Hives

sdouglas

About 6 years ago I got a bad case of chronic hives. I went through all of the testing, and the doctors found nothing. After about 5-6 months they disappeared and I didn't look back. Well, they are back now. I am not stressed, because that is the first thing everyone says. The part that Im confused about, it they do make you retain water. Anyone ever suffer from them.?
I feel like i'm not losing. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

sdouglas

About 6 years ago I got a bad case of chronic hives. I went through all of the testing, and the doctors found nothing. After about 5-6 months they disappeared and I didn't look back. Well, they are back now. I am not stressed, because that is the first thing everyone says. The part that Im confused about, it they do make you retain water. Anyone ever suffer from them.?
I feel like i'm not losing. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

nannascot

I do so sympathise, one of my daughters had Hives (urticaria) the specialist eventually diagnosed that it was an allergic reaction to her own hormones; it became worse every 4 weeks. She definitely retained fluid, at her worst she felt like a water filled balloon. Thankfully she is now free of it. Hope you have good medical help, take care.

sdouglas

Thank you!

RowanC

Please read my thread on MCS.
I had hives most of my childhood whenever exposed to DDT, old oil, and other farm chemicals.

Your body doesn't release histamines to cause hives just because it's bored.
Something is causing the reaction.

You might start by cleaning the chemicals out of your house and your person.

Nich0le

My daughter had hives frequently as a baby and toddler due to food allergies. She outgrew those food allergies and two years later started getting hives due to pollen allergies, she physically could not touch plants that had any type of pollen or she would break out. When her body adjusted to seasonal allergies she quit getting hives for about 5 years when we discovered some new food allergies.

It could be something in your environment that is new to you at this point or an allergy that has finally come to the surface. You can develop allergies at any point in your life. You could go to an allergy specialist and have skin tests done, they will be the most likely doctor to find what the cause of the hives is rather than your usual family doctor. Once they find out what your allergies are you can choose options for treating, preventing or eliminating the allergies.

sdouglas

Thank you for all of your feedback. I have a doctors appt. tonight- hopefully we will get to the bottom of this. I am also a teacher, and I work in an old building- I am starting to think that has alot to do with it too. Thanks again.

ohthatbambi

My daughter gets hives and started taking singulair a couple years ago. Now she rarely gets them. She will have a random outbreak--seems like it is from red dye in candies and stuff. When that happens we just give her benedryl and they disappear quite fast.