Suddenly swollen lip & hives

[Anonymous]

I have gotten this several times. I don’t think it could be allergies - no new foods or detergents, soaps, etc. I’ve gotten it 2 entirely separate states. On a few occasions I,ve gotten random hives on my back or buttocks or chest without the swollen lip. I took Benadryl a couple times and they went away. But, then I got another hives episode several days or a week later.

Could this be a manifestation of some other illness besides an allergy reaction?

[Anonymous]

The lip swelling makes me thing food allergy.

[Anonymous]

Food allergy or bug bite (also allergy)

[Anonymous]

I sometimes get this from exercise. Were you exercising by any chance?
For me, it doesn’t happen every time I exercise, so I am not sure what triggers it exactly but it happens at times when I run.

[Anonymous]

Dust mites from mattress.
Get allergy test.

[Anonymous]

google chronic urticaria and see if that fits. take a non sedating antihistamine every day and see if that helps

[Anonymous]

You may have idiopathic urticaria (hives of unknown origin) or there are some genetic conditions which basically only cause occasional angioedema. Speak to your doctor.

[Anonymous]

OP, I don’t know how old you are but hormonal fluctuations can change our allergic response to things — something about estrogen’s impact on histamine response, I won’t pretend I fully understand.

If you are in perimenopause it’s possible your body is responding more acutely to things that never triggered you before.

[Anonymous]

You need a prescription for an Epi-pen. I’m not saying you need to use one today, but any propensity for allergic swelling of the airway (including your lips) merits keeping one around.

[Anonymous]

Ask your doctor about hereditary angioedema (hae) as a possibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I don’t know how old you are but hormonal fluctuations can change our allergic response to things — something about estrogen’s impact on histamine response, I won’t pretend I fully understand.

If you are in perimenopause it’s possible your body is responding more acutely to things that never triggered you before.

I was going to say this, too. I broke out in hives and an itchy, blistering rash due to pregnancy hormones. It’s how I knew to take a pregnancy test the last time! Taking Zyrtec for several weeks helped.

[Anonymous]

my daughter got hives from her IUD.

could be anything!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have gotten this several times. I don’t think it could be allergies - no new foods or detergents, soaps, etc. I’ve gotten it 2 entirely separate states. On a few occasions I,ve gotten random hives on my back or buttocks or chest without the swollen lip. I took Benadryl a couple times and they went away. But, then I got another hives episode several days or a week later.

Could this be a manifestation of some other illness besides an allergy reaction?

Histamine reaction. Various causes.

Check your organ health, such as your liver.

Exercise more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sometimes get this from exercise. Were you exercising by any chance?
For me, it doesn’t happen every time I exercise, so I am not sure what triggers it exactly but it happens at times when I run.

I know someone it happens to from running too, but only a couple times a year. Have you noticed any commonality in episodes?

[Anonymous]

The only commonality between episodes is running, and perhaps pushing myself harder than usual or maybe eating too soon before exercise (I do not have food allergies otherwise). It starts with itchy/burning palms, then swollen lip and hives. It happened on an outdoor run in winter weather, in high sun in summer, and a few times indoors at Orange Theory. I exercise 3 times per week but it only happens twice a year or so.