Need help from this community to see if anyone has had similar experience and what may be causing my rashes. Paramedic and GP had no clue too.
A little history:
1st time I had rashes was in 1999, last day in my first job in Singapore, management took me to disco for the first time and offered me a beverage, which I later realise had abt 2~3% alcohol in it as after drinking, face was red and hot. Afterwards had rashes on my back for 2 consecutive nights during midnight hours.
2nd time was sometime in 2008, abt 48hrs after I had a daytime operation to stitch my left middle finger as I had accidentally cut it with a surgeon knife (it was in the drawer at work) while opening a packaging. This is in Perth. Doctor then said it would not be due to allergic to medication then as it was not within 24hrs. Rashes were big red patches mainly around my body. Did not take any medicine, let it heal by itself. Can't remember how long it took, probably a few days.
3rd time was recent, early Feb. I am at work on a minesite up in Mardie area. Usually hot and dry. That day when I got it, it had been quite cool and windy for those few days though. I had been sleeping on the same bed for nearly 3 weeks before I got the rashes. I was on RDO that sunday and had a afternoon nap, I remember scratching my shoulders but took no notice. Until that night when i went to bed, I started scratching all over my body, legs but still not aware I am developing a rash, did not sleep well that night. The next day it start to develop on my arm so i went to see the paramedic on site, he couldn't provide any reason as I only know I am allergic to alcohol (due to 1st rash) and I do not drink anyway. I am also not eating anything special as it's all provided on site. I have been working on the same site for 20months now and this rash occurred for the 1st time since I am here. The rashes developed as a small red puffy dot like a mossie bite then developed to a big patch (can be as big as the size of hand palm), perhaps due to scratching. Medic gave antihestamin and I had 1 tablet that evening and it ease after a couple of hours just after dinner.
I flew back to Perth the next day and went to GP who couldnt offer a solution too, only suggest sometimes its the body's own protective reaction.
All was good until 8Feb, 1st day of Chinese New Year morning, a rash start developing on my back again and some on my thigh. I had stayed up the whole night before and ate some tidbits. Mum applied cold aloe vera gel on my rashes and I tried to get some sleep, rashes subsided after a couple of hours.
Back on site and these few days, developed rashes again. Not as much as previously but bits on my tummy area, thigh, etc. Yesterday feel the rash on both middle fingers, gone for a while then came back again. Then last night around 11pm, rashes started developing around my neck area! All very itchy. I splash with water to try cool it down a bit and applied some apple cider vinegar and tried to get some sleep. Gone in the morning except for 1 small rash still visible near my tummy. Room had aircon set at 23 but I usually feel cold, dont like aircons so had cover with blanket.
Don't think it's the food as there is nothing special to eat on site and I am vegetarian, so even more limited choices.
BF suggest it might be heat rash. I rarely sweat in dry aussie weather though.
Mum had a history of cold rash when we were in Singapore, where it's often windy and cool at night where we lived.
I do not have any known allergies to any food too, used to love peanuts and had it almost every dinner but had not been eating it much for nearly a year now. Not allergic to other nuts too.
Thanks for reading.
Talk to a dermatologist and/or an allergy specialist (whatever you call them), rather than asking the internet.
Just adding on, I wouldn't rule out allergy without talking to a doctor, people can be allergic to pretty much anything from what I've seen with people I know. I guess this is another way of me saying, talk to a specialist/get an opinion from a doctor specialising in that area.