Hi, my daughter is 18 months old now and has been suffering with chronic urticaria from approx the age of 3 months. The hives can appear anywhere on her body although her face is largely un affected. The worst areas are her scalp neck and trunk.
The causes seem to be mainly physical, for example a slight bump on the head brings out clusters of fluid filled blisters on her scalp. She also has an outbreak if she becomes too warm, her clothes are too tight or if she scratches herself. Stress also seems to be a factor, if she gets upset her whole boody including face flushes bright red although this usually calms down much quicker than the physical causes.
She is being treated at the moment with anti histamines which do seem to help but the scalp blisters still appear frequently and are quite concerning for us. Is this kind of thing normal with urticaria or could there be another cause?
She hasn't had any allergy or other tests done do you think that would be worthwhile?
Many thanks in advance.