Hashimoto's and Hives

[Crcastro]

Hello everyone I'm a 24yr old female who has been suffering from Hives for over 7months now and I've seen allergy and Endroconology doctor's and dermatologist and no one seem to know what it is. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto disease and when I had a biopsi done of my thyroid it seems that the left thyroid was enlarge so now I'm getting ready for surgery to remove both because they are no sure if its cancerous or not. Can by me having my thyroid removed help my hives go away? They are painful at times and burn and itch.Has anyone used Olux-E is a foam cream and it actually works when I get my hives. I've also notice if you put an ice pack on when its burning it helps the burn go away...


This discussion is related to Hives and Hashimotos.

[baggirl]

Hello, I have been following this site for a couple of weeks. I was recently diagnosed with Hashi's and have been having a horrible bout of hives for several months. I had hives for a year about 9 years ago, so have probably had this problem for some time. I am not getting much relief from my antihistamines either. I read your blog, and tried the Pepsid. My hives went away for 2 days, then came back with a vengeance. Do you take the chewable pepsid, or the pill form? What mg is your pepsid?

[sweetnsassie74]

Hi, sorry I have not replied. I havent been on here in a while. I will have to research the study I found. I was taking atarax and pepcid and my hives went away.
I recently went to a thyroid specialist and he took me off armour thyroid and put me on synthroid. Its only been 3 weeks so I cant say too much about that yet.
The atarat and pepcid cured my hives. If you look up h1 and h2 blockers, it will give you a list of what meds they are. I will see if I can find the study and send it to you.

[TamraW]

I take Zyrtec and Flonase.

I also take Zantac. I have Pepsid, but don't take it as it doesn't help heartburn much.

So are you saying I should return to the Pepcid?

What about my Zyrtec? Should I switch to Benadryl?

This is wonderful information! Do you have the internet link for the study?

:) Tamra

[sweetnsassie74]

I have posted before about having hashi's and the hives. I found a study done that I explained in a comment above. Just thought I would touch base and give you all an update. It is sept. 30 and still no hives.

[TamraW]

I was a very healthy person before becoming very ill over a year ago. I ate healthy. I exercised about 5 days per week. I was my ideal weight. Then I had a stressful episode with family issues last summer. That's when I got this rash on my head along with extreme fatigue, and the doc said I had Shingles without testing my rash. I kept getting this so called 'Shingles' monthly and I became more ill. My D dropped to an 18. My rashes were even worse.

Now I am on Synthroid and able to exercise again. My scalp rashes are better since I went to a dermo and he gave me Nizoral.

Now I keep breaking out in these hives on my right side, but it's not as severe as when my D was low. I am taking several vitamins, including B12 and D.

Tamra

[thelma201]

This subject is very interesting. So many of us with Hasi/Hypo have skin problems. I had hives that were pretty much confined to my face and neck area for many years, during my 20's and 30's. I could never figure out what the cause was, it seemed to be triggered by stress. It went away for quite some time. Then 3 years ago I was told I have Hasi's. I didn't have a hive problem at the time, but I have had in the past 2 years...mine are usually in small bunches. I noticed a pattern with rising TSH..I'll get an intense ITCH, when I scratch, it gets worse and I then get tiny hives, and the more I scratch the wider the area of little hives gets. Must be associated somehow. It seems that if we can have so many other skin related problems--I also get boils in strange places when things aren't right.and we've all had the dry skin thing!!! Makes sense to me that the hives and hashi's are related.