Hives
Poor Dexie got a rash a couple of weeks ago, but it disappeared. Then it came back. Then it went. Then it came back and was worse!
On Friday it got really bad, spreading down to his wrists and knees. So we called a locum doctor to the house, being Good Friday, nowhere else was open. The doctor took one look at him and confirmed what Dr Google told me – it was hives. I think I’ve isolated the cause of it too, after our special breakfast this morning – hot cross buns. Apparently the spices, mixed fruit and peel could cause the allergic reaction. Thankfully we had Claratyne in the cupboard which settled the rash to faded red splotches rather than the scary, angry red welts.
Heather responds:
Posted: April 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm →
Oh poor Dexie! Emily’s had hives numerous times, Claratyne is her best friend! It’s brilliant stuff. Ironically, I only had it in the house because Kaitlyn was stung by a bee! Soon discovered it comes in handy for hives too. My googling told me though that it’s not necessarily an allergic reaction (??)…. When I asked the allergist about it for Emily his only suggestion was to give her Claratyne every day through Spring as a prophalactic! I wasn’t keen on giving her a drug daily “just in case” so I’ve only ever given it to her as needed. Allergy skin prick testing revealed nothing, but the allergist said they can only test for a limited number of things, and her issues are most likely environmental, just like her dad, but being able to test for every type of grass, tree, pollen etc out there is impossible! Anyway. Totally useless rave, with no real use other than to say, “Poor Dexie, Emily knows just how you feel!!”