“Adapting to a new variation or something to worry about?”
Since moving from the Pacific Northwest to Georgia U.S., whenever my children (all four of them, ages 4, 5, 9, 12) come down with a mild common cold, they break out in hives. And this has happened multiple times with all of them. They have had many colds and other viruses and have never had this reaction until we moved. Is this something to worry about? Or simply a variation their bodies are having a harder time fighting?
Female | 32 years old
Complaint duration: 1 year
Medications: None
Conditions: None
1 Answer
Thanks for the question. Post-viral hives are common, caused by a generalized stimulation of the immune system. They tend to occur during the recovery phase, and respond to routine treatments, like antihistamines. The reason why they are occurring after your move has mostly to do with exposure to more unfamiliar blades of these viruses in the new environment, eliciting a broader, more nonspecific immune response. Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>
