Sunday, July 5, 2015

(Kind Of A) Pain In The Butt

Can you see the spot?
Yesterday morning when I woke up I had a red raised welt on the palm of my left hand that wasn't there when I went to bed.  It itched a little bit, and burned a little bit, but mostly it was just annoying.  After I got out of the shower I realized I also had similar welts on both of my gluteal folds.  Oy!

I wondered what I had done to cause the problem.  Friday had been an active outdoor day. Hubby Tony and I had visited a museum, spent time at a festival, and did a lot of walking.  During the course of the day I remember sitting on the grass a couple of times and leaning up against several trees.  That night we took in a fireworks display, where I sat on a sidewalk curb.  Each time I sat down (or leaned) I suspect I would have rested my hands on the ground (or tree), so I could understand the hand welt, but the other affected body parts would have been covered by my shorts and wouldn't have come into contact with anything.

I kept the areas covered with hydrocortisone cream and took antihistimine allergy pills on a regular basis.  My hand didn't cause me any problems, but all day long it was annoying to sit down.  When I did I tried to slouch, which kept pressure off the affected areas.  I'm sure my poor posture looked lovely at the restaurant where we ate dinner, but I didn't particularly care.

This morning the areas still looked red, but the itching and burning were gone. By dinner time the problem had resolved itself.  Hopefully never to return.

10 comments:

  1. Oy vey indeed!! That's a big welt. Glad it's clearing up.

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  2. Glad it is gone, can't think what that might be.

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  3. Glad it's gone. Hopefully it'll stay gone!

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  4. Good call to publish photos of your hand only! Summer seems like prime time for contact problems to crop up, and it's tough to pinpoint just what causes them. Glad you're feeling better, Kathy.

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    1. Yes, publishing photos of my other body parts would GUARANTEE I'd have no blog readers left :-)

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  5. I'm sitting here with two welts on my wrist. Must have gotten them while out working in the backyard. We have so many bugs and some are almost microscopic in size but they have a big bite! Hope yours heals up quickly.

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  6. Gosh! That's a new word for me. Gluteal folds...

    I get bug bites under my clothes which mystify us. I get them every so often and I don't know why, but they drive me crazy.

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    1. I didn't want to offend anyone, so I researched the correct anatomical term for the area :-)

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