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Posted 7/25/2009 3:28 AM (GMT 0)
I have been getting these for a while now...they look like flea bites and I used to get them when I was around cats so I figured they WERE flea bites...but now I get them randomly when I'm at my mom's (no animals or other allergens I can figure out).

They almost look like hives. Here is a pic...any insight?

EDIT: I'm so annoyed this won't post...I hope it works somehow.

 

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j7/jendays247/hives.jpg

Posted 7/25/2009 3:35 AM (GMT 0)
Ooh! I get those too! And on my arms! But I have no idea what they are...I thought it was allergies too- I changed my laundry soap like 6 times..
Posted 7/25/2009 3:39 AM (GMT 0)
It's weird because if it was an allergy...I would think I'd have other allergy like symptoms but the last time this happened I was writing on a piece of paper and where my arm was on the paper, a bump popped up. This time I was just sitting here and my arm is against my shirt while I type...but so is my other arm lol. No logic.
Posted 7/25/2009 4:22 AM (GMT 0)
Jen. i get them from time to time too. always thought it was a insect bit of some kind as we have so many to pick from. I hope you find relief soon
Posted 7/25/2009 5:48 AM (GMT 0)
hi i have been getting.those exact bumps the last 2 days and its driving me nuts very itchy. i to thought they were flea bites but havnt been around fleas and they just pop up. the spot will start to itch and then a bump eill apear. i thought maybe it was from my doxy. are you on doxy
Posted 7/25/2009 5:51 AM (GMT 0)
nope and it didn't happen when i was on doxy before either...hm...
Posted 7/25/2009 2:41 PM (GMT 0)
Definitely looks like an allergy to me. I get those when my dog licks me bc I am allergic to her saliva. I also get them when I handle certain fruits with a lot of pollen on them, because of another allergy I have. Do the bumps disappear after a couple of hours? If so, I'd say it has to be from something that you've come in contact with that you are allergic to.
Posted 7/25/2009 3:08 PM (GMT 0)
they disappear in 15 or 20 minutes...but they appear out of nowhere...yesterday i was just sitting at the computer typing and my arm started itching and then came the bump
Posted 7/25/2009 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
Do you wear a perfume or body spray?
Posted 7/25/2009 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
nope...completely random...i would agree it seems like an allergy but why would i suddenly be allergic to the shirt i've had on all day lol or the paper my arm was resting on while i wrote something...it just doesn't make sense to me
Posted 7/25/2009 3:39 PM (GMT 0)
Allergies can start at any time. I had a dog growing up and never had an issue. I even had the dog that I have now and never had a problem in the first couple of years, but in the last few years I've been getting those red bumps when she licks me. I was also never allergic to cats before and was always around them, then suddenly last year I started having problems being near them, where my eyes get puffy. Allergies are weird like that.
Posted 8/12/2012 1:44 PM (GMT 0)
I am having similar random small bumps all over my body, like the one in the picture link shared on the initial post. It itches first then the bump pops up. It has been about 36 hrs since it started. 2 days back I went for a walk in the woods and about 36 hrs back I ate fish that caused me severe allergic reaction including light headed ness, confusion, dizziness, watery eyes. These bumps started around the same time when I ate the fish. I am wondering if this could be caused by tick bites, although I did not see any tick on my body or could it be the fish allergies. Also what should I do next?

Picture: i76.photobucket.com/albums/j7/jendays247/hives.jpg
Posted 8/12/2012 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Hi there
Bites from Chiggers or Harvest mites,which hang around in grass at this time of year could be the cause.My husband used to be convinced that he had flee bites from our dogs until he found out that it was actually these mites--they itch like mad and last a few days usually.
Posted 8/12/2012 6:50 PM (GMT 0)
I get these too - only on my arms, though. Weird.
Posted 12/12/2014 8:16 AM (GMT 0)
My 5 year old every single night and day gets one and it lasts for about 15 mins and goes away do any of you know what it could be?
Posted 12/12/2014 1:30 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Dougbeth welcome to the forum. I've been getting the same exact thing as described in this thread for years now. I can tell you that at least for me it is not an allergy. I'm sure of this because when I was treating the Lyme with an herbal protocol they ramped up significantly. I'm 99% sure (can never be 100%) it's a Lyme symptom. I also get random rashes as well. I did go to an allergist to check it out and I was only allergic to tree pollen and dust mites and this is not from either I can tell you that.
Posted 10/15/2016 10:15 PM (GMT 0)
I started getting these yesterday for the first time and it is driving me crazy! It's not an allergy- nothing in my life has changed (foods, detergent, no new bugs, etc). It's just like I have an itchy spot, then in a few minutes I have a big red raised welt, like a hive or a bite. I started getting these yesterday and I thought it was fleas or chiggers...but then today they have been coming and going and I am not around any bugs (just in my house). I started ramping up my herbal protocol this week (went from taking Byron White formulas just 2x a day to 4x a day, finally figured out how to time that), and now this itching. What could it be?
Posted 10/15/2016 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
I'm thinking since you started ramping up your protocol...and quite significantly - that you are herxing.

