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[Newbie9]

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[Tigres Pride]

Rather than bites, could be a reaction to something in or on the leather. Try putting a cover over the sofa before sitting down and see if you are still getting the same reactions.

[Townleygreen]

There was something that came up on BBC Watchdog about leather sofas causing rashes, itching. See this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7961969.stm

[Newbie9]

L.

[Townleygreen]

May I suggest that you do some internet research, Newbie?

[Newbie9]

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[Alec1]

I would suggest going to your pharmacist or GP.

[hc]

Hi there, I'd make a doctors appointment firstly to establish whether they are bites, what kind, or if it's more of an allergic reaction. Hopefully they might be able to throw some light on to it. I hope you find out the cause and quickly!

[Townleygreen]

Have you read the BBC article? It gives specific details about the issues!

[Newbie9]

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[Nigello]

Could it be an allergy to something you are eating or drinking?

[Seabag]

What do those marks end up looking like

Or do they disappear ?

[uncleglen]

Looks like gnat bites to me

[JohnL]

Newbie9 Wrote:

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> Thanks for the replies

>

> Wow! I never knew lesther sofas could cause a skin

> reaction. But in my case can this be really the

> situation? Considering we've had our sofas for

> more than a year now and never had this problem

> until recently?

I remember this

It was chemicals in some sofas

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/argos-leather-sofa-leaves-family-4659628

http://www.slatergordon.co.uk/personal-injury/faulty-products/sofa-rash/

[SLad]

Newbie,

Poor you and your little baby.

Agree with the poster who said that you need the help of the Dr to try to identify the cause of the bites or irritation.

When that's established then you could take some advice from the citizen'a advice bureau or a personal injury firm of solicitors on whether you have a claim (slater and Gordon represented lots of claimants in the main group action on the toxic sofa claims which settled in 2010, Macmillan Williams are a firm with a local office in Herne Hill who might be able to help).

But finding out the cause is the absolute first priority.

Good luck x