Hello:

Ok, I'm going to stump you. I've got an allergy - maybe...

I break out in hives. This first happened about 30 years ago. I went to the doctor. He started testing me for allergies. You know, he stuck about 50 different things in me and waited to find out which ones I reacted to.

Well, I reacted to grass, and wheat and peanuts... The usual stuff that everybody is allergic too. So, I stopped that stuff.. I eventually stopped using EVERYTHING.. But the allergy kept occurring. I never did find out what I'm allergic too, and the doctor was just too expensive to continue with.

Sooo, this went on for a year or so, then stopped. I mean stopped cold...

Three or four years later it started again. Then stopped after a year or so. It started again about 5 years later, and now comes back for a year or so every 5 to 7 years.

Taking an antihistamine makes 'em go away... But, I just think it's strange. No?

excon

Have you been tested for celiac? (allergy to gluten)

Do you just have hives or is it other symptoms as well (feeling sick, weak, faint, pain, etc?)

Hmm, I have so many dirty answers, but not going to do it. ;)

Is it seasonal? Could be a plant allergy. How about laundry detergent, pet allergies, although I'm sure the doc tested for that.

My hubby has a similar problem, red itchy scabby hands, for around 2 years now, the docs are stumped as well. He gets cortisone shots every 3 months because it's very painful.

It could also be stress induced. Possible?

Just my guess, and uneducated one at that, seeing as I'm not in any type of medical field. I do have kids though, and they get all kinds of things.

Let us know if you find out. :)

I do have kids though, and they get all kinds of things.

... funniest line I've heard all day.

Hello:

Ok, I'm gonna stump you. I've got an allergy - maybe....

I break out in hives. This first happened about 30 years ago. I went to the doctor. He started testing me for allergies. You know, he stuck about 50 different things in me and waited to find out which ones I reacted to.

Well, I reacted to grass, and wheat and peanuts... The usual stuff that everybody is allergic too. So, I stopped that stuff.. I eventually stopped using EVERYTHING.. But the allergy kept occurring. I never did find out what I'm allergic too, and the doctor was just too expensive to continue with.

Sooo, this went on for a year or so, then stopped. I mean stopped cold...

Three or four years later it started again. Then stopped after a year or so. It started again about 5 years later, and now comes back for a year or so every 5 to 7 years.

Taking an antihistamine makes 'em go away... But, I just think it's strange. No?

excon

Oh, I could break this all down and make some very dirty remarks, but better saved for PM :p

What I would suggest is making a diary of everything you put in your mouth. Yeah, you read it right EVERYTHING. *shy giggle*

Make a list of everything taken in orally (oops I said it again), and every new soap, detergent, fabric softener.

Then, compare it to when you break out. After a while you should begin to see a pattern develop.

If it's something you can't live without, (oh, jeeze, there I go again), take the antihistimine before "ingesting" the known allergen.

Avoid new laundry soaps and fabric softeners, shower soaps, shampoos. Use the same ones all the time without fail.

After a certain length of time, oh, say a month or so, you will probably be able to narrow down the list to a few things, then finally to one or two specific things.

Does this happen any certain time of the year or all year long?

Sorry to be so lengthy, and if my spelling is off, blame it on being up for 36 hours.

excon, if you gave me the hives I'm currently VERY uncomfortable with, I'm going to have to hurt you.

I have no advice, I just wanted to give you the warning :)

Heck, I'm getting hives just reading this. Oh, must be time for another beer... it's night time for me you know. LOL

excon agrees: Of course I've done those things - year in and year out. NOTHING. So, NOW will you talk dirty to me?

Will talking dirty to you make the hives go away?

Have we found a cure? Talking dirty works? Well then, a dirty joke for you excon;

A white horse fell in to the mud.:D :D :D :D :p

Sorry, can't post the ones I really want to. ;)

Will talking dirty to you make the hives go away?

