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Hi. Been working out in the garden a fair bit lately and last night had tremendously itchy hands. I assumed I must have touched something that didn't agree (although I did have gloves on), took some piriton on went to bed.
This morning I've woken up to the same itchy hands and a red blotchy rash on my hands, lower arms and knees (I was wearing trousers yesterday too). More piriton has been taken, but has anyone got any ideas what it could be or what to do about it?
No pain, no other symptoms, just the rash and itchiness! Pics below...
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That's death rash.
Don't worry.
Just don't make any long term plans.
Say goodbye to all you love.
Make sure all your finances are in order for your family.
You'll be fine.
Herpes.
Or some form of poison ivy/hogweed, you might get some fun blisters as well.
Do you have any Euphorbia in your garden? The sap is caustic and can cause a rash like that.
[i]fun blisters[/i]
euphemism for an STD?
Thats the dreaded bum-pox... slowly but surely, you will erupt in sores which in turn begin to defecate all over your body.
You'll get used to it after a while~ my wife actually finds it quite attractive.
Hogweed? It gets worse in sunshine.
What were you working on?
There are quite a few plants that have phototoxic sap that can cause pretty bad skin reactions.
Giant Hogweed springs to mind
I've generally been removing ivy from fences and trees over the last week. Not had anything like it until yesterday though when I was cutting down a couple of trees.
I'm guessing it wasn't the ivy as I've been exposed to that all week without issue. I would be surprised if it was the trees?
Bad cat aids from an infected baby robin bite? That should cover the standard STW responses.
were there any children's faces near you at the time?
Ivy could be poisonous, and some trees are as well that you'd find in the UK, Figs and Chestnuts for example
yep, that there is cat aids to be sure.
Either too much knuckle shuffling... Or not enough.
+1 iolo
Black death, can I have your bike!
Ivy - can make you fell a bit sick as well even if you wear gloves and goggles.
Done it once.
Either way give it a good wash with lots of water and I'd avoid the sun 'cos if it's hogweed it can scar if the sun gets to it.
PS Don't trust me, I'm not a doctor 🙂
It's cat AIDS. The bad sort, I'm afraid.
Make the most of your last hours on earth, won't you?
over moisturising? 😯
Triffid sap. Designed to slow you down and incapacitate you, so you're easier to catch.
Did you have anything that looked like this? It'll probably be smaller at the moment.
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