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Originally Posted by sunrise
jbug, are you pretty sure it is hives and not a rash? Sometimes you never find out the cause of the hives. I had them really bad for about 10 days a few years back and had to have cortisone shots to get them under control. I never found out what caused them. My daughter has got them a couple of times from going into Bath and Body Works. She is allergic to that store! I have another daughter who got them due to a drug allergy.
I think it is really good that you have the home nurse coming and she can check them out and give advice on how to get them under control. I hope they are not too itchy for you. Do you think you might be having a reaction to a medication you are taking?
Sometimes certain viral infections can cause a rash on just one side of the body, but it is often in a strip on one side (dermatome pattern) rather than a whole side or area of a body. Contact dermatitis would be localized to wherever the contact had been on the body.
Hope you feel better soon, jbug.
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I am pretty sure they are hives as they are spreading somewhat rapidly. They are on my left leg now and quickly spreading. I am wearing shorts now trying to let it air out seeing if that helps. I am going to call the home health nurse to come tomorrow so he can check it tomorrow if it is still bad in the morning. That way my mom can still go to the airport to take my sister there, my sister goes home tomorrow. She has been here a week and I have loved having her here. But anyway back to the hives... I am thinking they may be heat related but not sure. Like you said I may never know.
Jan