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Question: My hives started on Tuesday late afternoon and then when I woke up Wednesday morning my entire body was covered in hives and my face and lips were swollen. I went to urgent care and said it was just hives and gave me benadryll. The hives went away throughout the day. Thursday morning I woke up with a slight rash. Thursday night my face started to become burning hot and was incredibly itchy. My face became red in most areas and I had a rash on my neck. When i woke up the rash had covered all of my body. This has happened Friday and Saturday night too and then i wake up the following morning covered in a rash and my lips and face swollen
Brief Answer:
Severe allergic rash
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I understand your concern regarding your skin problem and I hope I am able to help you in the same.
I have seen the attached pictures .
You surely have a severe generalised allergic reaction in the form of urticarial rash .
You should immediately stop with both tretinoin and the sulpha drug that you are taking .Do not take any other drug too ,in case you are taking .
Taking Benadryl or any other antihistamines on and off will not help in your case . You need to regularly take an antihistamine in the adult dose for five to seven days at least.
In case the swelling over lips or the rash persists,you might need a short course of steroids as well .
Make sure you are not using any irritant creams or lotions or face washes or things like dettol .Avoid outside or canned foods for sometime .
Hope it helps
Dr Geetika Paul
Severe allergic rash
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I understand your concern regarding your skin problem and I hope I am able to help you in the same.
I have seen the attached pictures .
You surely have a severe generalised allergic reaction in the form of urticarial rash .
You should immediately stop with both tretinoin and the sulpha drug that you are taking .Do not take any other drug too ,in case you are taking .
Taking Benadryl or any other antihistamines on and off will not help in your case . You need to regularly take an antihistamine in the adult dose for five to seven days at least.
In case the swelling over lips or the rash persists,you might need a short course of steroids as well .
Make sure you are not using any irritant creams or lotions or face washes or things like dettol .Avoid outside or canned foods for sometime .
Hope it helps
Dr Geetika Paul
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Do I need to see my dermatologist for a prescription for any of the things you mentioned? And will this eventually go away or is it permanent?
Brief Answer:
Take treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
You can get tablet Claritin as an otc agent .
Take it twice day for three days and see the effect .
If the rash improves ,take the medicine for a total of five days atleast .
However if it tends to persist or increase,see a nearby doctor or dermatologist soon .
Dr Geetika Paul
Take treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
You can get tablet Claritin as an otc agent .
Take it twice day for three days and see the effect .
If the rash improves ,take the medicine for a total of five days atleast .
However if it tends to persist or increase,see a nearby doctor or dermatologist soon .
Dr Geetika Paul
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Neel Kudchadkar
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