Persistent hives.

[cilla4progress]

Anyone have any experience with this here?

[OhNo-Really]

1. Yes.

Tell me about yours.

I had giant hives like continents for a little over a year that went away. I didn’t 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]

2. I changed to healthier diet, daily jogging, water only

Pure living.

[LearnedHand]

3. Yes

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]

12. I talked to a bunch of people in

Prednisone that weren’t healed after years so I passed

I am nervous about vaccine because I’ve had several over the top histamine reactions 🤷🏻‍♀️

Your thoughts?

[LearnedHand]

20. I eventually moved to a different med

The steroids are really bad for the body in long-term dosing.

[Bluethroughu]

4. My niece did

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]

5. I have had them a lot. I use the $.88 Benadryl cream from Walmart.

[roody]

6. Yes. For 9 months.

When I stopped eating all refined sugar, they finally left. When I eat a little sugar, I get a few.

[OhNo-Really]

13. Sugar is poison. Corn syrup deactivates Vit D

[Kali]

7. yes

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]

8. I had outbreaks for over a year. I never determined what brought them on or why they stopped.

I would develop patches as big as the palm of my hand. I used OTC Zyrtec to control the itch.

[OhNo-Really]

15. Called Giant hives. Very weird.

[cilla4progress]

9. Thanks, guys.

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]

16. Benadryl or anti-histidine Your immune is

Kicking up histamine

[pnwest]

10. I went thru a phase with hives,

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]

17. Maybe from fear of civil war 🤷🏻‍♀️

Who isn’t under stress? Tough times 😢😢

I’m calling my weight gain that started last Wednesday my Coup pounds. No drugs or alcohol so food & 10,000 steps

[Tech]

11. Sulfa meds did me in once. I was lucky, they went away with a med switch.

Sympathies, they suck.

[Blues Heron]

14. try half a claritin

just enough antihistamine to knock them back without knocking you out

[fierywoman]

18. I had a bout of hives around my midriff when I lived in Italy.

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]

19. I've got ice packs on.

Up to and including my nether regions!