Skin Flushing, Hives, and Welts

by Carolyn
(United States)

I was first diagnosed with dermographism hives on skin when I was 15. Same story, welts, hives on skin, anything that touched my skin irritated the hell out of it. Then 6 years later, I went into remission. Even though I was free of hives and welts my skin would still get red when it was in contact with anything. The itchiness had also subsided.

Now, 10 years later IT'S BACK. Worst than it ever was. Not only do I have these annoying hives on skin reactions but I now suffer from idiopathic anaphalactoid reactions. Basically I am experiencing severing flushing, which I never had before, throat tightness, hives that leave little brown scars on my body, heart palpitations, vomiting, and diarrhoea. My doctor seems to think it's all connected. I've been taking 20mg of Reactine for the past year and it seems to be working. I only had one anaphalactoid reaction and even though I look like I got in a catfight my skin feels pretty good.

I could not bare to go one day without anti-histamine. It's like torture. Like you, I've been through so many tests, most of them you have mentioned (thyroid, tumour, hormones, neurological). I found so many similarities in our stories. I can only hope that this will go away once again.