Hi.

I'm a 19 year old female. I have no insurance right now, so i'm not able to just make a doctor's appointment. If it seems like it's something more serious, though, I might find a doctor and just pay for it.

Problem 1:

i've dealt with this problem before, but it would come and go after 1 day, or just hours. But, for the past few days, it's been coming frequently and staying longer.

I'm not sure what triggers it, because it seems to happen very randomly. A few weeks ago it happened after I had just been at my friends house for a while, went outside for a few moments on the front steps. Only thing I touched in that time was her railing. Not too much later I noticed my hands were having issues.

Here is what happens to them...

I see red blotches, with no particular shape...Sort of round, but blotchy none the less. They appear to be under the skin, but can still be seen. My hands start to feel "tight" for lack of a better word, have a tingly/almost itchy feeling that I find rather hard to explain.

It's very uncomfortable, and scary because i'm not sure what it means.

Sometimes the red blotches will go away and white ones will show instead. At this point the tightness/uncomfortable feeling is much less severe but still a little bit noticable.

If this makes any difference...When I shovel or clean off a car in the snow, or work with a shovel or something for too long, my hands get very tight, swollen, and appear sort of white/red and very tense/hard.


Now on top of this, starting last night I have a sore throat. The pain is something I can deal with, but I can't tell if it will get worse or not. My throat feels somewhat slimey, but not too bad. My nose is a little bit runny, also not bad at all.

But still, i'm scared that this might be a severe situation so please help.