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Anyone had unexplained hives?

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Latenightreader · 18/10/2024 19:42

I woke up this morning covered in hives! The ones on my feet were horribly itchy, the others a bit less so, but they are everywhere apart from my face (thankfully only a couple there). I took an antihistamine and the itching has eased, but there are still red lumps all over and they are starting to itch again and I can’t take another pill until the morning.

A couple of weeks ago I went to the GP with a suspected kidney infection and then had a reaction to the antibiotics so I’m on something different. I’ve been feeling generally run down and I think my glands are up. I’m going out for a meal with friends tomorrow evening, first time the four of us have met up in a long while, and I’m all blotchy!

No idea what caused them - I wish I knew. I had sushi for dinner yesterday but I have that regularly (teriyaki salmon was new). Is there anything I can do to make them look less angry? I’m going to try calamine lotion for the itching before bed, but welcome any and every suggestion. Generally I just wanted a moan!

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Lifeisapeach · 18/10/2024 23:46

My kids get this. Usually after a day or so they come down ill with a virus. One time it was a chest infection and the next time it was strep throat. The hives are an immune response so it’s generally your body fighting something.

AnnaMagnani · 18/10/2024 23:51

Loads of us on this forum!

In adults mostly hives just appear because they feel like it and go away in a few days.

If you have drawn the short straw you get stuck with them - I've taken a daily antihistamine for years to keep mine under control. When they are bad I have up to 4x the normal dose.

Latenightreader · 19/10/2024 08:28

Thank you - it is the first time I have ever had something like this and I am completely thrown by it. Currently trying to mask the worst of it before my daughter’s birthday party this morning…

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