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ironchefkorea · 03-12-2004, 08:00 PM

Hmm...I'm worried that I may have some kind of weird skin disease, or in the worst case scenario, Syphillis. Let me explain...The following is really long, and kinda gross, so if you don't wanna hear it, just check the last paragraph. But it might give those of you who are wonderful enough to help me a better idea of what's going on.

For about a week or so I've been getting really weird, itchy hives. It started friday morning (3/5) in my film aesthetics class on my arms, and by the end of the night I had puffy quarter- sized hives all over my body - my back, stomach, chest, shoulders, forearms, biceps, thighs, and calves. I visited a doctor on Monday (3/8) and got six pills, a shot in the ass and a bunch of sample zyrtec pills. The six pills seemed to help a little bit, but if I ate anything oily, or any meat, the hives would break out.

The pills were to be taken once every twelve hours (I'm not sure what they were, because this doctor of mine is Korean - he just babbles stuff to me, hands me medicine and I smile and bow.), I'm guessing they were a basic antihistamine type of thing.

Anyway, things seemed to be getting better, but then I go to my film class again this morning (once a week, this class...), the hives only a very mild issue - I'd say less than 10 small red spots on my whole body. After the class they got worse. So I visited the doctor again today and when I got there, I had dime- sized hives on my forearms that looked like flowers - the centers were normal skin, but the area around it was red and puffed up. All I got were more zyrtec.

Now after a few hours, the hives are down to little tiny red dots on my shoulders and forearms. I'm scared, because these dots look a bit like the secondary phase of syphillis. But I practice safe sex and don't recall having a primary phase chancre.

So right now all I'm doing is eating carbs and veggies, and trying to clear out my system - I'm going to be taking lots of wheatgrass, eating a lot of fruit, etc. What suggestions might you people have to help my situation? Is it just a food- related allergy, or a skin condition, or am I a dirty, diseased, foul sex fiend?

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ironchefkorea Insane	What's Wrong With Me (skin allergy)? Hmm...I'm worried that I may have some kind of weird skin disease, or in the worst case scenario, Syphillis. Let me explain...The following is really long, and kinda gross, so if you don't wanna hear it, just check the last paragraph. But it might give those of you who are wonderful enough to help me a better idea of what's going on. For about a week or so I've been getting really weird, itchy hives. It started friday morning (3/5) in my film aesthetics class on my arms, and by the end of the night I had puffy quarter- sized hives all over my body - my back, stomach, chest, shoulders, forearms, biceps, thighs, and calves. I visited a doctor on Monday (3/8) and got six pills, a shot in the ass and a bunch of sample zyrtec pills. The six pills seemed to help a little bit, but if I ate anything oily, or any meat, the hives would break out. The pills were to be taken once every twelve hours (I'm not sure what they were, because this doctor of mine is Korean - he just babbles stuff to me, hands me medicine and I smile and bow.), I'm guessing they were a basic antihistamine type of thing. Anyway, things seemed to be getting better, but then I go to my film class again this morning (once a week, this class...), the hives only a very mild issue - I'd say less than 10 small red spots on my whole body. After the class they got worse. So I visited the doctor again today and when I got there, I had dime- sized hives on my forearms that looked like flowers - the centers were normal skin, but the area around it was red and puffed up. All I got were more zyrtec. Now after a few hours, the hives are down to little tiny red dots on my shoulders and forearms. I'm scared, because these dots look a bit like the secondary phase of syphillis. But I practice safe sex and don't recall having a primary phase chancre. So right now all I'm doing is eating carbs and veggies, and trying to clear out my system - I'm going to be taking lots of wheatgrass, eating a lot of fruit, etc. What suggestions might you people have to help my situation? Is it just a food- related allergy, or a skin condition, or am I a dirty, diseased, foul sex fiend? __________________ If it wasn't for microsoft, if we lived in the middle east? Y'all wouldn't have no hands....