T. Kenji Sugahara
Now I know what the heck that is.
I get the same stinkin thing.
On Nov 18, 2007, at 8:20 PM, Mike Murray wrote:
> What you had were cold urticaria. Not uncommon with exposure to
> cold and
> wet. Some people have it severely and frequently with minimal cold
> exposure,
> like putting an ice cube on the skin. Other people need to have a
> more
> significant exposure, like riding in the rain for hours. I, and
> evidently
> you, are in the second group.
>
> Mike Murray
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Robet Synak
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 19:15 PM
> To: obra@list.obra.org
> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Freaked out. Is there word of a chemical spill on
> WestHills roads? I've got some explosively itchy and burning legs ..
>
>
> Have there been any reports of chemical burns or allergic skin
> reactions of
> anyone riding in the west hills or around council crest this
> weekend? I
> just had a weird and furious postride outbreak of something on my
> legs. I'm
> a bit concerned. It's obviously something that splashed on my legs
> during
> my ride. I wanted to know if anyone else rode through some sort of
> toxic
> puddle. The four boundary points of my route: Cedar Hills Boulevard /
> Parkway in Beaverton; Mt Calvary Cemetery (58th & Barnes); Rose Garden
> reservoir; Council Crest (including the loop around).
>
> And here's what I'm so freaked out about: I rode in the rain this
> afternoon
> and at the end of the ride was soaked from the waist down, dry from
> the
> waist up. I didn't notice anything amiss as I put my bike away and
> went
> inside. As I was taking off my shorts my legs looked more or less
> normal.
> Dark below the elastic line on the leg; white above it. Then the
> white
> space above the elastic line started to fill in in an angry red, as
> did the
> bottom of my legs. It was itching like I wanted to take the flesh
> off my
> legs. In the space of a minute or two I was in a complete panic,
> scratching
> desperately, and the skin of my legs was on fire. My wife fed me four
> benadryl and after about five minutes the itching and burning
> started to go
> down. She says she's never seen me so scared before. About an hour
> later
> there was still some residual itching, but things were much better.
> I've no
> allergies I know of.
>
> It's definitely something that got on my skin. Only the parts of me
> that
> were soaked turned red. The area immediately underneath the elastic
> at the
> bottom of my shorts- a strip about 3/4" wide - stayed white. The area
> covered by my t-shirt and jacket, skin that stayed dry, stayed
> white. But
> my legs, which were soaked under my knee high shorts, soaked were
> they were
> bare, turned bright read and itched. Also, my feet were on fire,
> itching
> and crazy; my socks had been soaked the whole ride.
>
> Like I said, my skin seems pretty much back to normal now, two hours
> later,
> but I'm kind of freaked out. In thirty years of road riding nothing
> like
> this has ever happened to me. Are there any other reports of
> wierdness like
> this?
>
> I appreciate any insight anyone can give. Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Robert Synak
> 503.807.4429
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