itchy bumps....not psoriasis

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Hi, I'm a new member. I am 55 years old and my first outbreak of psoriasis was when I went to university at 18. Since then I have had the usual range of treatments but always stuck to topical remedies and one course of uvb. To date I have been lucky as my psoriasis has never itched too much and I had learned to live with it. Apart from applying diprobase 2 time a day I did little else. Last summer it disappeared completely and I thought that I had got rid of it! Unfortunately it came back with a vengeance in october and vaseline was the only way I could moisturise it sufficiently. I resorted to vaseline at the end of the year and it started to clear up. Around this time I developed some very itchy bumps on my shoulders and back. There are not very many but they itch like crazy. I have applied betnovate to calm them down a little and have an appointment with a dermatologist in a couple of weeks. I think that the vaseline may be responsible as it can cause heat rash type symptoms but the itchy bumps have been there almost a month now. has anybody else experienced something like this?? Thanks.