Hives update and testing for Vitamin D

Well I may not ever know the exact reason for my huge hive outbreak a couple weeks ago . They are just now calming down. The doctor has prescribed a five day steroid treatment and a stronger skin cream for the itching. Pretty standard treatment from what I have read. She said this should help get the rest of the irritant out of my system. We are going to chalk it up to stress induced at this time.

I have also decided that it would be prudent to wear a mask during the new treatment just to keep from inhaling any particles in the air during it. Although the doctor didn't feel that that was the cause.

I also asked for a Vit D deficiency test since I am hearing from so many people how they have turned up deficient. I asked the Doctor why they are not doing this test automatically . She said they don't usually but almost EVERYONE she tests is deficient . Yes you heard me almost EVERYONE!!! I'm thinking to myself..well why wouldn't this test be standard? But I figured I wasn't going to grill her and she was more than willing to do the test. I reserve my bitching for those I feel deserve it these days....Check the listed reference source for Vitamin D deficiency symptoms. You will be shocked what not getting enough of this Vitamin can do to your system.

http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/v/vitamin_d_deficiency/symptoms.htm#symptom_list

My Hive out break could have a link to not having enough of this Vitamin in my system ,and I take 1500 mg a day! I may need much much more than that and you might also. I strongly advise that you all ask your doctor to check your levels . You may be surprised at how much better you can feel when you have the correct amount of it.

Suffering from a skin ailment!! Gah!!

I decided to share with my readers some of my frustration that I am having with a breakout of hives that I am suffering from.

Last time I EVER had hives to this extent was when I was a little girl and I had eaten pine apple while licking stamps to put in my mothers stamp booklet. Apparently my parents were never able to figure out what caused it the pineapple or the glue or the two combined...so they kept me away from both all my life. I started to eat pineapple in adulthood and never had any hives so I determined that it had not been the cause. Or if it had ,I had outgrown it.
Well two weeks ago I broke out in hives all over my chest ,my ears filled with fluid and I felt like I may even had some inside my throat! Some really strong Benadryl which knocked me out for a day seemed to help with the throat and ear thing. I have had to take an antihistamine every 6 hours since just to hold this rash to what it is....I have gone over everything I may have eaten and can come up with nothing .
From everything I have read Hives can be brought on by stress. Have I had that this last month? yes.Combined with seasonal allergies seems to be the only trigger I can come up with.

The most common skin allergy triggers that cause hives include:


• Medication such as antibiotics, codeine, penicillin, sulfa, anticonvulsant drugs, phenobarbital, and aspirin

• Foods like shellfish, nuts, tomatoes, soy, chocolate, and berries

• Pollen

• Cat dander

• Insect bites such as bee ans wasp stings



Other causes of the hives include: emotional stress, bacterial - viral - fungal infections, hepatitis B, parasitic worms, food additives, plants, cold temperatures, heat, sweating, and dermatographism (irritation from pressure or tight fitting clothes).

So as you can see this is not going to be easy to figure out.....
Seeing the Doc on Monday and hope for some answers.