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Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:27 am to texastiger921
I've had 2 different allergy tests and they both sucked. The first was the easier of the two and it involved the doctor pushing a square grid of very small needles into my back with each needle exposing me to a different potential allergy. I then waited for 15 minutes or so while we waited to see what I reacted to. In that time, the areas where I was allergic to something pitched like crazy.
The second test was awful. I kept getting hives and we couldn't determine the cause so we tested to see if it was a dermatological allergy. The doctor drew a grid on my back and then put a different possible allergen in each square. She then covered it up with gauze and I went home for 2 days I couldn't get my back wet or remove the gauze for any reason. It itched like crazy and was very inconvenient.
The second test was awful. I kept getting hives and we couldn't determine the cause so we tested to see if it was a dermatological allergy. The doctor drew a grid on my back and then put a different possible allergen in each square. She then covered it up with gauze and I went home for 2 days I couldn't get my back wet or remove the gauze for any reason. It itched like crazy and was very inconvenient.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:51 am to texastiger921
I went through the same thing as you are going through. I had hives that lasted for 5or 6 days. I would go every morning to the doctor and he would give me two shots. It waxed and waned over the 6 days. On the 5th day or so it flared up so bad that the welps appeared on my junk and on the bottom of my feet, so I could hardly walk. On the 6th day when I went for my shots the doc told me if I still had them the next day, he was going to hospitalize me. And later that day and night, poof, they went away.
The doc gave me some stuff to put in bath water where I could lay in the water and soak and that would help with the itchiness.
I asked him what caused it and he asked me some basic questions about what I had eaten previous to the breakout, but we couldn't pinpoint a culprit. After the hives subsided he didn't send me for allergy testing, he said that they may never return. Its been 20 years and they have never returned, so he was right about taking a wait and see on the allergy testing.
I can feel your pain, I've been there.
The doc gave me some stuff to put in bath water where I could lay in the water and soak and that would help with the itchiness.
I asked him what caused it and he asked me some basic questions about what I had eaten previous to the breakout, but we couldn't pinpoint a culprit. After the hives subsided he didn't send me for allergy testing, he said that they may never return. Its been 20 years and they have never returned, so he was right about taking a wait and see on the allergy testing.
I can feel your pain, I've been there.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:52 am to texastiger921
I had this happen in the fall of 2011 when we went on vacation to San Antonio. I've never had allergy issues in my until then. Hives broke out all over my body but were concentrated to my armpits and waistline. Went to urgent care, they gave me a cortisone shot. I saw an allergist, did the test and came up blank. When to another allergist a year later when it flared up again. Still nothing. I was told that I may never know the issue and to just manage the hives when they appear. It is frustrating but I have seen no resolution. I still get hives from time to time but not as bad. You can try to eat foods such as oatmeal that seem to help. I hope you have better luck figuring out your trigger than I did.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 9:58 am to LSUSUPERSTAR
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doublecutter
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inspiration, thanks. No sarcasm. I have hope lol
Posted on 6/1/14 at 10:10 am to texastiger921
Call dentist before your root canal and let them know what's going on before you possibly waste a trip. If you look remotely infected they won't dig into your gums.
And the point I was making earlier was some allergy test results are not helpful.
Also your pattern you describe is odd too. Just in skin to skin contact areas. Heat?
Regardless continue to take the Benadryl and Pepcid. Without Pepcid or some H2 blocker it may not work.
And the point I was making earlier was some allergy test results are not helpful.
Also your pattern you describe is odd too. Just in skin to skin contact areas. Heat?
Regardless continue to take the Benadryl and Pepcid. Without Pepcid or some H2 blocker it may not work.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 10:27 am to texastiger921
You need to get a Rx for Prednisone.
I also like the topical lotion Sarna. You can find that at a drugstore. It helps calm the hives.
When mine were really bad I took Prednisone(steroid), Clobex(Rx lotion), Sarna lotion, Singulair at night. .
I also like the topical lotion Sarna. You can find that at a drugstore. It helps calm the hives.
When mine were really bad I took Prednisone(steroid), Clobex(Rx lotion), Sarna lotion, Singulair at night. .
Posted on 6/1/14 at 10:47 am to texastiger921
Have you been bitten by a tick?
