DERMATOgraphism.
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
September 23, 2018 9:13am CST
Since the power outage last week, I was having itchiness in my extremities. Constantly we spray Baygon so that mosquitoes and other insects won't bite us.
But after the typhoon, the weather shifted back to hot temperature again. Hives or urticaria rashes appear anywhere in my body.
Tonight I scratched the medial part of my right upper arm and I felt a long rash. I immediately took a shot and this is what appeared --- I am experiencing dermatographic rash. This comes out when I get itchy. It is transient though.
My BFF has this since birth. I on the other hand, developed this.
Do you have this?
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6 responses
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
yes, it is also scary when a soft scratch cannot resolve the itch we feel.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
@JustBhem really? me too. my tummy has many rashes like this because i like to scratch it hard.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
24 Sep 18
@ridingbet
Sometimes it bleeds because I scratch it hard.
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@louievill (28849)
• Philippines
23 Sep 18
What I got lately are rashes from moth or butterfly & catterpillar hair or spikes that I think is blown by the wind or what we call " higad " terrible it's so itchy. Lots in our backyard good thing some have already become mature butterflies.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
oh yes, the 'higad' itch. some of these spiny worms stay in the mango trees, and i even took a picture of one crawling 'higad'. my kid brother was bitten once when he was still in elementary grades; his face looked so horrible. the red rashes disappeared after 10 days.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
26 Sep 18
@louievill for me, i just leave it as they are. after several minutes, as long as these are not itchy anymore, they disappear already.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
do you feel icky when you feel your skin having the linear rashes?
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
it is so uncomfortable feeling these red lines. maybe i have this because i am taking Warfarin medicines, which may be a side effect
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@LadyDuck (474657)
• Italy
24 Sep 18
@ridingbet I think it is possible, my mother also had those red lines.
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@bluesa (15022)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
23 Sep 18
I do sometimes break out in rashes, Ingrid. Especially in Summer from the heat. I also have other allergies that irritate my skin. I hope you had some lotion that could soothe the rash @ridingbet .
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 Sep 18
the rashes disappear after several minutes, so does the itch. but the itchiness is becoming frequent again due to the hot temperature we are now.
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