What could be causing a rash all over the body?!
Question:
What could be causing a rash all over the body?
I have a bumpy rash (skin-colored) that has broken out over the past two weeks on my face, my arms, hands and fingers and legs. I have been to the doctor three times and he has ruled out chicken pox, measles, mumps, etc. He said it's an allergic reaction to something from the inside out (meaning not contact-dermititis). I had it a couple weeks ago and then I got an allergy shot and it went away. A week later it is back again. I itch like crazy, a maddening itch 24-7. I haven't changed anything I normally eat or products I use except for my husband changed our laundry soap a couple weeks ago. I don't know what to do.
Answers:
As a healthcare provider I believe too it is an allergy. The other possibility is a drug reaction (unless you have not received any new drugs). When you say you got an allergy shot, I believe you are referring to a shot of decadron or a simular corticosteroid which is like cortisone or predisone. The fact that the rash has been two weeks and that it reacted to the decadron (or steroid) shot more or less proves the allergy theory. A visit to the dermatologist is warrented, but not the ER at this point....unless the rash would turn to shortness of breath or swelling in the face or throat etc. This may also lead to an allergy specialist.