Quail_Antwerp: Words from the Barnyard...

[Quail_Antwerp]

Heading to the doc due to a hives breakout on Saturday, which is not better and has just got progressively worse.
Woke up this morning to hands and feet swollen.

 

[rathbone]

Hey...kinda dejavous but...are you on my DF group on FB?

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Hey...kinda dejavous but...are you on my DF group on FB?

Yes, I am.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

Back from the doc. She thinks it may be the soap i used on Friday and not to use it again.

Gave me a script. E is down getting it filled now.

Best news of the day - 3 more pounds to drop and I'm at pre-preggo weight!

She has me coming back in 1.5 weeks for a follow up.

 

[hillfarm]

Im a very hivey person. I get them a lot. The last time doc just shook his head and said i was just prone to em. I hope you get better quick.

 

[Wifezilla]

Hives suck!

If you haven't eaten anything different or weird, it may be the soap. It might not hurt to recheck labels on anything you buy premade. Ingredients are changed all the time.

 

[TanksHill]

When I was a kid I had hives from different soaps all the time. Tide, zest it all killed me.

Feel better.

g

 

[Henrietta23]

Ugh, I've only ever gotten them from foods. Grapefruit was the worst!! I'm so sorry you're having to deal with this!!

 

[hillfarm]

I did get hives while I was nursing. Doc told me the hormones were affecting my immune system and triggering the hives. But I was lyme disease positve since 1993 so I had a comprimised immune system.

 

[keljonma]

I used to get hives all the time. My doctor suggested that after the first outbreak/treatment, I keep a hives journal, writing down the symptoms, areas affected, medications used (name and doseage) and how long the hives lasted after treatment began. For months after that first hives break out, nothing happened. Then after a while, I started getting hives all the time, and that small journal filled up quickly. My doctor sent me to some specialists to get some testing done. My diagnosis, I was having allergic reaction to my sweat (cholinergic urticaria) and to various allergens (dust, pollens, chocolate). I was peri-menopausal at the time (in my 20s). I was a single parent, working full time and a full-time college student. The medication I had to take 3x a day, put me to sleep 15 minutes after taking it, so I only took it when my dd and I were with family. TR and I just started dating at the time, and after the first attack he saw, he went home to ask his RN mother if she thought I was allergic to him. Thankfully, I haven't had a case of hives in decades.

So, my friend, I hope the medication helps and you find that the zest soap is the true issue, and this is a one time only thing for you. But I would recommend a journal...for just in case. Feel better soon!