Chronic Hives -Frustration with Doctors

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7. First off, you can become allergic to anything at any time.

There are even people who are allergic to things like heat. Has the allergist done a sensitivity test for things you are exposed to, including dog dander? That would nail down whether or not it's an environmental allergy and show the way to treatment.

Don't be too alarmed at that high CH50, it's a very broad based indicator that your immune system is active in some way. You will have it elevated with allergic reactions. If you have it in the absence of allergic reaction, the doc needs to find out why. Yours is explainable.

Finding out what you're allergic to is going to be a long term and frustrating process. In the meantime, the danger signs are numbness, tingling or swelling in your mouth or throat. That means call an ambulance, it's life threatening. As long as it remains hives, you're miserable but OK until they figure it out.

My last one was a drug I'd been taking for a couple of months with no problem until one afternoon, HIVES. Fortunately, I always have extra Prednisone and Benadryl on hand because it took me a week to figure out which drug it was.