Do you expect him not to lie with a proposition like that??

Why do the best witches fly without panties?

Ooooh, I don't know, why? Please tell me, the suspense is killing me. :)

Why do the best witches fly without panties?

Better grip!! :p

Oooooh, should have seen that one coming. ;):)

Okay, I should be able to get away with this one;

I went to the Pre-ejaculation Clinic today. The problem was that when I got there everyone was gone. I guess I came early.:p

Better grip!!!! :p


Hey now!

That's not true at all! It's because we're all closet exhibitionists!

Erm... I mean THEY! THEY are all exhibitionists!

(I didn't recover that, did I?)

(I didn't recover that, did I?)


Nope, not well at all.

Nope Synn, too late. :);)

I could do the witch thing, all I need is the outfit, I already have the broom. But, I'm wearing underwear, the broom has a wood handle. OUCH!

Got to run. Later all. :)

Hello again:

Oy vey!

excon

excon, you know you love it. :)

And KP, tease, well, sometimes, but not when it counts. :)

Sorry to make light of your allergies excon dear. Why don't you just come over here to the nursey nursey and I'll give you some allergy tests of my own. :p

Hey, did the hives come visit when you were in Mexico or when you came home? The Northwest environment (in the US) is wet and moldy. It cycles too with some years having more of, whatever. Just move to Egypt, it worked for me.

excon... What part of your body breaks out.

My daughter used to break out so bad that once she ended up in a wheel chair for about 2 weeks. They thought her foot and one leg was going to be covered in scars but as soon as the rash/hives disappeared her the skin returned to normal. It took about 4 weeks to run its course.
This has happened to her a few times but the one was the most severe. There was another time that her face was so swollen that she was unreconizable to her teachers and classmates.

This started when she was around 5 and the last break out was around the age of 10. She is almost 15. The poor baby freaks out if she gets a bump on her skin. She was given predisone, yeast infection medication, hydrocortisone, benadryl and nothing really helped, it would run its course and she would get OK in a few weeks.

The dermatologist did all types of test and skin biopsy and could never figure out why.

I have a determology website that you could check out... I have at least identified the way some of her rash/hives looked.DermAtlas: Dermatology Image Atlas with 10490 Dermatology Images (http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/)

Here is some is another site you may find informative Nettlerash, hives, urticaria (http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~aair/urticaria.htm#UrtRx)

I just hope if this ever happens again, that research has come further along and she can get some relief.

Hello again,

It's just my arms... But, it's cool. I'm not surprised there's no answer...

I just wanted to talk with my girlfriends.

excon

Ever thought it might be psoriasis?

Hello again,
I just wanted to talk with my girlfriends.
excon
I'm icked out by that. I'm not even my wife's girlfriend.

Hello again, kp:

Don't you worry. THEY'RE the girlfriends. I'm simply the guy who satisfies 'em.

excon

Wow.

I'm starting to think that I should add excon to the list of guys I'd run away to Mexico with...

I already have added him to my list. ;) If only I was single. :);)

Hi!

I think we are experiencing the same problem. I have been suffering from hives on and off since I was very young. At first the doctor thought that the problem was due to food allergies so I stopped eating foods that commonly cause allergies such as chicken, egg, sea foods, etc. However, few years ago I started eating those foods again and I was fine. Recently, about 1 month, I am being bothered by hives again by some unknown causes. I know it's not brought about by food now, the doctor told me it might be because of stress or dust/pollens. Antihistamines do work but it is really annoying sometimes that you are being caught unguarded by these hives, especially if it occurs on the face, scalp, sole of the feet and palms,which are very itchy and bothersome. I did a research about hives (urticaria) and found out that most of the causes of this condition is idiopathic (unknown). All we have to do is to manage it well and monitor your condition. You may also try reading more from www.rivieraallergy.com for more information regarding allergies. I found some best answers here myself and I thought it might also do you good to read some of them.

Cyra