Posted on 6/1/14 at 11:30 am to texastiger921
This happened to my daughter a couple of weeks ago. The dr prescribed her steroids. He told me to wait at least 4 to 6 weeks before getting allergy tests. I guess the steroids must interfere with the test results somehow? She flared up 2 more times then it was just gone.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 12:06 pm to texastiger921
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It sucks going to the ER last night and getting no answers.
I agree, it's hard telling a patient we don't know what is causing your symptoms, but all we can say is you aren't going to die now or need to be hospitalized. I tell all of my patients that come into the ER that and also; as long as you don't have a room full of people rushing in to see, you are doing good. The more staff you see come in at one time in the ER is bad.
Definitely do the Benadryl and Pepcid/Zantac regimen. If the symptoms get worse without known cause and you feel like your throat is closing or itchy get to the ER. Talk to your physician or ER physician about a possible Epi pen if you get that throat feeling.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 12:23 pm to GeauxldnGurl
OP sounds like the start of chronic urticaria. Google it.
My wife had a similar thing happen to her about 7-8 years ago. She would wake up in the morning with these large welts usually across her torso. Sometimes the area surrounding her left eye would get swollen. Most times she could predict them coming on.
She first saw Dr Kidd in BR (got absolutely no help here) and them Dr Menon (would highly recommend) He was able to control the hives with massive amounts of benadryl, atarax, steroids and the occasional epinephrine injection.
Her daily pills were, 10 2.5 mg benadryl, atarax(old antihistamine), zyrtec and 10-20mg of steroids as needed.
How she took all of that and was able to stay awake and work full time I'll never know. While the meds controlled the hives we still wanted to know what caused them.
Dr Menon sent us to a hives expert in South Carolina, who listened to her situation looked at all the meds she was taking and told her she had chronic urticaria and that "they may go away, but then again, they may not".
She accepted that she had this condition and would have to take these meds chronically. During this time we used to eat weekly at Kamado's. This was significant, since my wife has a shellfish allergy but she only ate veggie rolls. I started thinking about cross contamination and spoke to the chef about it. The chefs started preparing her shushi after thoroughly cleaning their work station. We started weaning her off the meds and the hives never came back!
I know CSB. Examine everything that you are doing precisely and maybe you can come up with what's causing this problem.
If you are doing everything the same, maybe the products you use and foods you eat have been changed. Something to consider.
My wife had a similar thing happen to her about 7-8 years ago. She would wake up in the morning with these large welts usually across her torso. Sometimes the area surrounding her left eye would get swollen. Most times she could predict them coming on.
She first saw Dr Kidd in BR (got absolutely no help here) and them Dr Menon (would highly recommend) He was able to control the hives with massive amounts of benadryl, atarax, steroids and the occasional epinephrine injection.
Her daily pills were, 10 2.5 mg benadryl, atarax(old antihistamine), zyrtec and 10-20mg of steroids as needed.
How she took all of that and was able to stay awake and work full time I'll never know. While the meds controlled the hives we still wanted to know what caused them.
Dr Menon sent us to a hives expert in South Carolina, who listened to her situation looked at all the meds she was taking and told her she had chronic urticaria and that "they may go away, but then again, they may not".
She accepted that she had this condition and would have to take these meds chronically. During this time we used to eat weekly at Kamado's. This was significant, since my wife has a shellfish allergy but she only ate veggie rolls. I started thinking about cross contamination and spoke to the chef about it. The chefs started preparing her shushi after thoroughly cleaning their work station. We started weaning her off the meds and the hives never came back!
I know CSB. Examine everything that you are doing precisely and maybe you can come up with what's causing this problem.
