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Itching All Over Legs, Swelling And Pain, Also Over Hands And Neck. Reasons ?

hi, i am 21 yrs old.... from last few days i am having itching over my legs and slowly slowly it will start happening all over my legs ....after that it look like that it is a mosquito bite but then these bites are slowly slowly attach to each other and that portion is become swell and then its paining + itching.....and now from 2 days i also have the same over my hands and neck too.....please help me out about this....what s going on with me????
Tue, 10 Sep 2013
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Allergist and Immunologist 's  Response
itching is allergy
allergy can develop at any time at any age with any substance
can be medicines,soaps oils cooking oils creams ointment body application materials
foods clothes and pollens can be other causes
need to cnsult allergy specialist who will help you to find cause if you cannot correlate with yoirself
use anti allergic tabs ointments and calamine lotion on affected part to control
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Dermatologist Dr. Raghuveer Murki's  Response
hi itching over the legs ,swelling and pain can lead to diagnosis of prurigo nodularis. basic pathology behind this condition is xerosis of the skin this causes itching which inturn causes papules-nodules.avoid food like wheat,eggs ryes and oats.go for routine lab investigations like cbp,cue esr and so on.
It can be cured by atarax 25 mg in the night,broad spectrum antibiotic and short course of wysolone strating with 30 mg tapering to 10 mg within 15 days.apply a moisteriser regularly and use propysalic ointment over the lesions and there are studies of using thaldomide in prurigo nodularis
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Itching All Over Legs, Swelling And Pain, Also Over Hands And Neck. Reasons ?

itching is allergy allergy can develop at any time at any age with any substance can be medicines,soaps oils cooking oils creams ointment body application materials foods clothes and pollens can be other causes need to cnsult allergy specialist who will help you to find cause if you cannot correlate with yoirself use anti allergic tabs ointments and calamine lotion on affected part to control