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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
self diagnosis
Recently I have diagnosed myself with Dermotagrophia. For years now I have had this skin issue where every time I scratch, my skin becomes raised and it almost looks like I have hives. Gross. It's not the worst condition to have but it can get quite irritating. People sometimes look at me like I'm crazy when I have these huge scratch marks along my arms.
This condition also gets worse with the heat. I am also easily susceptible to heat rashes. Sometimes if it is too hot my clothes will irritate my skin and I will get itchy and blotchy all over. Double gross.
But here we go - I have a name for this 'problem' of mine: Dermotagrophia. Apparently Dermotagrophia is a condition in which lightly scratching your skin causes raised, red lines where you've scratched. In dermatographia, the skin cells are overly sensitive to minor injury, such as scratching.
Apparently there is no real cure for this and it only affects 5% of the population. See, I'm special :)
This condition also gets worse with the heat. I am also easily susceptible to heat rashes. Sometimes if it is too hot my clothes will irritate my skin and I will get itchy and blotchy all over. Double gross.
But here we go - I have a name for this 'problem' of mine: Dermotagrophia. Apparently Dermotagrophia is a condition in which lightly scratching your skin causes raised, red lines where you've scratched. In dermatographia, the skin cells are overly sensitive to minor injury, such as scratching.
Apparently there is no real cure for this and it only affects 5% of the population. See, I'm special :)
posted by Kripsie, 3:43 PM
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