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Article: Cause of persistent hives often never found
- Article from:
- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- February 18, 2008
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DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I am frantic for some information on hives.
I've had them for about five months now, and they're driving me up
the wall.
At night I can't sleep because of itching. I have tried taking an
antihistamine, but it didn't work for me. Aside from the hives, I
feel fine and consider myself to be in good health. Please tell me
what to do and what works for them. - K.B.
ANSWER: Hives lasting less than six weeks are called acute hives,
and the list of causes for them is long. Allergies (food, drugs,
insect bites, infections and on and on) are big causes, and
antihistamines often control the itching until the hives go away on
their own.
Your hives are something else. They've lasted ...
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