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What Causes Sporadic Outbreaks Of Hives, Cold And Minor Chest Pain?
For the last 3-4 weeks I ve had sporatic outbreaks of Hives. Also cold symtopms and some minor chest pain. I ve been to my PCP, and Allergist and a Dermatoligist. Blood test were negative as was Urine sample! Most of the time the Hives appear when I wake up. After a shower and getting ready for work they subside.
Fri, 14 Mar 2014
Hello,
Welcome to HCM,
The symptoms suggests me that you are having allergic reaction, but you need to identify the allergen causing these symptoms.
You need to test your blood sample for absolute eosinophil count (AEC) to confirm the presence of allergic reactions.
Then you need to undergo skin prick test (SPT) for most prevalent allergens like food, dust, mite and pollen, this will help us to find the allergen causing these symptoms.
After identifying the allergen causing these symptoms and you can avoid these allergens, if it is not possible to avoid you need to take immunotherapy.
You can choose either subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) or sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). This mode of treatment will help you to control the infection.
Thank you
Welcome to HCM,
The symptoms suggests me that you are having allergic reaction, but you need to identify the allergen causing these symptoms.
You need to test your blood sample for absolute eosinophil count (AEC) to confirm the presence of allergic reactions.
Then you need to undergo skin prick test (SPT) for most prevalent allergens like food, dust, mite and pollen, this will help us to find the allergen causing these symptoms.
After identifying the allergen causing these symptoms and you can avoid these allergens, if it is not possible to avoid you need to take immunotherapy.
You can choose either subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) or sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). This mode of treatment will help you to control the infection.
Thank you
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