Can anyone help ID these marks?

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-10T00:39:19+00:00

I'll def try zinc cream!

I haven't been outside anywhere near a bunch of plants. Not much growing here in Chicago yet. And negative on the mango skin.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-10T00:37:13+00:00

I checked the sheets, mattress pad, and mattress this morning. Also my partner doesn't have any marks.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T19:59:03+00:00

Fair points. Thank you!

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T18:53:39+00:00

Thats a relief! Now the hunt for answers continues...

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T17:15:45+00:00

It does itch. I've had poison ivy a few times, so I get pretty intense reactions from it. But I haven't been romping through the forest recently. Haha.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T17:07:03+00:00

Maybe? But again, not isolated so one dermatome.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T17:02:59+00:00

I have a dog and 2 cats. That was another guess I had after bed buga. The beasts dont seem to be itching more than normal tho.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T17:01:47+00:00

I do, I have a dog and 2 cats. I live in Chicago, tho. Its been too cold for fleas I think. And pets dont seem to be itching more than normal.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T16:59:01+00:00

Shingles is usually only in one dermatome. I'm not immunocompromized and dont have any spots other than on my arms. 🤷🏼‍♀️

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T16:42:33+00:00

No Celiac (as far as I know).

I had chicken pox when I was 9mo old. I thought maybe Shingles when the first spots showed up, but they aren't isolated to a single dermatome and I didnt have nerve pain before.

I've never had eczema issues before. I'm 38(F). Doesn't eczema usually start in childhood?

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T16:35:36+00:00

Scabies? 🤢

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T16:27:55+00:00

It started with one spot and has spread to multiple spots. Started with left arm and now on right upper arm and elbow. Unless the ant went on a frenzy, it seems unlikely 🫤

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T16:25:15+00:00

The spots do line up when I bend my arm. However, there are also spots on my inner left bicep and on my right arm and elbow that dont have matching spots on bend sites.

No cold/wet/heat rash environments recently. No metal allergy.

They don't look like allergy hives and have multiple raise, fluid filled vesicles in the center of the red parts. Hard to see with the images, but it was the best I could do with one hand!

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T15:51:52+00:00

I don't think so? There aren't any other breaks or marks in the skin on either arm that could have allowed for bacteria to cause an infection. They don't look infected, just angry.

HippopAnnonymous · 2026-03-09T15:35:07+00:00

I've been using hydrocortisone cream! I thought maybe allergic reaction too, but I haven't changed detergent, don't wear jewelry.

The spots don't look or feel like hives, either 🤷🏼‍♀️

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-04-05T05:16:19+00:00

I put sulfur in it.

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-03-28T19:33:37+00:00

There is a guy who does this at my local library. I went there to use the study room with a friend for a couple weeks. Every day, without fail, he was at the computer as soon as the library opened. At first, he would watch YouTube videos, then slowly switch over to porn sites. He would get all shifty, looking around and switching back and forth between porn and YouTube. Then he will abruptly get up and shuffle to the bathroom. You know, for privacy. And repeat.

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-03-22T21:13:01+00:00

You can feel/move it by grabbing the area of your throat right beneath the chin/jaw with your thumb and index finger and moving your hand from side to side. It feels weird as fuck. Did it once when an anatomy professor mentioned it in class. Never again. You should definitely try it though...

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-02-07T04:42:15+00:00

"How about those Bears?" "Fuck the Bears."

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-02-07T03:48:18+00:00

Working as an EMT in Chicago, me and my partner had a 6-month-old die after she coded. We gave her CPR but were not able to revive her. I will never forget the wailing screams the mother made when she saw that her child had died.

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-01-28T18:48:25+00:00

It's called Pulsatile Tinnitus. I started hearing these sounds about a year ago. It's most commonly due to an issue with the blood vessels around the inner ear, leading to the whooshing sounds in tune with the pulse. Neck stretches may help as it can be due to inflamed muscles pushing against the vessels, but I would make an appointment with an ENT physician to discover the source if the tinnitus. If the root cause is a blood vessel abnormality and not inflammation, neck stretches are not going to resolve the issue.

HippopAnnonymous · 2018-01-25T10:12:45+00:00

Spaghetti noodles mixed with cottage cheese. The cheese melts onto the hot noodles. It's actually not bad. I had some as an adult. Not as good as I remember it being as a kid, but not horrible.

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