2007-01-13 21:06:21 · 6 answers · asked by sara 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
I do not know what it is called exactly, but I am allergic to the cold. I was camping and jumped in mtn. lake and within seconds I was completley covered in hives. Luckily mine do not itch really. I went to my asthma doctor and they tested me by making me hold an ice cube against my arm... so now when I am going to be outside for long periods of time when it is cold I have to take allegra to help the hives. The first parts of my body to get hives are my hands and then my neck and face. The worry is if my neck and then lungs would swell and I wouldn't be able to breathe. Maybe you have the same thing. I am no doc so I would talk to yours.
2007-01-13 23:05:26 · answer #1 · answered by crackermelons 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-24 19:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hives, also called urticaria, are rounded or oval bumps (swellings) on the skin that often are itchy. Sometimes they are red, but they don't have to be. Hives happen when the cells in the skin called mast cells release histamine, a chemical that causes tiny blood vessels (capillaries) to leak fluid. When this leaking fluid accumulates in the skin, it forms the small swellings that we recognize as hives.
Individual hives usually fade within eight to 12 hours, but recurrent hives can continue to reappear for weeks or months.
To relieve most uncomplicated episodes of hives, your doctor may suggest that you apply calamine lotion and/or take a nonprescription antihistamine medication, such as chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton), clemastine (Tavist) or diphenhydramine (Benadryl). It is critical to relieve the itching because scratching can stimulate more hives and itching.
Most simple cases of hives fade quickly, and the affected skin returns to normal within hours. Even when you have episodes that recur over several weeks, without a known cause, they often stop coming back after a few months.
2007-01-13 21:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by Dallas C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it quite is stated as Urticaria .. i've got been clinically determined with it considering that i become 9. And for 10 years I suffered from it, with none remedies or therapy. until ultimately after 10 visits to my accepted practitioner, my final accepted practitioner prescribed me with Zyrtec. it quite is an over-the-counter drugs, and It labored! i won't be able to enable you recognize the way interesting that's to no longer smash into hives as quickly as uncovered to the chilly.. after 10 years. the way the medicine works is that earlier you desire to circulate outdoors or get uncovered to chilly, take the medicine an hour in improve. or in basic terms take one interior the morning and it works for the finished day. different concepts: Many suggested Acupuncture for a therapy, yet I never have been given around it.. considering that i did no longer locate the needles sanitary. Or a metamorphosis of climate could help, it helped my sister who become clinically determined with the comparable disease. sturdy good fortune!
2016-12-12 11:03:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take some benedryl, that will relieve the itching and the hives, which aren't caused by cold water by the way.
2007-01-14 02:07:09 · answer #5 · answered by Firespider 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Put oatmeal in the bath. It is a well-known skin soother.
2007-01-13 23:27:31 · answer #6 · answered by P-nuts and Hair-dos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