First... I am FED UP.
Second if this seems a little long PLEASE do not turn away. My Doctors and Dermatologist, ER, Vets, Pre-Vet students, family and friends anyone I have asked, have no idea what I have.
I have this rash which covers most of my skin from head to toe. It is extremely itchy. And swells like i have silicone injections under my skin. This has been Spreading from the size of in ingrown hair on my hip to 10" patches on my thighs, shins, feet, butt, sides of my torso, inside of my belly button, my armpits, triceps, elbows, and underside of my forearms. But is does not seem to really effect the top side of my fore arm or biceps. My face is not effected by this. My scalp has also shown up with these "boggy" dime sized itchy swells.
Timeline:
It started out in Feb. What looked liked an ingrown hair on my hip. Thinking this i left it alone. By about May it still has not fully healed, but now another pimple (no pus) like bump appeared. This is now becoming itchy. Ive have had worse on my body so I still didnt stress over it. Two weeks later it is now very itchy and now to appear as if it is RingWorm. I had this as a child a couple times and used over the counter meds. No effect.
This is when I start to become worried, it being so close to my groin. I went to my Doc. First words she said after she saw it was "ummm... wow." Her face said everything. She had no idea what it was. Sent me to a Dermatologist. And once again i get "oh boy... what is this we have here." I got Steroid injections in the boggy spots, a Biopsy, and some fungal creams and shampoo. Two weeks later, no change, but biopsy results are in. "Well we now know its not fungi" , so what is it doc, "we still do not know."
June, by now the rash has spread over my legs, belly button, and now starting on my arms. Every time i scratched the bumps it became VERY swollen, almost like how i react with mosquito bites. If i dont touch it, its not very swollen, but if i do, it swells to about the size of a quarter.
After searching all over the internet and asking around, I went back to my doctor and asked if its possible that it can be Scabies. She gave me Permethrin. I put it on head to toe and kept it on for 12 hrs. Incredibly next few days the itch lessened and the bumps started to leave. Some scaring around my hips, but who cares its the bumps and insane bloody mess itching has gone.
OK, im Cured!
Now it is October. And now within a matter of 3 days the bumps returned, and now worse then ever. Now instead of a bunch of separate bumps I have a solid Patches now which are red, Swollen, incredibly itchy. Its on my chest hands everywhere... except my face, penis, and scrotum.
So now what?
Ive tried:
Selenium sulfide lotin USP 2.5% for my hair
Triamicinolone .1% for "contact dermatitis"
Clotrimazole 1% for fungi.
Permethrin 5% about 3 times now for "scabies"
Side notes:
1.Almost every bump starts out as a single bump. But strangely it then splits into about 5 smaller bumps in the shape of a pentagon. Until they split again and start to spread out in a ring formation. Then when it is in close proximity to other bumps in turns into a swell where the individual bumps are not visible anymore.
2. If I keep close on, the itch really subsides. But once i remove my shirt or even roll up my sleeve the itch comes back with an additude.
My history:
I am a 23 yr old male, have been in good condition my entire life (besides the fact that I have had my ACL replaced 2 yrs ago, if it makes a difference.) I have had seasonal allergies for about 8 yrs ( itchy eyes, runny nose) nothing a few zyrtec couldnt control. I do get an itchy throat if i eat the skin of apples, pears, or plumbs.
I should probably be going to the Doctors as much as possible. But i cannot take off any more time from work. And finding Doctors that are available when i am has proven difficult. So now I ask on this Forum for some help, advice, opinion, anything.
I am open to any question what-so-ever about my personal health history, drug usage, job etc. what ever it takes to help get an answer
I thank everyone in advance. If you have taken the time to read this, please, anything will help now.
I will try to attach some pics. I believe they are right before i tried the Permethrin the first time, which looks like nothing compared to what i have now. i will update when i get back to my comp.
=Jon