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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder whether it's the virus, not the shot.  My DS, who has never had hives, had the H1N1 virus in late October - home from school for a full week, high fever, etc.  One week after that he started developing hives on his extremeties, usually made worse by hot water (bath or shower).  Benadryl helps temporarily, but they come back.  There were no changes in soap, detergent, cleaners, etc.  I'm wondering whether it's an odd aftereffect of having H1N1 flu.[/quote]

Ya know, I think there might be something to this.  I have had 3 friends whose kids have had hives in the past month or so.  None have had the vaccine.  I am wondering if it's just some virus that is causing them (like any other virus they get) and/or the H1N1 virus itself can cause hives in some people.  Perhaps the "novelty" of the virus and our bodies react like it's an allergy (i.e., histimine response) bc it's so "novel"?  I dunno, but I DO think it's notable that oddly enough, I have heard of these hive cases and it made me think of this thread.[/quote]

I posted earlier in the thread; my son got a virus a week or so after getting his first h1n1 shot, then got hives as the virus subsided.  Our ped said the hives were virus-related.  Not sure if he had a mild case of h1n1 or some other virus; the hives-following-virus thing has happened to him once or twice before. [/quote]

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