Hives adrenaline injection, A little over three weeks ago, my wife had a bad breakout of hives that started just as she was finishing a prescription (10 days worth) of Amoxicillin. She stopped the Amoxicillin that day and figured that she was having an allergic reaction to the medication. The hives continued for a few days so she visited her PCP. He gave her a prescription for prednisone and told her to take Clariton each day.
Unfortunately, the hives didn't improve and a couple of days later they were so bad, and her face was so swollen, she had to take a trip to the ER. The doctors immediately gave her an IV and had to give her an adrenaline shot because her face and throat were so swollen. They also continued to give her prednisone along with allegra, benadryl, and pepcid. They assumed she had an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin and it was no longer in her system. It had been more than a week off the amoxicillin before she even entered the hospital.
After a couple of days in the hospital, the hives and swelling went completely away. She was dismissed from the hospital about 11:30am. At home that evening about 9-10 hours later, the hives started to return and all the medication (prednisone, allegra, benadryl, and pepcid) she was continuing to take, didn't stop the hives. She visited with her PCP earlier this week for a allergist refferal (darn HMO) and put her on Atarax instead of the Benardryl for the meantime. Again, no change. Hives were just as bad as ever, if not worse.
It has been over a week since her hospital stay and she has had severe hives (no dema though) every single day. They start around 8-9pm and continue to worsen through the night. they begin to fade through the day and begin new patches at night. Antihistamines and the steroids don't seem to be helping at all. They are actually just making her feel really terrible.
Obviously, our next step is to get to the allergist. I just wanted to see if anyone else has had something like this or know someone who has had such a bad case of urticaria that steroids and antihistamines didn't help. Also, why did she clear completely up at the hospital when she is taking the same drugs now? Would it have been the IVs? Would it be because she was removed from the allergen? Does this sound more like a disease (thyroid, autoimmune, etc) than an actual allergy?
I have read at least a 100 websites on Urticaria and I am still just left really confused and frustrated. I love my wife and I am going crazy seeing her go through this.
Unfortunately, the hives didn't improve and a couple of days later they were so bad, and her face was so swollen, she had to take a trip to the ER. The doctors immediately gave her an IV and had to give her an adrenaline shot because her face and throat were so swollen. They also continued to give her prednisone along with allegra, benadryl, and pepcid. They assumed she had an allergic reaction to the amoxicillin and it was no longer in her system. It had been more than a week off the amoxicillin before she even entered the hospital.
After a couple of days in the hospital, the hives and swelling went completely away. She was dismissed from the hospital about 11:30am. At home that evening about 9-10 hours later, the hives started to return and all the medication (prednisone, allegra, benadryl, and pepcid) she was continuing to take, didn't stop the hives. She visited with her PCP earlier this week for a allergist refferal (darn HMO) and put her on Atarax instead of the Benardryl for the meantime. Again, no change. Hives were just as bad as ever, if not worse.
It has been over a week since her hospital stay and she has had severe hives (no dema though) every single day. They start around 8-9pm and continue to worsen through the night. they begin to fade through the day and begin new patches at night. Antihistamines and the steroids don't seem to be helping at all. They are actually just making her feel really terrible.
Obviously, our next step is to get to the allergist. I just wanted to see if anyone else has had something like this or know someone who has had such a bad case of urticaria that steroids and antihistamines didn't help. Also, why did she clear completely up at the hospital when she is taking the same drugs now? Would it have been the IVs? Would it be because she was removed from the allergen? Does this sound more like a disease (thyroid, autoimmune, etc) than an actual allergy?
I have read at least a 100 websites on Urticaria and I am still just left really confused and frustrated. I love my wife and I am going crazy seeing her go through this.
