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OMG I'm never going camping again!

Postby bright_star » Wed Dec 19, 2012 5:42 pm

I'm really embarassed about this. IDK what the stigma is about. It came from camping outside. But, I realize I did a bunch of things subconsciously that may have helped. First of all, I washed my hair out with vinegar and hydrogen peroxide. I also washed my skin with clorox. I've been taking three showers a day, and all my sheets washed and washed. But I may need a new bed.

It appears to be diminishing, it was almost everywhere. But it's getting worse around my breasts, which is scaring me a lot. I started scratching where it spread, and i couldn't help it, it's a more intense urge to scratch than poison ivy. I'm exhausted.

I need to go see a doctor, but I'm scared. Isn't there a huge embarassement associated? Like, does it mean you're "dirty" or something? Because I was perfectly clean before I got it, and it was FROM camping over a longer period of time in the woods. There was also a shower nearby, and I kept clean. I don't think it had anything to do with my hygeine. Maybe I'm just not using the right supplies, like somethign with Tea Tree oil in it.
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Re: OMG I'm never going camping again!

Postby Ada » Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:07 pm

What happened? What have you got? Unless you got poison oaked / ivied I can't think of anything that comes from camping! [Other than sleepless nights, hypothermia, burned or undercooked food. The usual stuff.]
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Re: OMG I'm never going camping again!

Postby rainbow_sprinkles » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:27 am

how intense of an urge to scratch? I'm assuming you have a rash of some sort? can you describe what it looks like? you should probably see a doctor regardless.
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