Itchy rash on legs and arms

I have the same thing it sounds like. I am 28. Started as itchy flesh clored bumps on my arms, treat it with steroids and it went away. However it came back after I stopped and thi stime on my legs too! I have been on 3 rounds of steroids now an dam going to the dermatologist in 2 days. I have no idea what is causing this - I have no allergies that I know of.

Well I am in the same boat! Yet I am 29 and this has been going on for 3 or 4 summers now. It seems to really get itchy when I am in the sun or have been sweeting alot. It is worse in the summer yet I still have it in the winter. I live in Arkanas and the weather is forever changing. It seems to be itchy at night time as well. I have been to several doctors and they have all tried different things and can not give me a name for it! All I know is that it started on the front of my legs and now moved to the calves and the bend of my arms. I hope all of you that have written have better luck than I have.. May God Bless!

Hi there...I have the exact same thing that all of you are describing and I am 26.  It started a couple years ago and usually leads to me going on a dose of prednisone which only temporarily relieves the problem.  I have noticed it seems to happen every time I go on vacation but some of them have been in the heat and some in the cold, so I don't see any coralation there.  Did any of you ever find a solution?  Did the biopsy show anything?  Or the second trip to the dermatologist?  Unfortunately my doctors have been no help and this rash continues to flare up every couple of months on just my arms and legs.

OH THANK GOD I FOUND THIS PAGE.

I am a 31 year old female who has history of sporadic eczema, but no other skin issues or allergies. I have had intensely itchy, slightly raised, light pink bumps on my arms for nearly 4 weeks. I also have intense itching on my lower legs, but no rash or bumps. It itches worse at night than during the day. I have not made any changes to my soaps, eating habits, etc. I have scratched in several places until I bled, and it wakes me up at night. I cannot figure it out, but it sounds like I will be going to my doctor soon, as I have tried Benadryl, Benadryl cream, oatmeal baths, changing to an even milder soap, new shaving cream, you name it. My skin looks awful on my arms and I'm about to lose my mind over this.

take antrax 10 mg three times a day... take allegra 180 once in the mornin... apply calosoft or veroka lotion three times in the day and once while sleeping... everything`l be back to normal in a week... 

Do I need a prescription for antrax? or any of the other 2?

same with me!!  and it is really embarrassing (my arms especially)...hey if you want to bounce a few ideas back and forth, don't hesitate to email me at: anesta1973@gmail.com.  Also, I just started working as a Pharmacy Tech, so hopefully i'll learn more about it very soon.

i did email anesta what i have found that helps...is diaper rash paste. You know, that comes in a tube. one brand is called butt paste.

Seriously. it may not get rid of it as it may have something to do internally but it dries it up and helps with the itch alot. good luck

Are any of you from Virginia by any chance?  I have this same issue going on and to be honest, I am kind of freaking out!  Mine dont itch and I keep finding them in more places... I am going to the doctor on Monday.  I dont like this at all.

I have had the same issue ging on since winter, on one calf.  It started as an itchy shin, that I have had for years in the winter.  But as the calf stopped itching the calf looked like it had poison Ivy (that I have never been allergic to) and now has turned into an small itchy bumps that are the worst at night.  I keep meaning to go to the doctor, but then it fools me into thinking it is getting better.  And yes, I live in Virginia.

I have this too and I'm 20.  I keep going to the doctor and no one can ever tell me what it is.  But I will wake up in the middle of the night and scratch my arms and legs raw because the itch is so terrible and I have no immediate relief.

I'm live in Virginia and I started noticing the bumps about a month ago around where my arm meets my chest and down the fron of my arm....I thought they were bug bites but when I went to the doctor she said it was called falliculitis - an inflamation of the hair follicle.  She prescribed me Bactrim and the bacterial infection and liquid erythromycin to put on the site...I thought it was getting better but now has spread to the backs of my legs, back, and stomach.  I called back and she precribed me with Hydroxyzine which is an antihystamine.  It doesn't seem to be getting any better and i'm scratching out of my mind!!!!!

I'm 27 and this rash started at the end of spring on my upper innner thighs.  It lasted for weeks before I made my self stop scratching it and used every cream I could find.  Now I get it on my upper inner and back of arms.  A small cluster of bumps (usually starts of a one single bump that itches like crazy) that only worsen befor ethey get better.  The ting is they come bother me for awhile and then dry out.  I never was allergic to anything.  It's worse at night right before bed for some reason.  I tought it was bed bugs but my mattress is new and I have a cover to protect from them.  Someone please figure this out.  It's driving me crazy. I live in CT and I'm African American.

