Question: Dr. XXXXXXX
I accidentally closed my query. I don't know if you remember me but I am the one who had
urticaria and did
skin biopsy.. Your last response kindly told me to wait for my biopsy result. I need to get back to you.
I had numerous
Eosinophil, I kept asking my question to doctors here online, I got some good advise. I am afraid I would progress my allergy to other organ if I am not treated right with proper medication in the future. I need your opinion too because the choice of most affective medication would be the problem. So far I got this fact by testing. I have a very high total IgE, and I am Atopic. with
environmental Allergy, such as dust mite, cats dog, cockroaches, weed and tree pollen and numerous Eosinophil in my skin. I was on oral
Prednisone in December but my doctor needs to stop it in the middle of therapy because of loaded of side effect with hives on my neck, they said I am sensitive to it. Right after that, my doctor put me on
Allegra and Tagamet. My hives has been more often, I stopped taking them since after the day before the biopsy on 4//4. I got reaction during the Patch testing on 4/2, then you gave me an good advice about. Thimerosal. The skin was taken for biopsy from the hives that I had during the patch testing. Food and medication allergy was not tested yet, but it seems to me that my diet has not been changed but I have no new urticaria since after the last episode on 4/2. Do you think patch testing would have caused my last hives? I also had a bad reaction such as headache, hives nausea breathing problem, tightness of chest while I was working on 3/6 and I was sick next day. My work is over night shift, closed winter environment with heat and not vent in the assisted housing set up, carpeted floor, old couch to lay down and rest, I do house cleaning (I had to sweep floor often including carpeted area) and personal hygiene along with passing medication to the resident. I feel like dust mites caused my bad
allergic reaction that night. Again I want to ask you your recommendation of medication or other therapy I can have for desensitization. I know finding more allergen would help, button so far I got this test result and experience with my urticaria.