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What Could Cause Itching Like Allergy At Night With No Help From Loratidine?
hi doctor,
iam a medical student 2nd year mbbs.since 4 months am having an allergy like condidion at night always i used to itch a lot and i have consulted many doctors they have done many blood tests and says its just an allergy but since i have made no change in my lifestyle including food habits.can you please give me your opinion.iam currently taking loratidine daily at night to avoid the itch.
faithfully
amith
iam a medical student 2nd year mbbs.since 4 months am having an allergy like condidion at night always i used to itch a lot and i have consulted many doctors they have done many blood tests and says its just an allergy but since i have made no change in my lifestyle including food habits.can you please give me your opinion.iam currently taking loratidine daily at night to avoid the itch.
faithfully
amith
Thu, 20 Mar 2014
Hi, thank you for posting.
Your symptoms might be related to Urticaria, that is a hyper-sensibility due to an allergen.
Some of allergy causes are: infection(fascioliasis, ascariasis, etc), environmental agents and in some cases medicines can cause different allergies.
To determine the right treatment you should find the allergen, even it is very difficult, because allergic components are many and different.
However, except blood test you need:
1- Skin allergy test.
2- Stool test (ova and parasites).
If Loratadine doesn't help you, you can replace it with Cetirizine 10mg 1 pill a day.
You should consult your allergist.
I hope you find this helpful.
Regards.
Dr. Behar.
Your symptoms might be related to Urticaria, that is a hyper-sensibility due to an allergen.
Some of allergy causes are: infection(fascioliasis, ascariasis, etc), environmental agents and in some cases medicines can cause different allergies.
To determine the right treatment you should find the allergen, even it is very difficult, because allergic components are many and different.
However, except blood test you need:
1- Skin allergy test.
2- Stool test (ova and parasites).
If Loratadine doesn't help you, you can replace it with Cetirizine 10mg 1 pill a day.
You should consult your allergist.
I hope you find this helpful.
Regards.
Dr. Behar.
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