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What Causes Itchy Spreading Bumps All Over Body?

Red, itchy mosquito-like bumps randomly started to appear on my body one night. I first noticed them when I was scratching my back, but there seemed to be only a couple of bumps so I didn t pay it much attention. Maybe 15 minutes later I noticed there were. More. Not 15 minutes after that I undressed and looked in the mirror and noticed patches of red bumps that seemed to inflame the skin around them on my back, shoulders, arms legs, etc. I took a shower and scrubbed my body down to see if they would go away but I noticed even more bumps forming while I was in the shower. This has never happened before. I live in a Montreal where it has been quite cold for the past couple weeks. I haven t been in nature environment that could have caused exposure to bugs. Nothing about my daily routine changed, and I didn t start using any new laundry products or cosmetics, deodorants etc. at the time the bumps started to appear. The bumps aren t painful but are very itchy and seem to be spreading. Could it be allergies? Thanks
Fri, 30 Jan 2015
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Hello,
Thanks for the query,
You might have developed acute urticaria.
It is an allergic condition.
Anything including food, cloth, change in climate, pollens etc can cause urticaria.
You need to find out the cause.
Treatment can be with oral anti histamines.
Steroids like prednisolone are also helpful but cannot be used for long.
Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.
Let me know if you have any other doubt.
you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818
Wishing you a good health.
Thank you
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What Causes Itchy Spreading Bumps All Over Body?

Hello, Thanks for the query, You might have developed acute urticaria. It is an allergic condition. Anything including food, cloth, change in climate, pollens etc can cause urticaria. You need to find out the cause. Treatment can be with oral anti histamines. Steroids like prednisolone are also helpful but cannot be used for long. Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis. Let me know if you have any other doubt. you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link. http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818 Wishing you a good health. Thank you