Couple quick questions, can you help?

Underdog

1) Ok why is it Maya peoples but Mayan languages? Why is Mayan not used for anytime the possessive comes up? Also which is correct?

The Maya were conquered in the summer.
The Mayans were conquered in the summer.

2) When I get warm, I get itchy. Dunno what the hell is happening. It doesn't matter where I am. If I'm on a bus where the heat is being blasted, I begin to get itchy, mostly around my head but it'll also 'migrate' to my back and chest. If I'm at work (kitchen job) and things start to get a little rushed and I get warm, it's itchy time. This even happens when I'm SWIMMING, in a pool of water, if I swim for long enough and get body temperature rises because of the exercise. It's nothing crucial but it can be a great nuisance at times. Also, it's weird to note that sometimes I can get warm but not get itchy. This is especially true when I don't think about getting itchy. But that's not consistent as sometimes it'll creep up on me even if I'm not thinking about it. So it goes like this:

I get warm, I get itchy.
If I think about getting itchy while warming up, I'm very likely to be stricken by a case of itchiness.
If I don't think about it, there's a chance I avoid that fate.

Has anyone encountered this before? Should I bother a doctor with this?

Edit: There are a shit ton of syntax errors in there, sorry.

TrippyDK

Well the answer to number 2 seems to be you have dry skin. The reason you get itchy even in a pool is because of the chlorine. Ive been a swimmer for years, and every time i get out of the pool, i have to use a moisturizer of some sort, or else ill be too itchy to sleep.

Orikaeshigitae

I've never seen the word Maya used for anything other than a graphics program.

I've always seen it as Mayan -- he was Mayan, in the Mayan civilization, along with all the other Mayans.

Underdog

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

I've never seen the word Maya used for anything other than a graphics program.

I've always seen it as Mayan -- he was Mayan, in the Mayan civilization, along with all the other Mayans.

Now that's what I thought but they are referred to as the Maya in my history course as well as on Wiki. In fact, on Wiki, the only thing that uses Mayan is when the topic of language comes up. Everything else is Maya.

TrippyDK wrote:

Well the answer to number 2 seems to be you have dry skin. The reason you get itchy even in a pool is because of the chlorine. Ive been a swimmer for years, and every time i get out of the pool, i have to use a moisturizer of some sort, or else ill be too itchy to sleep.

I thought so too but why does it only appear when I get warm then? Even now, if my skin was dry, it'd be itchy. It's not. And I can stay in a pool for upwards of an hour without any effects but when I exercise for 20 minutes or so, the itchiness begins. If I stop and cool down, it goes away.

russia32

Perhaps I can answer your 2nd question.

You may have cholinergic urticaria. I have had this condition for years.

You mention heat causing an itching sensation. Do you develop hives as well?

They can appear differently for the individual. For some, they are quarter size red marks. Mine were more like large rashes.

Centipeed

I get itchy when I'm warm. I don't know if it's as bad as yours, it's just mildly irritating until I take off my jumper or whatever it making me hot. It might have something to do with sweat, but I never bothered to find out.

I asked a friend at one point, if it happened to him, and he said yes, so I assume that getting itchy when you're hot is normal (Although I don't think it happens to me anywhere as much as you).

Underdog

russia32 wrote:

Perhaps I can answer your 2nd question.

You may have cholinergic urticaria. I have had this condition for years.

You mention heat causing an itching sensation. Do you develop hives as well?

They can appear differently for the individual. For some, they are quarter size red marks. Mine were more like large rashes.

No, no hives otherwise I would've gotten it looked at by a doctor a long time ago. No lesions either although that thing seems to describe some of my symptoms.

Centipeed wrote:

I get itchy when I'm warm. I don't know if it's as bad as yours, it's just mildly irritating until I take off my jumper or whatever it making me hot. It might have something to do with sweat, but I never bothered to find out.

I asked a friend at one point, if it happened to him, and he said yes, so I assume that getting itchy when you're hot is normal (Although I don't think it happens to me anywhere as much as you).

How fast does the itch go away when you remove some clothing? Mine usually takes a while. And it ALWAYS starts on my scalp.