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What Causes Identical Itchy Red Bumps On The Inside Of The Limbs And Cluster On The Center Of The Chest In A Female?
I've been getting these itchy little red bumps on various parts of my body (mostly places my clothing covers and the nape of my neck under my hair.) At first there were only a few so I took benyadril for a while at night when they bothered me. But now they are in a straight line up the inside of both of my legs and my inner arm. The pattern on both legs is almost identical and they follow a vein. I've done all of the usual things. Cleaned all of my fabrics, dried them on high heat. Vacuumed fiercely, put an allergen cover on my bed. Gave the cat a flea bath and put a collar on him. I haven't seen any bugs. what else could it be? My boyfriend isn't getting any bumps either. There aren't really any clusters of them except on the center of my chest. My room does tend to get really hot at night (even in the winter) could it be a heat rash?
Thu, 16 Jan 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
I read your query and understood your concern.
It does sound like a heat rash to me, miliaria rubra. Does the itch relieves with cold water? If yes, its probably only that. You need to prevent further sweating and soothe the area by applying calamine lotion. take oral antiallergic like cetrizine twice a day.
Another probability could be scabies, but since your boyfriend doesnt have it, chances ae low.But if above doesnt workout, apply 5% permethrin all over the body neck down , keep it overnight and wash.
Hope I helped
I read your query and understood your concern.
It does sound like a heat rash to me, miliaria rubra. Does the itch relieves with cold water? If yes, its probably only that. You need to prevent further sweating and soothe the area by applying calamine lotion. take oral antiallergic like cetrizine twice a day.
Another probability could be scabies, but since your boyfriend doesnt have it, chances ae low.But if above doesnt workout, apply 5% permethrin all over the body neck down , keep it overnight and wash.
Hope I helped
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