Just found out I have hasi and was reading up. Found this post... very interesting! I've had the same problem for about 3 years (hives) and have found that benadryl at bedtime along with Sarna lotion works for me. During the day sometimes, I've used a hydracortisone cream as a lotion - but not often as it is steroid based.
I have had Hashimoto's thyroid for ~26 years. Although I have had two or three episodes of this horrible itch / hives, this is the FIRST time I have learned that hives ARE connected to Hashimoto's. I have been trying to deal with this horrible itch from my current episode for about 3 months. Interestingly, I have also been dealing with a fluctuation in my TSH, and T3, T4 levels. I am about to go crazy with the itching. I am hoping to find some relief by taking all the good suggestions you have all presented. I sometimes take HOT showers to make my itching areas "angry" because it seems that after they get really "angry" the calm down for several hours. Of course, then I have to moisturize like crazy to keep my skin from getting dry. Has anyone else ever tried heat? Even my hair dryer sometimes helps....
Thank you all for your suggestions and support.
Can you cite the specific reference that states that hives are related to Hashi's? Are they caused because you are hypo? Very interested in your sources. Thanks.
I have most or all of the symptoms everyone is discussing & I have been diagnosed with Hashimoto's as well, although my thyroid is functioning ok (they just see the presence of antibodies). I am curious if any of you are extremely active & eat well. If you're like me, exercising inconsistently or not at all, and have a poor diet (I have for the past 2 years) then you may want to think about the research that supports toxins in the body being responsible for diseases/symptoms like these. I would love to know if any of you are actually in incredible shape, etc... There is a book called "The Master Cleanser" by Stanley Burroughs that talks about doing a cleansing diet to avoid these kinds of problems. I may be speaking for myself, but it seems to completely fit what I have done to my body. It would make sense to think that too many toxins have built up & perhaps a cleansing diet can rid my body of the very thing that is causing me problems. I know that I have not felt HEALTHY for a long time. I have seen every kind of doctor (allergist, gyno, neurologist, dermatologist, etc) NO ONE has an explanation except for the fact that my cells are "spitting out" histamine, which is why many of you have been prescribed high doses of antihistamines to help control the hives. The book I mentioned talks about the way that cells become "clogged" so to speak, they can not cleanse & renew themselves. You may notice your skin breaking out, you can develop cysts, etc. There is a firm belief out there that diseases such as cancer, MS, Hashimoto's, etc, whose causes cannot be explained, are simply related to a build up of toxins that must be removed from the body. Not to be too graphic, but apparently there is "junk" just sitting in our intestines & it has been there for YEARS & can be quite damaging to overall health. I keep going back to the notion of doing this cleansing fast since I am as desperate as all of you & willing to do anything to get rid of this problem. For goodness sake, I have a 2-year old & would like to enjoy outdoor activities without worrying about an attack of hives!!! So far, I have not been strong enough to go 10 days on liquid, but I am becoming more & more convinced that there may be light at the end of the tunnel if I do. Has anyone tried it before? If I make it & it works, I will be sure to let you know!!!Hang in there...
If your digestion is slow then that could mean your body is absorbing toxins from your food that it shouldn't. This is because the food stays in there for so long. I have read similar things that you but I don't particularly believe in liver cleanses because most of the sites have so much inconsistent data and lies (like hundreds of green stones from your gall bladder that has only room for like 5 in real life). This slow digestion could be caused by a number of things like hypothyroid. Your problem could also be totally unrelated to your thyroid so what I'm saying, don't believe in everything you read (I've done that mistake far too often). Remember, poor diet isn't always as unhealthy as you might think (it might lack nutrients but it certainly doesn't contain as many toxins as those cleansing sites try to make you believe). You should talk to a doctor that is an expert in this matter and get a blood test.
Gosh, I can't believe I am not the only one going thru this. I have had hives for 5 months and they are driving me crazy. My Doctor gave me a steroid injection and a steroid pak. It helped a little then did the same treatment again. He told me to go see an allergist. The allergist ordered a bunch of bloodwork. My WBC was high along with the thryglobulin antibodies & thyroid peroxidase. The thryglobulin antibody result is supposed to be less than 20 and mine was 2499. Two years ago I was sent to a cancer specialist due to my WBC being high, they thought I had Leukemia or Lymphoma. I had a bone marrow biopsy that came back negative. I am now told I have Hashhmoto's disease and that it has been going on for years. If they would fo found it 2 years ago, I wouldnt of had to go thru the cancer testing, which was not fun. I am 35. I have been on Armour Thyroid for 2 weeks now. A few days after I started it my hives went away. I was sooo happy and thought they were gone. Not, They started up again a few days ago. This really *****. I take Atarax 50 mg every 6 hours and take Benadryl in between. When I go to bed I also take 3 Benadryl so I can sleep. I take alot of hot, hot showers. It really helps them.
I am very discouraged in reading everyones comments that the hives last for along time and are recurrent. There has got to be something out there to help with the hives.