Posted by: Emartin
« on: November 09, 2013, 09:37:39 PM »Another consideration is Celiac. I have had several friends go through periods of unexplained hives and stomach issues prior to their diagnosis. Steroids were not helping because they were still consuming gluten not realizing that was the issue.
If you are dealing with an NSaid/ibuprofen allergy you may want to consider having the allergist write a note on letterhead detailing that allergy. I say this because I am allergic to aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen sodium. Every trip to ER or walk in clinic where pain meds are needed started to become this major drama about drug seeking which is a pain in the butt when you are already in agony and you have taken enough Tylenol to kill your liver and it isn't working.
Right now we're considering: ibuprofen/NSAID, nuts, and gluton. Ironically, I've had my wisdom teeth out this week and have barely been eating, and ta-da, no hives. But the come every other week and I've been on steroids so much lately, who knows. I broke out 3 times severely before we moved forward with testing. Then the day of testing and after I broke out severely again. The only thing I showed strong, highly allergic reactions to was both types of dust mites they tested me on. In less than a minute he said that I had one of the best positive reactions he had ever seen. And I know that those can be found in flour products. So I'm not sure if that's what is causing the reaction I keep having, or we just happened to find something else I am allergic to. Thank you for the input though, all of the fresh ideas help! As you know, hives are miserable and I am bound and determined to stop this!