Gripe moment: I've had unexplained full-body hives for the last 3 days, only partially managed with prednisone + 2x the max daily dose of antihistamine. Except for a few hours when the meds are at full efficacy, absolutely everything itches. Am miserable. Send kittens
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Really good news: the hives started to calm down by late morning (still red and itchy, but the welts began to flatten), then slowly disappeared throughout the day. Almost entirely gone now. I haven't taken anything for them in ~10 hours, so I think this might be over!
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Thanks to everyone who reached out with ideas about what this might be and what might work for it, esp those who've dealt with this before! This was truly an awful few days; I don't know how you guys with multi-week symptoms plowed through without ripping your skins off, frankly!
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I hope you get well soon!

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Ditto! All the best.
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What does your dermatologist say?
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I don't have a dermatologist. I don't have any -ologists
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This is everyone's immediate guess, but there's no reason to think so. Hives aren't usually an environmental/seasonal allergen thing, I don't usually have allergies, I have no other allergy symptoms, and my trees/bugs aren't species that are common allergens
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Get thee to a doctor.
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There's a *small* possibility that your issues may be partially caused by a magnesium/b-vitamins deficiency? It's very low-risk to take some mag and a b-complex for a few days at least to see if it does anything.
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FWIW, I went to the doc when they same thing happened and they gave me prednisone pills, which it sounds like you're already taking. Hope you feel better faster than I did.
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