I am incredibly allergic to poison ivy and three weeks ago I came into contact with a large amount of it. I have finally healed up after swollen and drippy rashes all over my arms and also in splotches on my hands. All the poison ivy rash has dried up and feels fine. However, three nights ago I woke up in the early morning with unbearable itchiness all over the palms of both hands, on the palm-side of my fingers, and in between my fingers. I was able to temporarily relieve the itching by running hot water over my hands for as long as I could stand it. I thought that perhaps I had re-exposed myself to poison ivy somehow, but I do not believe that to be the case.
I am able to lightly make out a lot of small to medium-sized circular spots underneath my skin. They sort of remind me of hives only in the way that they are pink around the edges and lighter in the middle. My hands and fingers are swollen because of this and whenever I make a fist, it hurts and itches.
Does this sound like anything that you know of? Are there any typical bodily reactions that can happen after having a bad hyper-sensitive reaction to poison ivy? I look forward to hearing some possibilities.