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Suffer From Chronic Hives. Took Medication And Was Free But Back Again. Get Crawling Skin And Skin Pricks. What To Do?

I SUFFER FROM CHRONIC HIVES. THEY STARTED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO A,D LASTED FOR ALMOST 1 YEAR, I WAS ON MEDICATION WHICH HELPED RELIEVE THE WHELTS AND THE ITCHING. I FIGURED IT WAS CAUSED FROM STRESS SO I WENT OFF THE MEDS, AND WAS HIVE FREE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, NOW IM BACK ON THE MEDS BECAUSE THE HIVES CAME BACK. I ALSO GET CRAWLING SKIN AND SKIN PRICKS, WHAT IS THIS... PENNY
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Hello Penny,
Welcome to healthcare magic.
You seem to be having chronic idiopathic urticaria.
It presents with hives which disappear spontaneously and reappear after a few hours to days. In 90% of cases, it is difficult to identify a cause. In another 10%, it could be attributed to a food item, new medications, sweating , cold, chronic infection like a tooth caries.
You have to rule out these causes. You could continue taking antihistamines for a long time as they are safe.
It is difficult to predict when you will be completely cured.
Hope this helped.
Take care.
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Suffer From Chronic Hives. Took Medication And Was Free But Back Again. Get Crawling Skin And Skin Pricks. What To Do?

Hello Penny, Welcome to healthcare magic. You seem to be having chronic idiopathic urticaria. It presents with hives which disappear spontaneously and reappear after a few hours to days. In 90% of cases, it is difficult to identify a cause. In another 10%, it could be attributed to a food item, new medications, sweating , cold, chronic infection like a tooth caries. You have to rule out these causes. You could continue taking antihistamines for a long time as they are safe. It is difficult to predict when you will be completely cured. Hope this helped. Take care.