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What Are The Causes Of Having Red, Blotchy Areas Over Entire Body With Tingling Sensation And Warm Feeling?

Red blotchy areas over entire body, slighty itchy, more of a tingling sensation. No raised bumps or welts, warm to the touch. The reaction spread from head to toe, and has happened 3x in the last 2 weeks. Doesnt usually last more than a few minutes. Last episode lasted longer. 30+ minutes
Fri, 31 Jan 2014
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Hi 
Welcome to Healthcare Magic Forum 

Looks like you are suffering from chronic urticaria.
This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching.
In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching.
The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc etc.. 
Hope you are not on any medicines since long term. Pain killers, antipyretics, antibiotics are the common agents causing itching.
You can try if you can find out the pathology. 
For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks.
You might need a tapering course of these medicines.
So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation. 

Hope it helps ,
Wishing you speedy recovery .

Dr Geetika Paul
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What Are The Causes Of Having Red, Blotchy Areas Over Entire Body With Tingling Sensation And Warm Feeling?

Hi  Welcome to Healthcare Magic Forum  Looks like you are suffering from chronic urticaria. This is an itchy condition of skin which leads to redness and development of hives on the skin on itching. In such cases with long term itching, it is very important to find out the cause of itching. The causes can be varied: any drug intake, Intestinal infection, respiratory infection, thyroid disease, intake of preservative containing food stuffs etc etc..  Hope you are not on any medicines since long term. Pain killers, antipyretics, antibiotics are the common agents causing itching. You can try if you can find out the pathology.  For the time being, start with some anti histamines like Loratidine twice a day for atleast 2 weeks. You might need a tapering course of these medicines. So if itching persists, consult a dermatologist for proper evaluation.  Hope it helps , Wishing you speedy recovery . Dr Geetika Paul