I'm covered in hives!

[Anonymous]

My daughter had chronic urticaria (chronic hives) for years. It took a lot to figure out it was a viral trigger... every time she had a virus (whether she showed symptoms or not) she would get hives AFTER the virus was done and it was breaking down in her body. Apparantly her autoimmune system reacted to what the virus did as it was leaving her body. We had to put her pn zyrtec for 6 months. The key was to calm down the auto immune system to the point where it reset and would not have that reaction. The more your body has hives, the more your autoimmune system overeacts and the more you get hives, so the key thing is trying to settle down your autoimmune system so you can go a long period without having them at all. At first the zyrtec was to relieve the symptoms, but then it was preventative. I hope this makes sense... we struggled figuring out what to do so hopefully this can help someone else!

[Anonymous]

My daughter takes Allegra twice a day to prevent anaphylactic reactions to an unknown trigger. It's worth seeing your GP or and allergist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. No antibiotics recently. They are better today, the did come back last night. I have had peanut butter for the past 3 days. I've never been allergic to it in my life, but I was doing great today - no hives or itching, and then I just had a peanut butter cookie about an hour ago, and I can tell the hives are back. That would be so strange though - I'm definitely not allergic to peanuts!

You can develop a peanut allergy at any age, and increasingly adults are developing them out of the blue. See an allergist.

[Anonymous]

It's true, some people,can have an allergic reaction to extreme cold. (I did, twice). And it's been pretty cold!
See an allergist if you can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's true, some people,can have an allergic reaction to extreme cold. (I did, twice). And it's been pretty cold!
See an allergist if you can.

The OP lives in Texas and it's 80 degrees there. It's not from cold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My daughter takes Allegra twice a day to prevent anaphylactic reactions to an unknown trigger. It's worth seeing your GP or and allergist.

Allegra is such a mild drug, I doubt it could prevent anaphylaxis. Zyrtec worked well on my hives but Allegra did nothing at all for me.