Hive Outbreaks With Blisters? Posted: 04-27-07 15:50pm
Hello all,
I've had a couple of outbreaks of hives in
the past couple months. Although
inconvenient, I just waited them out, and
they eventually abated. No idea what
brought them on.
I had a third outbreak flare up yesterday
afternoon which included a pimple sized
blister that kept getting larger over 24
hours until the size of a quarter. I
finally took some Benadryl and the redness
disappeared, but the blister is still
there, tightly inflated.
I've been searching for info online all
afternoon and have yet to find a
confirmation that painful blisters are
associated with hives. Does this sound
right to anyone?
I had been out backpacking a week ago, so
the affected area (ankle) was tender-but
no blister until sitting at my computer a
week later and progressively large without
friction. The hives I can handle, but I
guess I'll try to pinpoint the allergy if
it brings on this stuff...
Any thoughts would be really appreciated.
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twicken2
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Joined: 21 Feb 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Champaign, IL
Posted: 05-02-07 00:38am
Sounds like it could be a bug bite to me.
Keep in mind, the hives and blister could
be completely unrelated.
I've heard of people with mosquito allergy
getting both general hives and a blister
at the bite site.
Were there many bugs wherever you were
backpacking?
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