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Hives

I'm 6 weeks out and just started getting hives. This is the second day in a row. This never happened before. Anyone else experience this?

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I haven't had the sleeve yet so I am not much fun there. Any new foods, soaps, dressings on your surgical wounds etc? Medications?

You are allergic to something new you are ingesting. Like the above said could be vitamins, new protien shake, medication, etc. If it was the dressing, you would most likely get contact dermatitis or itching burning at the site.

I am not sleeved yet but I am an expert on hives. First my skin would start to peel off on my palms and feet, I've been to several doctors, I've been told I have bacterial infection, medications didn't help, later they said I have eczema, again, nothing helped, spent tons of money to see the best doctors, nobody seemed to be able to help. Later started to get hives on my body, legs, arms, belly. Itchy, big red spots. If I scratched it it would flare up and grow. It took everything out of me not to scratch them. And they would only last a day or two. Heat, dust triggered it. Some fruit too like kiwi, pineapple, but even avoiding those would not stop the hives. And one morning I woke up with swollen lips and arms. That was it, went to my GP, he took a look at me and my hives and prescribed me antihistamine. I mean I spent weeks trying to figure out what would cause them but really, you can not. My GP told me this: There are many causes of hives including foods, drugs, infections, and diseases. Oddly enough, even though there are many potential causes, in the majority of cases of hives, the cause is unknown. So he said mine is Idiopathic hives (cause unknown, it just happens). I have to take antihistamine for 3 months, my hives are gone, my skin on my palms and feet is back to normal, no more itching and swelling. I'm thinking about all the money I've spent on dermatologists and meds, and my GP diagnosed it in a minute for free.lol

What I'm trying to say that most of the times there is no trigger or cause. You just got them and they will not go away or if they do they will return, so I recommend you to see your doctor and he can give you the medication to control it.

I'd say it's an allergic reaction. Start by eliminating food/vitamins/soaps/lotions one by one to find the cause. Mine was a new laundry detergent.

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