I was heading to bed last night and my left calf got super itchy. I probably scratched at it a bit and got into bed but it was itchy enough that I pulled the blankets aside and took a look.
My entire back of my calf was red and weird looking and felt itchy. WHAT?????
There might have been what could possibly have been a welt from a bug bite but that didn't explain the redness unless I'd really scratched that much?
I got up and got some hydrocortisone (anti itch lotion) and spread it all over and told myself to try not to think about it and that it was probably fine.
In the morning I tried to google what it might have been, like a bite or a hive? (From what I don't know?) and one possible answer for the redness if not scratching was like a heat rash. I'd had a hot water bottle on that calf for a while before bed for some soreness and maybe it had been too warm for too long? Not that that's a thing that has happened to me before.
So maybe I got bit and scratched the whole calf a lot. Or maybe I had heat on my skin and it got weird or maybe I'm allergic to going to bed at a reasonable hour? I don't know. But I am happy to report that my leg seems fine and redness and bump free the next day. (But still... what?)
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