Mine also started in the upper inner thighs, and is on my inner arms and a little on the lower part of my stomach. The bumps don't come up until after I scratch and go away after a while. Then I'll get an itch a few hours later and it starts again. Everyone keeps telling me to stop scratching it but I can't help it, it drives me insane. It's not blistery bumps either, it's just little bumps that look similar to small mosquito bites. I have no idea what it is. I'm 17 and from Ohio...

PLEASE DON'T STRATCH!!!  IT MAKES IT WORSE.  I thought something had bit me. That was not the case. These raised marks come up suddenly. I went to the doctor and she told me, I don't know. You are must be allergic to something.

I was prescibed steriods and benedryl (excuse the spelling). I bought ointment cream totaling over $100.00. GUESS WHAT HELPED ME......... Apply a hot compress. Get a clean white washcloth, run the water hot as your skin can stand it. Sueeze the water out and apply the hot wash cloth directly on the itch. It will itch some more, DO NOT STRATCH IT. If you do this rhe swelling will go down and the itch will slowly disappear.

Now this works for me. What works for me, may not necessarily work for you. It dosen't hurt to try a natural remedy.  However, I still do not know what causes these outbreaks. All I know for sure is, when you stratch it...it makes it worse.

Let me know

Im 17 about to be 18 and I have had a rash on my legs for the last six months.  It started out as just a circular rash on my right calf and I thought it was just exima bucause I've had a problem with it my whole life.  but then it spread all over my leg then to the other and now i have a new little patch on the top inside of my left arm.  they itch like crazy and sometimes i make them bleed I have tried just about every anti itch cream and lotion i could find and nothing seems to work.  if anyone has any ideas of how to help me i would greatly appriciate them.

I KNOW I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM NO CREAM HAS HELPED FOR THE RASH OR THE ITCH i HAVE BEEN SRATCHING FOR MONTHS, I KNOW WHEN I WAS A CHILD THIS OCURRED AND MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO THE OCEAN TO SIT IN THE SALTED WATER WHICH HAS MINERALS IN IN THE SALT WATER AND WHEN I CAME OUT THE RASH WAS GONE IT IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE SEA WATER THAT'S GOOD FOR THE SKIN. I WISH I CAN GO BACK TO THE OCEAN AND DO THIS REPEATLY BUT NOW IT'S COLD. IF YOU ARE IN A WARM CLIMATE TRY IT JUST SIT IN THE WATER THIS WILL HELP ALOT.

im 25 and i have had this since augest 09 i feel like scratching and the skin will appear normal, than after i scratch till i bout cry i got these little red bumps all over n if i dont scratch them after a while than they go away n its only on my legs and arms sometimes my stomach and i work with doctors aswell and they dont even got a clue what it is. i also went to the ocean in sandieago and it did not help as i read in a other pesons soloution. n e one in tha world got a soloution? ima scratch my skin off soon! ahhhh! email me with your reply   at   april5683@msn.com

Hi. I was wondering if you ever found out what your rash was from?  I have been experiencing the same problem for about 3 weeks.  I have taken prednisone and several antihistimines.  They work for a little bit, but now it is worse than ever. It covers my arms and legs but not anywhere else.  i went to a dermotologist today and they prescribed Allegra and a cortisone cream. They think it is an allergic reaction but cant figure out to what... did you ever find an answer....

I am a 55 year old female with no known allergies. Around three months ago, I developed a rash like you are talking about. It started on my left arm as tiny bumps that turn into blisters. Nothing helps! Benadryl, calydryl, anti itch cream, nothing! It is now spreading to my right arm and chest area. It goes away in about 3-4 days, but it always comes back in about 5 days. I have no idea what is but it is freaking me out! Does anyone know?

I was itching terribly last night and in despiration tried different products. One called Deep Cold, does give 3 hours relief. The bumps recede and the itching dissapears. In the instructions it says not to apply on rash or skin abrasion, but I was desperate and did so any way. It worked!

I'm wondering are any of you using the Neutrogena Sunblock...it is the dry-touch lotion with helioplex protection 85 spf? I have developed the first rash ever and it hasn't cleared up for 2 weeks and moves all over starting from my forearms,thighs, shins and now neck and face. I loaded up on the this expensive sunblock and wondered if any of you were using this.. My husband is in dermatology field and I have a supply of Cetaphil products which are helping and I will stay out of the public pool (chlorine) and see if it clears...

I was using the expensive Neutrogena Sunblock and developed similar symptoms, except it has not moved to my face.  Have you established any link to the product?  I stopped using it and it appears to have cleared up a bit.  Could be coincidence or could be the product.

Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 11:28 AM

I was itching terribly last night and in despiration tried different products. One called Deep Cold, does give 3 hours relief. The bumps recede and the itching dissapears. In the instructions it says not to apply on rash or skin abrasion, but I was desperate and did so any way. It worked!

Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 11:28 AM

I was itching terribly last night and in desperation tried different products. One called Deep Cold, does give 3 hours relief. The bumps recede and the itching dissapears. In the instructions it says not to apply on rash or skin abrasion, but I was desperate and did so any way. It worked!

When you popped the bumps, did it spread the rash around that bump.  Mine started with to bumps that had puss and I popped them and they turned into a nasty raised bumper rash that was about half an inch in diameter.  I was thinking it may be scabies, but the dermatologist thought poison ivy.

It appear to be common, my frears are over now that I'm not alone. These dang blisters are driving me crazy, I'm been to the DR. and prescride skin cream it comes and goes, seen like a study should be done on this issue for diagnose and treatment. If any body finds out the treatment to rid this email me at michaellott07@gmail.com.

I have had this on-going problem for a few years. But since moving to Florida, I am more affected with this itchiness and small pin-point scabs suddenly appearing either on my legs, arms, and shoulders.  Not realizing, I find myself scratching, then the area bleeds.  Next thing I know the scabs get larger and even more itchy.  I only had a touch of this when I lived in a  northern state.  I have found, heat definitely aggrivates this.  I went to the Determatologist last year.  She took several samples and one did come back as squamis cell carcinoma.  She removed the area using a cartorization type procedure.  That was on my left ankle.  She never did tell me what the other break-outs were caused by and gave me a cream prescription.  It didn't do one thing to help after refilling it twice.

I have been on a continual search to find  the cause and a cure.  After looking at some pictures on the internet, I believe what I have may be a form of adult impetigo which is highly contageous.  Since I come into contact with people every day, many from overseas, I could have picked this skin condition this way.  I just don't know...Only guessing.  Today, I decided to do further research on how to treat this condition because it has become worse on the inside of my right elbow area and left outside upper arm.  I found an article that said a ten minute bleach bath using 1 cup of chlorox to bath water once a day.  And to follow up with Bactroban & Bactrim.  I am going to give this a try to see if I get any results.  I've read many articles that say hot water and heat aggrivate the condition and to take cool showers/baths; never hot.  This makes sense to me.  I am so exhausted dealing with this ugly skin condition.  As a child I did have excema and remember my mother bathing me in oatmeal skin baths and then putting on a thick cream to stop the itching.  I'm getting tired of wearing long sleeves when it's 90 degrees outside.

this sounds like the same thing I have and now my sister has it-I have had the tiny bumps that itch if you scratch them omg it is even worse, they bleed, get bigger, and itch even more, I have noticed it gets so much worse in the summer and worse on my arm that is on the window when I drive, the doctor says it may be a sun allery-I Dont think so. I am just so frustrated nothing seems to work over the counter and my arms look terrible. I am 47 years old and been dealing with this seems like every summer for a few years. My sister is 41 and now has the same thing but hers seems to be even worse.. someone has to have a cure for this there are so many of us with this....please E-mail me if you find something that works.Thanks......devilchick6996@aol.com

Thanks for replying.  I know what you mean...it get's so frustrating not being able to find the cure.  I've been dealing with this for several years now...heat seems to make it worse.  I've done so many searches on this condition.  I like to find pictures so I can compare with my rash/breakouts...One site came up saying it could be gluten intollerance and one of the symptoms is rash/itchy breakouts.  The pictures looked just like my condition..  I'd never thought of this before...I am giving this a trial by going on a gluten free diet.  I just began 2 days ago.  Gluten free bread and other foods are more expensive than regular but I've got to give this a try.  I'm going to give it at least 2 weeks to see if I see any improvement.  I'll let ya know. 

I am 46 and living in Florida.  I have experienced these itchy patches for several years now, but this summer they are the worst ever!  This year they started on my right ankle.  Crept up my leg below the knee. They appeared on my lower right arm and fingers, then my lower left arm and fingers (just patches though) and no on the back of my left leg from the knee down.  They are many fluid filled blisters that itch intensely. They eventually dry up and go away (leaving no scar generally).

I've been to a dermatologist who performed a biopsy and said it was maybe...well, probably a reaction to a medication. No!   Today I was then told it could be an allergic reaction to something or maybe it's scabies.  So I'm about to put a lotion all over my body and leave it on for 12 hours and then wash it off- hoping to kill the mites.  I'll TRY anything at this point.

I use to think I was allergic to Carolina Creeper, but I haven't been in contact with it.  Especially not for the past 8 summers.  The doctors don't seem to know what it is.  I would love to know the source and especially the solution. Help!