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Suggest Treatment For Hives All Over Body Along With Loss Of Consciousness
Question: I'm having an allergic reaction to something I ate, and I'm breaking out with hives at different parts of my body and feeling faint. I took 50 mg of Benadryl will that work?
Brief Answer:
Oral antihistamincs and corticosteroids
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for posting on HCM.
It seems you might have got a condition called Urticaria or hives. Its an allergic manifestation of skin, where an allergen leads to release of certain substances from your blood, leading to itchy skin rash and swelling over soft tissues.
Its proper management requires thorough history, clinical and laboratory work-up.You may have to go for specific tests like patch test, food prick test, IgE antibody levels etc.
As for treatment part, best would be the avoidance of allergen as far as possible. Try to eliminate possible triggering foods from diet.
Apart from antihistamincs (Like Benadryl), I would also advise you short course of oral corticosteroid for faster relief.
Apply soothing calamine lotion twice a day over rashes.
For non- responding cases there are many other drugs like dapsone, cyclosporine, montelukast, omalizumab etc which can be used in certain selected cases.
Hope this will help you in resolving your query.
Thank you
Dr Hardik Pitroda
Oral antihistamincs and corticosteroids
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for posting on HCM.
It seems you might have got a condition called Urticaria or hives. Its an allergic manifestation of skin, where an allergen leads to release of certain substances from your blood, leading to itchy skin rash and swelling over soft tissues.
Its proper management requires thorough history, clinical and laboratory work-up.You may have to go for specific tests like patch test, food prick test, IgE antibody levels etc.
As for treatment part, best would be the avoidance of allergen as far as possible. Try to eliminate possible triggering foods from diet.
Apart from antihistamincs (Like Benadryl), I would also advise you short course of oral corticosteroid for faster relief.
Apply soothing calamine lotion twice a day over rashes.
For non- responding cases there are many other drugs like dapsone, cyclosporine, montelukast, omalizumab etc which can be used in certain selected cases.
Hope this will help you in resolving your query.
Thank you
Dr Hardik Pitroda
Note: For further information on diet changes to reduce allergy symptoms or to boost your immunity, Ask here.
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