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What Causes Outbreak Of Hives On Body?

Hi my name is Jane and I have had a strange outbreak of hives for almost a month now. As long as I am on prednisone, banadryl and famotidine they seem to go away and after I am off the prednisone about 4 days they return. I just finished my second round of prednisone and low an behold after only 3 days of stopping the prednisone the hives have returned. I can not figure out what is causing them because I have always used the same things. HELP!
Mon, 3 Sep 2018
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Food/ food preservatives, infections (viral e.g. flu, bacterial e.g. a recent sore throat, fungal etc), medications/ drugs and alcohol are some of the common causes of hives.
However, a lot of the cases have no identifiable cause on history.
The strategy is to manage symptomatically for 2-3 weeks with an oral antihistamine e.g. Tab Cetirizine once a day for a few days. In addition, I suggest you to use a soothing lotion e.g calamine lotion to calm down the rashes.





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What Causes Outbreak Of Hives On Body?

Hi, Food/ food preservatives, infections (viral e.g. flu, bacterial e.g. a recent sore throat, fungal etc), medications/ drugs and alcohol are some of the common causes of hives. However, a lot of the cases have no identifiable cause on history. The strategy is to manage symptomatically for 2-3 weeks with an oral antihistamine e.g. Tab Cetirizine once a day for a few days. In addition, I suggest you to use a soothing lotion e.g calamine lotion to calm down the rashes. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.