I Dunno What Bit Me

[badstar]

But for about two weeks now, I've had a row of what looks like teeny mosquito bites on my right arm...except they're kinda tiny and became slightly scabby only a day or so after thay appared. They're not poison ivy...they were there when I woke up one morning, and at least several days after the most recent time when I might have been exposed to anyhitng like that. And after all this time, they still itch.


I had another on my other arm for about a week and a half before the other one- well still do. But they're not bumps anymore, just a row of somewhat scarred skin where the row of bumps had been, and a few inches from it a similar splotch where bumps had been...excpet on this arm, it was two bites next to each other that expanded into a row later, and the splotch was one bite that almost two weeks later became a patch of tiny bumps. They still itch, although only very slightly. Rubbing a bit of tea tree oil soap on any of them takes away the itch for a few hours- which until the last few days has been rather intensely unbrearable, I've scratched my skin open on a few occasions.

Any ideas?

Comments

[robinhoodvandal.livejournal.com]

reactions to urusiol, the stuff in poisen ivy, oak and sumac, can take several days to cause a reaction. That's the only thing I cna think of that would last that long. That, or some otherform of cantact dermatitis is my guess. I don't think a bug bite should last that long.

[bitchiekittie.livejournal.com]

are they scabbing and scarring only because you're scratching them? if they're not open all on their own, maybe it's hives or something similar? when I get hives, they're a reaction to something that has come in direct contact with my skin, but I'm pretty sure other people can get them from things they've ingested.

[fuego.livejournal.com]

not hives...i've had hives in the past.

the most recent batch was slightly eh, not really scabbed when i found it, but it was as if it had previously been scabbed, but only last bits of dried skin remained on the spots.

i'm not actually sure f the others are scarred, but you know how skin looks when a scab comes off- all shiny? it's like that on the older ones.


The more recent one has a few tiny spots of scab on it now, but I've been able to avoid actually scratching that one because it hasn't been nearly as itachy as the others had.

[linzbinz.livejournal.com]

OMG SARS!