Can you concentrate on detoxing for the next few days?
Posted 10/16/2016 1:50 PM (GMT 0)
INTERESTING.

I have found those on my body and they are most likely from mosquito bites. They welt up like that, cause the entire surrounding to be red and even warm to the touch. And they itch like crazy. Sometimes, there are teeny tiny little welts around the major welt in the middle.

I've never had mosquito bites that look like that before. I don't know if it's the lyme & co or the treatment or diff kind of mosquitos but that's exactly what they look like on me now.

-p
Posted 3/15/2019 11:18 AM (GMT 0)
these are the type of superrrrrrr itchy bumps i get shown in the top picture....usually middle of night, will wake me up....on my arms as well....which are under a long shirt, sweatshirts and 2 blankets....so i strongly.....doubt its a bite....by morning they are gone...get them more when i am treating aggressively ...i really wonder if others get these, and what they are???
Posted 3/16/2019 8:10 PM (GMT 0)
Jendays i have them too and also in ... The arms!!!! I posted a science link where it says Borrelia causes urticaria like hives.
Posted 3/16/2019 9:18 PM (GMT 0)

dbwilco said...
these are the type of superrrrrrr itchy bumps i get shown in the top picture....usually middle of night, will wake me up....on my arms as well....which are under a long shirt, sweatshirts and 2 blankets....so i strongly.....doubt its a bite....by morning they are gone...get them more when i am treating aggressively ...i really wonder if others get these, and what they are???

dbwilco,

Finally got a chance to look at that picture. Those are precisely the type itchy bumps I had in the beginning when symptoms first started. I told more about it on your previous post.
They would appear randomly and move around - mostly on hands, arms, abdomen, or legs. Hands and abdomen were favorite spots. The allergist I was seeing at the time called them hives, but they didn’t look anything like pictures I had seen of hives. Mine were always single, tiny bumps. Hives look like whelps and are much larger, cover more territory, and are irregular in shape in all the pictures I have seen.

Anyway, yes, it’s definitely a symptom of Lyme/co. Could be related to mast cells/histamine. However, I recall that allergist had me on a bunch of meds and multiple antihistamines, which I obediently took for 2 weeks until I quit. I had the same fluctuations of symptoms both on and off the meds, so they were not controlling those symptoms.

Can’t say for sure which infection was triggering it - I have many.

BTW, those itchy bumps subsided as the weeks and months passed. I only get them rarely now. They subsided years before I knew Lyme/co was what had happened to me.
Posted 3/16/2019 10:10 PM (GMT 0)
sounds like parasites to me-you may consider a round of ivermectin and albendazole
Posted 7/10/2019 2:03 AM (GMT 0)
if anyone has any idea what this is please contact me! me and my boyfriend have recently gotten this and we’ve been to hospitals and doctors and no one and i MEAN NO ONE know what this is so if anyone has an idea please contact me.

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Posted 7/15/2019 2:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hey guys,

So here's an interesting bit that might add to this thread.

Even before getting sick, I started having those itchy very tiny bumps that almost look like zits on my forehead.
These have become more common now that I've been ingesting antibiotics on and off for over a year.

One thing that seem to have been helping was the shampoo NIZORAL, who supposedly help fight some type of fungus.
This evidence led me to believe than these little bumps might have been the result of fungal overgrowth on my face. This could have make sense to me since antibiotics have the potential to create imbalance and give opportunity for "fungal" infection to thrive.

However my last trip to Dr. J. in Washington DC gave me a new insight on the matter.
The Nurse Practitionner i've seen there said it wasn't a result of fungus but rather a result of toxins under the skin.
It would be pretty common for people fighting Lyme to get them on their forehead or upperback.

So to this day, either the improvement from Nizoral was a coincidence leading me to believe that the toxins theory is valid, OR that it is indeed a form of fungal overgrowth on our body.
You could always try that shampoo Nizoral every day like I did (and let it sit for 5minutes) and see if it helps.

If you do try, please let us know how it goes.

Good luck!
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