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« on: July 09, 2010, 11:33:03 AM » |
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I have extremely sensitive skin, plus excema and yesterday evening I broke out in some kind of rash. The hives are spread out enough that at first I even thought that I just hadn't noticed a spider crawling across my forearms and nibbling on me. It is pretty much confined to my forearms, making me think that it is something on the tables at work (we do not have computer desks at all, just old fashioned wood desks in the offices and tables in the classrooms, where I am currently administering a final).
The swelling and itching had subsided by the time I got home and didn't bother me again until I was about half way to work this morning. Now I am on campus with no creams, but itchy, bumpy arms.
Does anyone have any in office solutions or am I going to have to go hunt for a pharmacy between exams?
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« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2010, 01:27:37 PM » |
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Baking soda paste can be really helpful for a variety of things, including mosquito bites, and it's just good old Arm & Hammer plus water.
For more serious itching, my fave is the Aveeno anti-itch cream that has a little hydrocortisone in it--1% I think.
Good luck--I feel for you!
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« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2010, 04:06:08 PM » |
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Baking soda paste can be really helpful for a variety of things, including mosquito bites, and it's just good old Arm & Hammer plus water.
For more serious itching, my fave is the Aveeno anti-itch cream that has a little hydrocortisone in it--1% I think.
Good luck--I feel for you!
Thank you. I ran to the pharmacy on my break, and this does seem to be working. However, the whole major reaction thing has completely drained my energy. Am I allowed to sleep through the final? |
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« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2010, 05:12:01 PM » |
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Too late for your original post, but are you taking Benadryl?
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« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2010, 05:13:11 PM » |
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Too late for your original post, but are you taking Benadryl?
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I am thinking of stopping to get some on the way home - as I recall, it knocks me out and I live about half an hour away from campus. |
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« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2010, 05:21:08 PM » |
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Are you in one of the areas of the country suffering under the heat wave? This sounds like it might be a heat rash.
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« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2010, 05:22:34 PM » |
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Too late for your original post, but are you taking Benadryl?
VP
I am thinking of stopping to get some on the way home - as I recall, it knocks me out and I live about half an hour away from campus. I'm backwards that way -- Benadryl doesn't knock me out but the "non-drowsy" meds do -- but Benadryl has been the most successful for me when I suffer from hives. Fortunately, those cases are rare, but they are excessively uncomfortable and inconvenient. VP |
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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2010, 05:25:34 PM » |
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Are you in one of the areas of the country suffering under the heat wave? This sounds like it might be a heat rash.
No. The temperatures of the heat wave would be normal for this area, but we have been 10-20 degrees cooler this week! Yesterday, I got caught in the rain and felt downright chilled. VP, I haven't actually taken benedryl for a very long time. This does seem like an allergic reaction, but I have never heard of taking Zyrtec for contact allergies, so I am considering the Benedryl for this evening. My boyfriend can drive. Heck, if he still hasn't replaced his tires, I might even let him drive my car. |
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« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2010, 05:28:41 PM » |
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I was thinking that, or at certain levels of heat, the dust mites and other small biting creatures that sleep in the wood or the mattresses or the cushions or whatever seem to go goofy and reproduce--or just come out--all over the place.
This happened in a camp I once worked at; recently, also, I visited an old saw mill on a hot day, left my bookback in a corner by the door and suddenly had a bunch of little mini-bites on the way home; I kept itching them the whole day before I figured out what had probably happened.
Alcohol wipes will also help dry them out, or you can do a quick fingernail prick into the center, squeeze out some of the fluid, daub with alcohol (or an insect repellent, or perfume) and the rest will stop burning and itching so much. (Old camp counselor's trick, modeled after first aid for snake bite...on a smaller scale).
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« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2010, 03:19:11 AM » |
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Hydrocortisone cream: stock up on it. I keep a spare in my desk drawer, as well as at home. It might go years or months where I don't need it, but when I need it, I need it!
I second the Benadryl, at least each night before bed, until the hives are gone. There's also some kind of Benadryl itch relief stick that might help.
An Aveeno oatmeal bath might help for immediate short term relief.
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