#they've been itchy welts for about 5 minutes now. if i scratch them it'll get worse | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

vox-off · 2 years

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i still occasionally see that 'skin writing' post going around and it leaves out a very very important detail, so as someone with dermatographia let me fuckin tell you

y'know what those welts are? histamine response. y'know what histamine responses are?

ITCHY

#voxbox #dermatographia #imagine if everything ever in the entire world was made out of mosquitos #that's what dermatographia is like. if my skin is broken at all by ANYTHING it itches for 10 minutes #papercuts? stingy AND itchy. scratch an itch too hard and break the skin? it's even itchier now and lasts twice as long!#just played with my cat and she caught my hand in two places with her claws. both cuts are tiny. maybe a milimeter apiece #they've been itchy welts for about 5 minutes now. if i scratch them it'll get worse #so i must sit and seethe #i have been to hell and it looks like dry hands that split in two dozen microscopic places that itch and burn #and before someone says anything no it's not allergies. my doctor scratched my skin in various places with a sterile needle #and every single scratch welted up and itched. i have an actual dermatographia diagnosis #it is considered an immune disorder #and it's a n n o y i n g

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