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    Hey all...I need some help on this. For the past week or so, I've been breaking out in huge, ugly hives. I've always been prone to hives, but this has just been weird....here's the thing: hives usually come and go in minutes or hours, but very rarely more than 36 hours. These hives have swollen up, lasted for over a day and then turned into red, scaly patches. I keep popping up with new ones too, never very far away from the other ones.

    Before ANYONE suggests it, I honestly don't think it's bed bugs. Here's why...

    I've had BBs before, and when they bit me, it was the most intense itch...so intense, I couldn't sleep! Their bites lasted for weeks and I had a deep reaction that caused the whole area to swell.

    These hives are only mildly itchy; in fact, I often forget they're there in the first place.

    BB bites are usually 2 or 3 in a row, but hives also have a tendency to grow next to each other or spread together.

    And in all fairness, BB bites are, in fact, hives....but these ones just seem veeery different from when I had a confirmed case of BBs.

    Plus, no one else in my house has experienced this! At all! I'm just really worried because it started while we were on a bus trip...so it's possible that I transported some unwanted guests on my luggage. But my luggage was under the bus the whole time and I didn't even get it until I was in Cincinnati. Maybe my purse? But then it doesn't make sense that I'm the only one breaking out. This has also been an exceptionally stressful time...I spent 42 hours on a bus, part of which was on the highway stuck behind a hazmat spill, and THEN someone overdosed and died! They carried him out in a freaking body bag!!! So yes, seeing as I'm already prone to hives, it could easily be stress related. But then why are they lasting for so long??? Please help
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    Default Re: What the HELL is going on???

    I would normally just take some Benadryl and ignore hives. I get them occasionally, but from what you describe they are getting more severe and lasting.

    You need to see a doctor.


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    One of these days I'm going to cough up the cash for an allergy test. I've had a life threatening reaction before; my whole face swelled up, to the point of severity where they started injecting me with stuff in the hallway. I have no insurance right now, so unless it's an emergency, a doctor isn't a possibility. :/
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    Maybe herpes zoster, i.e. shingles? That can last a while and can look scary. I am, however, not a doctor, just mentioning it because I had a mild case a year or two ago, it took fucking forever to disappear. I'd see a doctor for anything that lasted that long.

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    Idk, my husband gets shingles like nobody's business and it's nothing like this, thank God. I've considered psoriasis, but I googled it and that didn't make sense either
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    I could be wrong, but that doesn't sound like it at all....this is more random. A patch on my elbow and a couple on my back...but no pattern, like rosea tends to spread over the trunk
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    You might be right, but that pattern tends to take a couple of weeks to fill in. It seems more random at first. Maybe that's not it at all, but it's worth mentioning to your doctor.
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    Can you describe the hives more clearly? Are they large "wheals" (Google), small wheals? Round? Look like bug bites? Mosquito bites? Ringed in white or red?

    I get hives from hot temperatures and friction so I feel you.

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    They start off small and red, kind of like mosquito bites.

    The ones hovering over bone, such as on my elbow, tend to stay round and red.

    The ones on fleshier parts grow larger, turn white and are surrounded by a red ring; they're also more "patchy" but still have a clear, defined form. Then they gradually turn red and rough/scaly.
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    I'd go to the doctor and get checked out. When this happened to me when I moved to Austin in 2009, I was on prednisone for two weeks. Emotional stress can absolutely do this.

    In the meantime strip all your stuff. Bedding, clothes, everything. Wash everything in hot water with inscribed laundry soap. Scour out your living space. After environmental causes have been eliminated, you can narrow the causes down more easily.

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    I feel like a small child. I want to lay on the floor, cry, kick and scream. boo...but anyway, thanks for your help, everyone.
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    Desuvsdeath, believe it or not, I posted this title in Kevin Bacon's voice.
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    Jesus stupid autocorrect!! "Inscribed" is supposed to say "unscented".

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    Update: they are acting slightly more "normal," or as normal as hives can be. Instead of sticking around for days, they're now coming and going within 24-36 hours. And from my understanding, it's "normal" to have hives pop in and out for weeks, or even months, so I'm not too terribly concerned now.
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