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Does this sound like Urticaria?

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laura.1993
laura.1993

Hello

Over week ago I woke up to a rash on my back stomach arms thighs and chest. I went to the walk in centre and they said it was uticaria. It has now been 8 days and the rash is still there, if not getting worse. Everytime I get hot or sometimes randomly i get a wave of intesse prickling/stabbing with a pin feeling all over where the rash is. (it is a rash of blemishes/little pimples) why has the rash not subsided at all?

Does anyone know if this sounds like urticaria?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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  • katieohla
    katieohla laura.1993

    Posted

    Could be! There's so many different versions of it.

    Have you taken anything for it yet? First steps are anti histamines, if it's really extreme you could get steroids off the doctor if you really can't cope with it.

    • laura.1993
      laura.1993 katieohla

      Posted

      Yes I have been on antihistanmines for 9 days now, i started taking them the day the rash appeared and also I have been applying zerobase cream and calamine lotion but nothing seems to work. And ok thanks, I will make an appointment with my doctor to see what else she can do.
  • respecthealth
    respecthealth laura.1993

    Posted

    Hello. I had urticaria a few years ago and would describe it like you. Felt very tickly often. Would go soon after taking an antihistamine. The rash would happern anywhere - in some places it was just like red skin and in most other places like different sized red raised blotches, but never like any pus filled pimples. Mine went after about a year, but can vary. Still best checked out by a Dr.
    • laura.1993
      laura.1993 respecthealth

      Posted

      I have been to the doctors twice. One said it was eczema and one said it was urticaria. My rash has been there for 10 days now, hasn't moved at all. That's why I wasn't sure if it was urticaria or not but judging your comment, it could be... The antihistamines have done nothing at all for it.
  • respecthealth
    respecthealth laura.1993

    Posted

    The first antihistamine prescribed for me did not work, but a second one did. The second one's name was something like Fexofenadine HCL. Ask your Dr. about it. I think it was due to stress at the time. They also did iron, vitamin D and thyroid tests on me.
    • laura.1993
      laura.1993 respecthealth

      Posted

      I have tried 2, piritin (4mg) one every 4 hours which I got over the counter and then the doctor prescribed me with hayleve (4mg) one every 4 hours. None have worked. Can I ask what mg were your prescribed anti histamines?
    • laura.1993
      laura.1993 respecthealth

      Posted

      And also what were your vitamin D and thyroid test results? If you don't mind me asking.
  • respecthealth
    respecthealth laura.1993

    Posted

    Hi again. I can't remember the amount as it was several years ago. Also, I was low in iron and vitamin D levels, plus a bit hypothyroid. Still don't know if there was a link or if it was a type of allergy brought on by stress. 

     

    • laura.1993
      laura.1993 respecthealth

      Posted

      Hi.

      Thanks for your reply. I'll go to the doctors and see if they will do a blood test as I've never had one done.

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