Anyone know what skin disease hit me?

[rk47]

I'm not sure what hit me. It's probably some sort of skin allergy but before I could get skin treatment from a doc it disappeared by itself after 2 days. The day it started to develop I had some Turkish beef food with sourcream (I didn't like it) and some peanut soup dessert. Burger King for dinner. Breakfast was...uh..some fried noodles.

Then I noticed I start feeling itchy all over at night. Especially on the belt area and my joints. When I got home to shower I saw lots of red patches all over me. On my arm, thigh, stomach, chest. I was quite freaked out. I couldn't sleep well that night. I dreamed of zombies biting all over me, I can't help myself from scratching the red patches. Then I woke up in the morning with cold sweat. It's all gone. I didn't think it could have a comic book effect of 'red one day, then gone the next day' but no traces remain. The red patches that has around 1-3 mm in height layers over my skin are gone. So are the itchiness.

So. Wtf happened?

[Chimpy]

Sounds like an allergic reaction to something you ate.

[Trippy]

Dunno what it is but I had that happen to me too a while back. I think it was the raw shellfish I ate. Mine appeared and disappeared quicker though. I have other food allergies that affect my throat and mouth but I figured this was something similar.

[Miasma]

I'd tell you to go and see a doctor but judging by the other thread you don't like taking important matters to the people who actually know what to do .

[MahrinSkel]

Sounds like a classic allergic reaction to me, Urticaria (also known as "hives").  Did it look anything like either of these pictures?

Edit by Trippy: Those make me itchy just looking at them :p

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Urticaria_2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Urticaria_arm.jpg

I had it once, a reaction to a new cologne I was trying.  The really fun part comes about a week later, when all that skin sloughs off like you were getting over a sunburn.

--Dave

[rattran]

I had the same reaction a few weeks ago, after sleeping and showering at a hotel. Figure it was either the sheets or the towels, but it was gone after 2 days of colloidal oatmeal baths and liberal application of an anti-itch cream.

No fun at all. If it recurs, go see a doctor.

[rk47]

I'd tell you to go and see a doctor but judging by the other thread you don't like taking important matters to the people who actually know what to do .

heh. not my fault. someone had to hit the family button and screw it all up. I don't wanna fuck around anymore with this family shit. Just detach and make sure I'm not involved anymore.

[rk47]

Sounds like a classic allergic reaction to me, Urticaria (also known as "hives").  Did it look anything like either of these pictures?

Edit by Trippy: Those make me itchy just looking at them :p

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Urticaria_2.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Urticaria_arm.jpg

I had it once, a reaction to a new cologne I was trying.  The really fun part comes about a week later, when all that skin sloughs off like you were getting over a sunburn.

--Dave

oh yeah. That's it!  damn. I gotta find out the cause and avoid that shit from now on.

[photek]

I had the same shit a few years back for one night. I was scared to hell as it just grew all over me, I was like "oh fuck I'm dying". I was sitting and sweating and playing games to forget it and when I woke up it was all gone. Found out it was some food I ate at an Thai restaurant, needless to say I never went back.

[Azazel]

I'd tell you to go and see a doctor but judging by the other thread you don't like taking important matters to the people who actually know what to do .

heh. not my fault. someone had to hit the family button and screw it all up. I don't wanna fuck around anymore with this family shit. Just detach and make sure I'm not involved anymore.

[schild]

I had the exact same reaction to some BBQ sauce. Allergic reaction. Went away in about 3 hours after a hot bath. Happened twice. Something in a mustard. Anyway, first time I went to Urgent Care. They pumped me full of steroids. Second time I knew what was happening, hopped in the hot tub, good to go. Mild allergic reaction.

[Bandit]

Sounds like a possible peanut (peanut soup dessert) allergy? Very common.  Photek, it might be something to do with peanuts for you as well, as Thai food uses peanuts extensively.

[Signe]

I think you all caught the funk from each other.

Your baby is adorably tough looking, Bandit.

[Oban]

It might be stress related, has anything happened recently?

[Trippy]

[rk47]

Yup and then the wise old internet told me:

[schild]

It might be stress related, has anything happened recently?

Not a chance.

