What are these itchy spots?!

[Goddamnitchiness]

Can anyone help? Extremely itchy on and off on my chest area, which causes me to scratch like mad and have these red sore looking spots, I feel a weird itchiness up to my neck 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Anyone? The itchiness is driving me nuts 🙈

Hives and a blackhead?

@MulledWineAndMingePies The blackhead thing has been there for a long time, so not fussed about that, what causes hives? What can I put on it, I have Sudocrem 🤷🏻‍♀️

Are you ill in any other way OP? Often rashes are associated with viral infections or strep A etc. But if you’re feeling generally well and healthy maybe just a reaction to something you’ve come in contact with

Have you any antihistamine tablets? That would help the itching. Sudocrem won’t do much to help

@JuliaGooliaaa Family had some sort of flu, bad cough a couple of weeks ago, aside from that, am fine, just feels fiery hot itchy at times, mainly at night, but is quite bad today

Take an antihistamine. And show the little black spot to a doctor or pharmacist some time, in case it's the very beginning of something nasty.

Do you spray scent on that area? You might have become allergic to it, or be allergic if it’s something new to you.

I’d try an antihistamine first, then if that doesn’t work, maybe a soothing cream.

@Footle Ive had that for years, doctor saw it years ago and said it’s nothing but they can remove it if it bothers me.

@TwoRockSalmonAndAHaporthOfChips No scent 🤷🏻‍♀️

Shingles? That can be fiery hot itchy
if it is you need to start meds asap. Go to a doctor.

When did the rash & itchiness start?

It’s been itching on and off for a few weeks, but today feels itchy and weird around my neck too 🤷🏻‍♀️

contact dermatitis ?

Try Aveeno cream

Sounds like shingles - does it cross the midline of your body?

Ooh, closer look and it really looks like shingles

It looks absolutely nothing like shingles 🙄

@Eeve Its just my chest area but it felt like up to my neck, a strange feeling, just got anti histamines,

I had this with covid it turned into blisters like chicken pox

Antihistamines and antishan cream too. Piriton is good as you can take it multiple times in the day.

@AceofPentacles I had similar but not as bad after the first time I had covid, had it again in May, so not sure if it’s a bit late for a reaction now 🤷🏻‍♀️Definitely feels histaminey or something

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor Thank you 🙏it’s gone right down now I’ve taken one, was really quite bad before, like it was having a reaction all up my neck, so weird

I had this with covid they blistered after the itchiness went away

My itchy rash led the doctors to check my liver, which led to further tests. Now being treated for a rare ish autoimmune disease called Primary Biliary Cholangitis

It is an unusual disease in that every person's symptoms are different, but generally all suffer itchy rashes

Hope you get it sorted (and it's something external causing it) x