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hives..does anyone know how to make them leave!!
by amazingstace, Mar 28, 2007 12:00AM
I am absolutely going crazy. I have had hives for 4 months and of course the doctor says they are stress related. my body is attacking itself because i am stressed? makes no sense. anywho. i have tried claritin, clarinex, benadryl, zoning, green tea, vitamin c and b12, and doxepin and zyrtec and zantac. the doc did a thyroid test and i am fine..what can i do to make these flipping things leave?
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To help your hives apply extreme cold. I use small water bottles that I keep frozen. The frozen water bottles tame down my new hives & cold really does help with the itching. Just remember DO NOT SCRATCH. I know it is difficult but that only makes them worse, you release more histimine and they grow larger and ask for more..
If you have them on the bottoms of your feet as I did & cannot wear a normal shoe try a pair of CROCS. I put mine in the freeezer & then wear if I must wear something. CROCS also work well to hold something & you will not ruin them. I slip something cold into the sole while sitting down. A small frozen herbal bag or again my frozen water bottle can rest in the bottom of the CROCS while I rest my foot on top of it.
There is a site on YAHOO Groups for hives, type in search word chronic_urticaria lots of helpful folks there.