I first got hives when I was about 11 years old and they lasted for a few months and my parents never figured out the cause but they finally stopped appearing so we all thought it was over. Now 10 years later they are back! It first started out in Feb. as a few very itchy bumps on my legs when I woke up in the morning and then throughout the day they would fade. I thought it was Bed bugs and so I cleaned our apartment washed everything and searched for bugs on the bed, but there was nothing! I hadn't changed anything as far as eating, detergents, makeups. At first benadryl helped and then loratadine too. But after a month that stopped helping so I went to the family doc and he said to make a log of everything I ate, perfumes and detergents used and go to an allergy specialist. He also put me on prednisone, which helped but also made me gain about 10 lbs! I waited a few weeks before I called the allergy specialist and then one morning I woke up lips swollen, eyes swollen, and hives from head to toe! I went to the emergency clinic and they put me on steroids AGAIN and also gave me a steroid shot. That shot was supposed to last 3 days and only lasted through the night! SO I called and went to an allergy specialist and he told me it had to be something I was doing differently as far as diet or that stress could be a factor and that I would have to be off all medicine for a week to get the allergy testing. I couldnt even survive a day without medicine so I said no and he gave me 2 scrips: 3 months of Allegra and Ranitdine. He also said that if they arent gone in a month to come back. Now about 3 months later and I still have the hives and the medicine isn't working anymore!

SO....since I am so miserable with the hives and have a 1 year old to take care of, I really need to get to the bottom of this. I had a thought that the hives might be an internal problem, so maybe getting my full bloodwork scan will solve the problem. But I had a thought that maybe it was a thyroid related problem...and I googled hives and thyroid and it came up with a disease.

Hashimoto's disease...it is low thyroid or hypothyroidism...

So now my last step is to go to the doctor and tell him how to do his job!!! I really hope this is the answer so that I can get on medicine and I hope this helps with your hives too! I know how embarrassing it is to have to go out in public covered in nasty red bumps! Good luck!

i have a similar thing and i looked on google and it said i have pityrasia rosea?.
it all started when i went on holidays for 7 weeks and still hasn't gone.
i have red rash over me and some times goes about 3 cm wide and long.
and i went to a doctor in spain and she told me to take cortosone and it helps but came back again. and maby comes some times on my face.
PLEASEEE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg you are the first person i have found that is dealing with the same thing i am. mine started about 3 weeks ago and it is unbearable. and some are below the crease of my bottom and so my pants rub there so when i walk that is all i feel. and they have crusted over but then i scratch it in my sleep and theyll start to bleed. and theyve formed into like sections on each side of my inner thighs and its horrible. idk what to do.

I have the same thing! I thought it was stress-related, as it seems to occur more during the work week. I'm waiting for blood test results, as the first test came back with something signaling inflammation somewhere in the body (c-reative protein test). This has been the worst three months of my life.

when i went to the doctor they told me mine was scabies.