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Husband has hives on hands very itchy- help me, help him!

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janine05901
janine05901

Last year my husband suddenly started to get hives on his hands extremely itchy. He has seen dermalogist doctors etc spent a lot of money. The doctor put him on ant-acid tablets and general allergy medication you can buy over the counter. He was on prendisolone for a while but you can't take it for a long period of time. He was fine taking the ant-acid and allergy tablets until now October which is the start of summer in Australia. His first attack happened same time last year. Can anyone help??? Beside medications is there anything that has helped anyone else. The itching and dots are slowing happening again!!!

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  • mitch46872
    mitch46872 janine05901

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    Have you tried eliminating Tylenol?! I developed hives after a recent surgry. Not wanting to take the naroctics that were given to me, I just used Tylenol instead. I then broke out in give all over my body.
  • mh96526
    mh96526 janine05901

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    PLEASE READ - THIS WORKED FOR ME

    Please try taking 1 antihistamine (like Zyrtec) AND 1 antacid daily. I had severe hives for two years following my hysterectomy. Sometimes my feet would swell so much that I had no arch and my skin would split. My hives were caused by pressure, stress, heat, you name it. Once I started taking both the antihistamine and the antacid together every morning, I stopped having hives after a couple of weeks.

    From what I understand, those individuals with chronic urticaria need to block both the h1 histamines and the h2 histamines. H1 histamines are blocked by the allergy type of antihistamine and h2 histamines are blocked by antacids.

    I took that combination for 9 years with great success. Zero issues with hives. Now, I don't have to take either.

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