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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Hives And Fever

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Posted on Tue, 8 Dec 2015
Question: 86jyr old female (Mother), hives for aprox 3-4 mos. being seen by derm. and has had blood draws for envior. and ingested allergy...no markers, supposed to go in for patches on mon., hives have been abaited w/ steroids and anti histimines until this weekend when fever came and hives reappeared. Basically very healthy woman, where and what do I do, watch for...please help. XXXXXXX
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Answered by Dr. Charu Bansal (41 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
acute urticaria

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Welcome to Healthcaremagic.com. I have read your query. I understand your concern.
Hives known as Urticaria is an allergic condition of skin characterised by itchy red transient eruptions over body. It can be caused by allergy to recent infection, any food, seasonal change, drugs, pollen grains etc.
In your case, it seems that infection as indicated by fever is the cause for reappearance of hives. In such cases, I prefer to advise oral antibiotics like Azithromycin with oral antihistaminics like levocetrizine to my patients.
You should visit your doctor and share my opinion with him. I hope it helps.
Take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Persistent Hives And Fever

Brief Answer: acute urticaria Detailed Answer: Hello. Welcome to Healthcaremagic.com. I have read your query. I understand your concern. Hives known as Urticaria is an allergic condition of skin characterised by itchy red transient eruptions over body. It can be caused by allergy to recent infection, any food, seasonal change, drugs, pollen grains etc. In your case, it seems that infection as indicated by fever is the cause for reappearance of hives. In such cases, I prefer to advise oral antibiotics like Azithromycin with oral antihistaminics like levocetrizine to my patients. You should visit your doctor and share my opinion with him. I hope it helps. Take care.