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medicalstudent123 · Jun 24, 2007, 09:37 PM

Hi everyone. CAn anyone tell me about a illness. I have never seen it before in my life but I have it now. It is an unknown condition which even seems weird to me. I have these like bug-like bumps and they are very itchy. They only appear at 5 at night and it would be itchy all throughout the night until morning they would be all gone. Can anyone tell me what they are and how I can get rid of them?

J_9 · Jun 24, 2007, 09:40 PM

I have moved your question to a post of its own so it will get the answers it deserves and it will not follow on the coat tails of someone else's question.

Could this be an allergy? Any new soaps, detergents, fabric softeners?

Another thing that comes to mind... bed bugs?

Xrayman · Jun 24, 2007, 10:23 PM

I'd almost put money on scabies as the issue here.

J_9 · Jun 25, 2007, 06:15 AM

Dang I forgot about scabies! Thanks for reminding me. Yes, it does sound as though it could be scabies.

Xrayman · Jun 25, 2007, 04:11 PM

Do the bumps have "scratch-like' tracks leading to/from them? if so, they are the scabie mites digging along the underside of the skin. You can treat this with a cream.

Cinnabar · Jun 28, 2007, 04:24 PM

The fact that it happens only at night and then disappears later points away from scabies. It is more than likely hives and points to an allergy to dust mites, a detergent, soap, or something along those lines.

Cinnabar · Jun 29, 2007, 03:10 PM

Xrayman, a scabies infection is not something that comes and goes on a nightly basis as the OP describes. Once the symptoms appear, they would be visible constantly until the infection is taken care of. The mites will not migrate out from the person's skin on a daily basis and if that was the case, medical treatment would be virtually impossible, which it certainly is not.

This case sounds like a classic allergic reaction. Using a new laundry detergent, soap, shampoo, or even dust mites in an old mattress can be the culprits.

To the OP: If you have no luck figuring out what is causing it, see an allergist and have an allergy panel done.

J_9 · Jun 29, 2007, 03:48 PM

Cinnebar, why do you say that allergies do occur mainly at night? Allergies can occur any time of the day.

Mites, bugs, what have you, tend to be more active in the evening hours.

Cinnabar · Jun 30, 2007, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by J_9

Cinnebar, why do you say that allergies do occur mainly at night? Allergies can occur any time of the day.

Mites, bugs, what have you, tend to be more active in the evening hours.

I didn't say anything to imply that allergies occur mainly at night. The fact that this problem occurs only at night (irrelevant of the time -- it's the fact that it is a particular time of the day and not all day) eliminates scabies from the differential.

bushg · Jun 30, 2007, 07:02 AM

When I was a wee girl living in the mountains of KY, almost everyone in my hollow had scabies one winter. I remember the itching to be most intense in the evening and at night. A quick trip to the dr.s and we were given some sparkly medicine in a bottle to rub on us, was all it took for the cure. That was after all home remedys were exhausted. Lol and boy were there some crazy remedys.