anyone allergic to cover scents?

[brain]

hello all im just wondering if anyone has had an allergic reaction to cover scent or no scent clothes wash?the last 3 years when i start bow hunting i wash my clothes underwear socks etc in sports wash. thenwhen i go hunting i wear a scentlock jumpsuit and boots and gloves and i spray my clothes and boots with fall blend scent killer.about 2 days later i start breaking out with poison ivy looking bumps that itch.but where i hunt there really isnt any p i.i always check for it and wash my hands as soon as i get home.then for a week or so new bumps continue to show up.they always show up around my waistline and my feet and my armpit area.weird because i have a jumpsuit on.i washed all of my clothes that i had on and dont have a clue to what causes this . CAN any one HELP.

[Michiganbowhunter_SQ2]

I know there are a few people on here who have allergies when it comes to the regular detergents, I believe it was the dyes and perfumes in them. If I remember correctly "ALL free and clear" was the detergent they switched to and it worked for them. Are you allergic to regular detergents?

[toddyboman]

Sounds like you are have a reaction to the detergent.

[3whunt]

waisteline and armpits....sounds like chiggers to me....especially if you are walking through tall grass

[Leo]

waisteline and armpits....sounds like chiggers to me....especially if you are walking through tall grass

Or scabies mites (which is honestly worse than chiggers ever thought of being!)

I'm allergic to many detergents but the sportwash stuff doesn't bother me at all. It really is a very gentle detergent. My wife steals it all the time because it works better than Woolite. When I played basketball if someone had washed their clothes in Cheer, all they had to do was bump into me to make me break out in hives.

Some scents will drive my allergies nuts. The no-scent stuff has been absolutely safe for me to use.

3whunt makes a very good point. Waistline and armpits is more indicative of an insect attack versus an allergic reaction. An allergic reaction to clothing detergents or scents would not be localized. You'd break out over every square inch of you (sometimes more) in contact with the clothing.

Hope this helps. If you got scabies they will itch way more at night than during the day. A hot shower just makes them dig deeper. You absolutely will need professional treatment for them. They don't just go away, they get worse. Been there. They SUCK! One of the most miserable experiences you can ever endure. They make poison ivy and chiggers seem like a walk in the park.

[wtnhunt]

That does seem kind of weird that you would break out only in those certain areas if it were the detergent. Sportwash is pretty mild and has no perfumes or dyes in it, those are what usually trigger the allergic reactions. If you try changing to the all free and clear and still the problem continues would assume it is probably some type of mite.

Would not rule out chiggers. Leo has some good points, but if it were scabies, would agree that the problem would not have gone away or would not go away without treatment. From how I take how I read your post this problem is isolated to the bow season and has been a problem in the past?

Kind of have to wonder if you are having a heat rash reaction causing your hives.

[brain]

i really dont think its chiggers ive had them before.im really thinking its the earth scent cover scent spray.i spray the lace area on my boots and that is one of the areas where i get it and i usually spray around my groin and around my armpits [on the outside of my clothes of course] cause that is where my odors would be comming from.the best relief is to take a hot shower and the itch goes away for hours.

[wtnhunt]

A hot shower would probably make chiggers worse. Might try using a different scent away type spray and see if the same thing happens. Only other advice I could give would be to go to an allergist.