Hives ..... Drink wine!

This is the post I've been searching for! I just posted a cry for advice on this forum. But one of the things I mentioned in it is that if I have 2 drinks in the evening (liquor) my hives completely disappear.

I mean full fledged major hives... they just fade away in front of my eyes with every sip. No one can explain this?!

This is the post I've been searching for! I just posted a cry for advice on this forum. But one of the things I mentioned in it is that if I have 2 drinks in the evening (liquor) my hives completely disappear.

I mean full fledged major hives... they just fade away in front of my eyes with every sip. No one can explain this?!

yes ive had them for years drinking this red wine seems to be working. i also googled vitamin C, nettle tea, briamalin the stuff in pineapples is suppose to help as well as ginger. i already had the wine but im going to try the rest. Benadryl works but after 10 minutes im out.

I have had hives for about 5 years now, I think its mostly milk and barley, rye related but honestly I can get them for no reason what so ever. Even so, Every now and then (perhaps once a fortnight) I have hives for over 12 hours and one glass of red wine is the only thing that gets rid of it! works within 20 minutes, and the effects are dramatic, from hives all over my body to none in 30 minutes, its mad.

SAME!

I had a terrible case of hives about ten years ago. I looked like a horror movie makeup crew went wild on me. Thankfully it only lasted for a few weeks. The only "responsible" cure was drinking alcohol because Benadryl made me black out, if I ate enough.

Since then, I've had a few bouts which were less dramatic. Each time, I find that, depending on the drink, two or three drinks take me from bugs burrowing in to my skin everywhere to feeling pretty normal.

I had a specialist take a biopsy and there was no discovery. I'm having a bit of it at present and I've washed everything and I've replaced the furnace filter with a hypo-allergenic one and I've checked the pollen count, super low.

Everything that the original poster jives with my experience. The only hopeful thing I can say is that my bouts have been temporary and I have a vague feeling that it is worse when I am fatigued (ironic, because the alcohol cure doesn't set you up well for the next day). If it goes away, just start taking care of yourself as best you can. Cortisone cream helps A LITTLE but my doctor warned me that prolonged use damages your skin, so apply only as needed. If you can function on Benadryl, that stuff works pretty well, for a few hours at a time. Probably no worse that booze, you'll wake up itching again.

I really can't know but my best guess is that something is going on with this being an extremely mild winter, where I am. Some life form that is typically subdued by the cold is pumping out something in to the air that is typically not monitored. For all I know, it's squirrel dandruff. That's my best clue. If you figure it out, please let me know.

I was diagnosed with urticaria at 17 (I am now 46) when i had what looked like large pizza size ringworm on my thighs, followed by swelling on my face. Mine doesn't look like nettle rash, its larger solid raised areas, and they're hot!

I know that physical pressure causes it, like digging, carrying heavy bags a long way. I also know aspirin and ibuporfen cause it.

I am also allergic to all non steroidal anti inflammatories and antihistamines.

Reading this thread has been interesting.

Red wine makes mine worse, as i tend to flush which makes my skin hotter.

The only cure I've found is 3 or 4 cans of lager.

At the moment I've had flu for a week, and as normal when run down, my lip and face is swollen, and my right underarm is red and hot. So, a few beers it is....

I am so glad I found this discussion to know I'm not alone! I have had large hives all over for 4 months. Funny thing is, the only thing that helps is red wine, just as so many here have said. My primary tested me for a million things and came up with nothing . I saw an allergist who diagnosed me with CIU, but explained it was very likely I would never discover the cause. I have been taking antihistamines and Pepcid which have done nothing for me. About a month ago, I took an at home food sensitivity test which showed I reacted to 29 foods. I cut them all out of my diet, and the hives improved a great deal, but did not disappear. Thinking this may have something to do with my gut health, I started taking a prebiotic/probiotic with digestive enzymes 5 days ago, and as of today, the hives have been GONE for 2 days. I'm not sure if it will last as it's only been 2 days, but thought I'd share in case this may help some of you.

please whats the name of the wine

I have dealing with hives for 8 month following my Pfizer vaccine and noticed that although Zyrtec worked for a while until it stopped working , what i noticed also worked was

if i had a mixed drink with vodka, my hives would disappear easily...so when my Zyrtec doesn't work i try that route and it works until it wears off...

Wine is said to have an antibiotic quality to it, this is what i have heard. I do not believe its the wine that makes them disappear but effects of your state of mind while drinking the wine. Hives are based on mental state.

same thing hapoens with me. just came back from a long weekend at the beach and drank wine every night. Hives were gone the whole time. Came home and that night the hives came back. strange!!