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OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Tell me about yours.
I had giant hives like continents for a little over a year that went away. I didnt take steroids. But worked full-time on 4 Benedryl
In Am & 4 Benedryl at 5 PM.
Might have been launched by chemical exposure & stress
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Pure living.
LearnedHand
(3,673 posts)Likewise with giant hives and length of persistence. I did have to take steroids to control them. Cilla, check DM for a little more info.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Prednisone that werent healed after years so I passed
I am nervous about vaccine because Ive had several over the top histamine reactions 🤷🏻?♀️
Your thoughts?
LearnedHand
(3,673 posts)The steroids are really bad for the body in long-term dosing.
Bluethroughu
(5,568 posts)They said it was a symptom of her having auto immune disorders. She grew out of it, but every once in awhile she gets flare up.
Patterson
(1,560 posts)roody
(10,849 posts)When I stopped eating all refined sugar, they finally left. When I eat a little sugar, I get a few.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Kali
(55,423 posts)especially in the winter - my doc called it idiopathic - makes docs look like idiots
he put me on a combo of generic zyrtec and famotidine and it seems to keep it under control
Arkansas Granny
(31,686 posts)I would develop patches as big as the palm of my hand. I used OTC Zyrtec to control the itch.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)cilla4progress
(25,431 posts)I get them from time to time. I think I may know what brought them on this time. But boy - I've had them now for 2 weeks!
Miserable.
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Kicking up histamine
pnwest
(3,278 posts)that were subcutaneous and only on my face. As soon as I quit the stressful job I had that I absolutely hated, they stopped. Another time I had hives was immediately following a car accident, started getting hives days later. Had to have a steroid shot and Dr said it was likely from the stress of the accident.
If nothing in your diet or surroundings has changed, are you perhaps under some new stress?
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Who isnt under stress? Tough times 😢😢
Im calling my weight gain that started last Wednesday my Coup pounds. No drugs or alcohol so food & 10,000 steps
Tech
(1,858 posts)Sympathies, they suck.
Blues Heron
(6,067 posts)just enough antihistamine to knock them back without knocking you out
fierywoman
(7,948 posts)My (Italian) doctor gave me something for it (don't remember -- it was the 80's) and suggested baking soda baths, which soothed the pain.
cilla4progress
(25,431 posts)Up to and including my nether regions!