If you are doing everything the same, maybe the products you use and foods you eat have been changed. Something to consider.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 12:56 pm to texastiger921
My husband has had chronic urticaria for almost ten years. It was terribly bad at first. Just what you are describing. Started out of nowhere. Initially flared up at night. Would disappear, then come back. Hot water set it off. Advil made it far worse. It got worse to the point that he was feeling constriction in his throat, despite antihistamines. He saw Dr. Menon, had myriad tests done. No indication of what was causing it. Saw many doctors of different kinds -- all came to the same conclusion -- must be chronic hives. May leave, may not. He controlled it with Zyrtec at night and Allegra in the morning, and for a while Singulair as well. He carried an EpiPen in case the throat swelling got out of hand. It was severe for about a year. Now he may go two or three days without meds, but his hands will start itching -- takes a Claritin and it subsides. Seems worse in the winter. It is supremely frustrating to hear "we don't know what it is, can't help you". If we could discontinue something to make it totally go away, we would, but who knows what that would be. If it had stayed as severe as it was, we were looking into a hospital in Denver where he would have been in isolation and on IV to purge all possible allergens, then slowly return to normal so the allergen may be revealed. Fortunately, he was able to control it. I hope this is not your issue, and it is something simple or something that resolves quickly.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:03 pm to texastiger921
At least you don't have a semen allergy
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:16 pm to ruzil
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chronic urticaria
This. It sucks because the doctors basically throw their hands up and say of well, deal with it. All they really know is to treat the symptoms. It makes me wish the show House was more real and doctors would work to find causation. I offered to do some in office trials to see if we could identify it, but that got shut down. As a scientist, I don't like to hear that there is no way to find a root cause. Oh well, good luck to all dealing with it.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:21 pm to Envy
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Sounds like it could be shingles?
I agree.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 1:27 pm to Traffic Circle
Well you can develop food allergies later in life that can just pop up, happened to me. One day I could eat certain food, the next i am allergic and can't eat for the rest of my life, sucks because I grew up on crawfish and shrimp growing up in south Louisiana. Going to the allergist sucks, they will stab you with needles laced with allergan, then look to see if rashes occur. For me, i preferred having the skin tests on my arm rather than my back. Didn't like not being able to see.
Posted on 6/1/14 at 3:21 pm to luvdatigahs
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Call dentist before your root canal and let them know what's going on before you possibly waste a trip. If you look remotely infected they won't dig into your gums.
Thanks, I’m going to call tomorrow.
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I also like the topical lotion Sarna. You can find that at a drugstore. It helps calm the hives.
My girlfriend just picked me up some of this. Can I use it even though I've taken the steroid regimen, a Benadryl this morning, and just now a Zyrtec at 3:00 p.m.? Ha is my liver taking a beating right now?
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Have you been bitten by a tick?
Not that I know of.
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The dr prescribed her steroids. He told me to wait at least 4 to 6 weeks before getting allergy tests.
Good god, I don’t know how she made it through this sh*t.
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Examine everything that you are doing precisely and maybe you can come up with what's causing this problem.
I’m trying my best, very frustrating when it’s been the same routine for a while now.
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Fortunately, he was able to control it. I hope this is not your issue, and it is something simple or something that resolves quickly.
Good to hear, I hope so too.
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As a scientist, I don't like to hear that there is no way to find a root cause.
Yea, blows my mind that it’s 2014 and I can walk into a doctor’s office and they still not have any idea what’s going on. I’m trying to stay positive but it’s not very pleasant. I know they have a tough job, but this sh*t takes away any patience you have.
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Going to the allergist sucks
I’m getting the idea that going to allergist might not help either...
Posted on 6/1/14 at 3:26 pm to luvdatigahs
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sucks because I grew up on crawfish and shrimp growing up
It sucks, doesn't it?
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:29 am to dr smartass phd
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Went to GP and they are going to call me back later with allergist info. The nurse was surprised to see the list of steroids and such in my system and this sh*t still be visible. Basiclly a wasted trip. So now I sit and wait.
The worst part of this whole story? I'm missing work - on a training/evaluation period for 90 days (about to end here mid month) so I'm not getting paid and this isn't looking good for a job offer that is supposed to come.
Went to GP and they are going to call me back later with allergist info. The nurse was surprised to see the list of steroids and such in my system and this sh*t still be visible. Basiclly a wasted trip. So now I sit and wait.
The worst part of this whole story? I'm missing work - on a training/evaluation period for 90 days (about to end here mid month) so I'm not getting paid and this isn't looking good for a job offer that is supposed to come.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:42 am to texastiger921
Are you taking any type of NSAIDS, prescription or OTC? If you are possible Steven-Johnson syndrome. You need to see a doctor again if not improving today.
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