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Hives for 3 months, Help
by CheryllM, Feb 15, 2007 12:00AM
At first I thought it was flea bites. I stayed overnight with a friend that has 7 or 8 cats. After 2 weeks of Benadryl, no relief, I went to allergist. 47 RAST tests later, no food allergies. My allergist performed strength tests on other items I use as well as my cat's hair, nothing. Clothes, bedding, chemicals from work, nothing. A couple of weeks ago I had a headache, took Ibuprofen and wound up in the emergency room. Did not connect IB to allergy until 10 days later and took some again. Back to the ER. Have taken many different steriods, allergy meds, all provided temp relief. Allergist ordered a histamine level test that ranges from 0-6, I came in at 11.
Hives come in the middle of the night, I wake up with small spots of blood on arms, legs, back and face from scratching in my sleep as well as spots and welts. They usually attack different parts of my body one at a time. By mid morning I feel better, no spots, dots or itching. I have tried taking a dose of benadryl before bed, not much help.
I have since lost faith in my allergist. I called the other three in my area, they won't take me because I have no insurance. So far I have been able to keep up financially with medical bills, but I need resolution, not run-around. Does anyone have any suggestions as to who I can go to or what I can do?
Hives come in the middle of the night, I wake up with small spots of blood on arms, legs, back and face from scratching in my sleep as well as spots and welts. They usually attack different parts of my body one at a time. By mid morning I feel better, no spots, dots or itching. I have tried taking a dose of benadryl before bed, not much help.
I have since lost faith in my allergist. I called the other three in my area, they won't take me because I have no insurance. So far I have been able to keep up financially with medical bills, but I need resolution, not run-around. Does anyone have any suggestions as to who I can go to or what I can do?
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p.s. my coworker suffered with hives for 8 months a few years back and no one knew why...they came...and went and she's not had them back since?!!!
In speaking to my husband about it, the only thing we can come up with is that I became hypersensitive to cat hair when I stayed with the friend, then came home to a steady exposure of cat hair because of my cat. And the ibuprofen thing, we figure is just a fluke. With having hives, maybe a slight allergy to NSAIDs became prominent.
I have had my cat for eleven years now and nothing like this has happened before, and finding another home for him is out of the question. Does any of this sound feesible?