Hives. Eeek. - Democratic Underground

kedrys

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Tue Apr-14-09 08:31 PM
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Hives. Eeek.

For the past 2 weeks now. At first, I thought we were being invaded by bedbugs - until I found none and the s.o. and the cats weren't scratching. :(

I mean, how much stress do you have to be under to have your entire body itch like someone just set you on fire?

Plus I hate taking Benadryl. It puts me in a coma. :(

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Liberal Veteran

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Tue Apr-14-09 08:36 PM
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1. What pisses me off is how hard it is to find a doc who takes itching seriously.

It can make you as miserable as a bad toothache or chronic pain, but when you mention itching to the doctor, they often just write it off as insignificant.

And I agree on Benadryl. When I was having problems with insomnia, that was the first thing my doctor mentioned. I had to point out to him that benadryl knocks me out so much that it takes half the day to shake off the fatigue.

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Lavender Brown

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Tue Apr-14-09 08:38 PM
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2. I'm sorry.

I started getting them a few years ago. I never had any major allergies to speak of, then all of a sudden I started getting hives. Aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofin. I can't take anything like that anymore even in baby doses, or my scalp becomes covered in hives. x(

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Kali

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Tue Apr-14-09 09:24 PM
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3. husband gets them sometimes when he gets a stomach virus!

weird and freaked us out the first time - had a friend who was a dermatologist and he said not that uncommon, but I sure had never heard of it

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Tom Kitten

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Tue Apr-14-09 09:32 PM
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4. Eucalyptus oil, maybe Listerine, might help?

Listerine has eucalyptus in it that soothes itches...But...It suddenly dawned on me that I had chickenpox when I was 16...I get outbreaks of the skin itching on my legs that drive myself crazy! I always attributed it to the dry heat in wintertime but I never thought that it might be hives?

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