[rk47]

yeah i learn not to take shit too seriously. I think my greatest fuck up is the inability to take shit seriously, I thought i learned that lesson when i just L2 Grind all the way after college for a year till the money ran out.  Apparently, if i can see the humour in my life then im happy that someone's lol'ing. Yes mom, ur son make other ppl laugh, so what.

[Azazel]

Yup and then the wise old internet told me:

I'm not suggesting you sue him, idiot.  Neither are several others in that thread.

We're saying cover your own arse by reporting it properly, as opposed to saying ZOMG he saidz "family" so now I needs to

[schild]

wow i did not make that stress connection.

Tired.

[rk47]

@_@ keke. much  Azazel

[Simond]

It's lupus.

[Nebu]

I'm late to the party.  Without a picture it's tough to say, but the most common explanations would be a) stress or b) allergy. 

Looks like you got plenty of good information above, so I won't beat this one to death. 

[photek]

I think you all caught the funk from each other.

Your baby is adorably tough looking, Bandit.

[Signe]

Oh.  I'm not good on keeping up with this sort of stuff, I guess. 

You guys still have the funk, though.

[Tebonas]

I think the disease is called "Asking the internet instead of professionals that are trained in the matter at hand".

I'm all for talking about everything and nothing on these forums, but next week you ask us how to fix the brakes on your car. This blind faith in random people might get you killed one day!

Edit: Because when you see it quoted you realized there is something fishy about breakes on a car...

[Oban]

I'm all for talking about everything and nothing on these forums, but next week you ask us how to fix the breaks on your car. This blind faith in random people might get you killed one day!

...so you just pour the liquid oxygen right in to your gas tank and it will take care of the engine knock you posted above.  Trust me, I am an Internet expert.

[Arnold]

I think you all caught the funk from each other.

Your baby is adorably tough looking, Bandit.

I want to punch this little fucker in the face so hard he goes 20 feet.  Him and all the lame ass cats people post.  Fuck babies and cats, fuck 'em all!

[Big Gulp]

Sounds like a possible peanut (peanut soup dessert) allergy? Very common.  Photek, it might be something to do with peanuts for you as well, as Thai food uses peanuts extensively.

Agreed.  Allergies to peanuts are common as hell.  That's the only thing you listed that really stood out to me.

On the other hand, you could be one of those freaks like me who has sensitive skin and you just broke out in hives.  Did you change anything else, like your laundry detergent, maybe?  I know I had to switch to hypoallergenic detergent or else I get rashes where my shirts rub my skin (back of the armpits and the shoulders).

[Venkman]

My wife had something similar. A couple of minutes google'ing came up with a site of a LOT of people having it. But we had a good place to start too. We bought some new flavored water at BJs (big box club type place, a Wal*mart you pay an annual fee for) that had, err, I think it was aspertain (going backa  few years here). Turns out she's allergic, as are a whole lot of other people.

As to seeking advice from professionals before the interwabs: if you've been to an allergist, then it's because you know you're having an allergic reaction to something. And you know what they do? Ask exactly the same questions asked in this thread.

Then they give you some stuff to counteract whatever's happening.

Not everything said on the web is a waste of pixels.

[Oban]

Aspartame is NutraSweet, good luck staying away from that.

As for allergic reactions, in all seriousness, the first time your body reacts to an item it sets up a rather hazardous condition wherein subsequent reactions to the substance you are allergic to can become more and more severe.  Ask your doctor for a prescription for an EpiPen.  It may save your life.

[Morat20]

Go to an allergist. They will jab you with approximately 93 million needles, and if you don't go into shock right there, you'll come back a day later and they'll look at which sites swelled up like ballons, and tell you EVERYTHING you're allergice to.

We did it to my son when he was 6. Damn, he was seriously pissed about that. We didn't let him see the shot board, so the first (and biggest set) on his back came as a complete surprise. Turns out he's allergic to practically every tree that grows in Texas, as well as soy. (The latter was important to know, as the child LOVES soy based products. We altered his diet, give him zyrtec daily, and his life has gotten a lot smoother).

[Lantyssa]

It's lupus.

It's never lupus.

[Johny Cee]

As someone who just got diagnosed with Shingles this morning:

Fuck this thread.

[Paelos]

I see someone else said peanuts already. That was the first one that jumped out at me as well in the list of things you ate.