine level to the recommended level to avoid any infection. Simple mistakes but with a major consequence!

I will see the doctor tomorrw and see what she says, even though we are already sure what it is. Just to see what her diagnosis will be and if she can recommend any strong anti-itch medication.

Hope this helps some of you!

hi
I'm 14 and I've also been getting the same symptoms as a lot of you have been having. I was sleeping and during the night I got really itchy and in the morning, all these little, red bumps were there.

It's all on my arms, lower back, thigh, legs, and now there are a few near my neck. I have already washed my sheets, blankets, pillowcases, and any dirty clothes in my room. I do feel better but it still itches and the bumps are still there. I plan on going to the doctor sometime this week but I am worried about these bumps.

So if anyone has any ideas, please says so.
thanks!

Yes, I have red, itchy bumps all over my body. I first noticed them on my back and then it spread to my shoulders, neck, face, chest, legs, feet and even around my belly botton. So, pretty much everywhere. But they were not itchy on my back until a few days later. I was told from friends that they are from dust mites. But I think possibly from spring season. I've never had these before nor have I ever had chickenpox. So very itchy right now. I'm just trying not to scratch them. Tomorrow, I'll go see my doctor and hopefully know more about it. I'll post it.

One night i woke up with little, non-itchy bumps over my upper back. I was told by friends that they were dust mites but my boyfriend did not have any. Two days later, I woke up and tiny, red, itchy bumps appeared on my neck, behind the ears, shoulders, and arms. By the end of the day, red rashes of different sizes covered my entire body from head to toe. They were on my face, stomach, in between my thighs, on my legs, and at my ankles. At this point, I was freaking out so Iwent to the hospital. On the way there, my left ear swelled up. The Dr said it was an allergic reaction to something new I've come into contact with but I am still alittle unsure about that. I was given a shot of a steroid and benadyrl and a prescription for Zyrtec. My rashes disappeared the next moringing. However, tiny, itchy red bumps appeared on my arms by the end of that day. After I took Benadyrl, they went away. Its been one day since and the bumps have not returned.

People, these are called HIVES (in medical lingo, uticaria). Most people get them at some point in their lives, and about 80% of cases are from unknown causes.