a horrible mystery I never want togo through again.
My Timehop app had to remind me of this terrible experience in my life 😖 although this is not the same as my chronic hives, it’s still a horrible skin related episode that made the doctors say “I have no idea what could have caused this”. Ugh, I’ve heard that too many times! One dr referred to me as mystery arms 😳 I had two breakouts in my life like this and both happened when I was pregnant with my son. The infectious disease drs thought maybe Impetigo, Staph, Shingles, allergic reaction to something..still a mystery…a horrible mystery I never want to go through again.
It looks like dermatitis herpetiformis–the skin version of celiac disease. Get tested.
Interesting, I’m going to do some research on that!
Did it itch?
Yes, very badly!
I had a small one if those about 40 yrs ago on my neck,back then the Dr did not know but the chemist said it was a burn rash?? Made up his own ointment back in those days & it was black & smelt awful,but fixed it..the chemist of yrs ago used to love finding a cure of their own..it was a challenge..
Was it the same arm and only that arm? I was getting weird rashes not quite like that but it was up and down both arms. Turned out that I was allergic to the small plastic bath tub. I had to give my son baths after that with long sleeves on
It would start on one arm and after a few days both arms looked the same. Antihistamines and Prednisone did nothing for it.