Reply #1: I used to get hives in cold weather when I was a teenager

[Droopy]

I ran across the school commons one day in a t-shirt in 20 degree weather. I went to the school nurse and showed her the hives that covered my complete upper body up to my neck. They referred me to a dermatologist. It turns out that I had a rare disease that made me allergic to the cold. Luckily it only lasted for that winter. There are two forms of the illness. One lasts for about 6 months the other lasts for a lifetime. Fortunately I had the former.

They say hives are the result of extreme anxiety. But I was an easy going kid and I didn't have any enemies so I don't know what the deal was.

I hope you get to feeling better. I don't know anything about shingles. What kind of disease is that?