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[quote=Anonymous]OMG!!!  I finally found the cause for  my poor dad's hives.  He's 73 years old and he has been struggling with hives all over his body.  It would flare up in spots and itch like hell.
He scratches them.  He has his doctors baffled.  They tried Elocon, Protopic, some stronger steroid cream, etc... and nothing seemed to help.  Because I have a DD who has
eczema since she was 2, I was fully aware of how to eliminate allergens and tried to figure out what caused my dad's hives.

I asked him tonight when hives started to develop.  We thought it was the tea he drank, but he has drank tea all his life, so tea is not likely to be the cause of the hives.
Then it just occurred to him that hives developed soon after his H1N1 vaccination.  So I googled hives h1n1 vaccination and lo and behold, your discussion posts came up.
Now, at least there is something for us to work on now.

He had his H1N1 vaccination November 1 and the hives developed soon after.  He went on an European cruise mid-November which apparently didn't help with the hives situation.
He came to visit me for Christmas and discovered that ice packs seem to help him sleep (alleviate the itches somewhat).

My sister has suggested that it's just dry skin so he should cover his body with Eucerin-type cream.  But hives are still surfacing.

Are there any cure to this?  It has been 2 months.  It's just terrible for someone who loves swimming.  He can't go into the pool without getting itchy afterwards.

What should we do now?

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