New Allergy?

It doth seem that I have developed myself a new allergy. Yay, me. I'll spare you the details but it involves an itchy, bumpy rash on my arms. Ok, well, those are the details I guess. Anyhoo, said rash has flared up three times in the past month. Now, thanks to the internet, there are lots of possible explanations for this rash. Here are a few from the inter-web:

*Poisonous plants

*New toys

*New tools

*Smallpox

*West Nile Fever

*and the most likely, Diaper rash

So what's a girl to do? My suspicion is that this is a food allergy, and I have two theories. Please keep in mind that neither of these theories is informed by science, and are therefore, likely completely wrong. But, they are the only ones I have. My guess is that this is either an allergy to gluten (oh please God no) or to iodine from sushi. The flareups have each happened within 24 hours of eating sushi, which leads me to think it's the latter.

Therefore, my new thing for today is: NO MORE SUSHI. Can you hear me crying? No more wasabi. No more pickled ginger. No more rainbow rolls. Oh my heart, how it breaks. I'm going to practice sushi abstinence for a while and see what happens. If that doesn't clear it up, it may be time to consider West Nile as a possibility.