What May Have Caused It?

[agchristie]

I spent several hours in the garden today. A few hours after I finished I suddenly became aware of a burning sensation across my lower back under the level of the waistband on the shorts I was wearing. When I looked it was red raw like sunburn and very hot to touch. It runs right across below my waist and is several inches deep.

I didn't feel anything sting me but could have been bitten perhaps or is it likely to have been some sort of reaction?

It is still very red and burning :o(

[Tilly2]

Have you eaten any strawberries today?

[agchristie]

Chipchopper - it is a strange one because it flared up again at about 5.30pm and then stopped burning about half an hour later.It was a bit paler this morning but is redder again this evening.

I'm baffled....

[agchristie]

No strawberries Tilly!

[Tilly2]

Anything that could have caused hives?

Try taking an antihistamine tablet. I get frequent allergic reactions to a number of things and a antihistamine usually sorts it out.

[Chipchopper]

It might be worth your while identifying any plants that you may have come into contact with and check them out for any allergic reactions, they may have. Or perhaps someone on here can help identify any plants which can cause a reaction.

I'm glad we don't have plants like poison oak and poison ivy, in the UK, like they do in parts of North America, I well remember seeing all those warning signs along the hiking trails, across the pond.

[agchristie]

Chipchopper - I'd only been weeding and pulling out grass. I really can't think of any plants that I might have come into contact with.

I agree about the ivy!