Hives/Urticaria

[notpink]

In a previous post I mentioned I had eczema (early March), but a few weeks later was puzzled by appearance and discovered (images on google) that it's Hives. Reluctant to see GP - recent appointment re: thyroid results was very uncomfortable - I mentioned eczema and, continuing to look at computer screen, GP said "use plenty of cream". Anyone else similarly affected with hives and any effective ways to treat?

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Hives is often linked to Hashimoto's

thyroidpharmacist.com/artic...

Your previous post showed low Thyroid antibodies, but at least 20% of Hashimoto's patients never have raised antibodies, or they may have been high in the past

Have you been working on improving your low vitamin D and B12

Recommended to get coeliac blood test before trying strictly gluten free diet

[notpink in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks for the interesting article link. It all seems so complicated! I am taking 1 x Vit. D3 + K2 daily (4000 iu) and 1 x Super B-Complex high potency daily . Also taking Omega-3 x 2 daily (250mg DHA + 125 ng EPA), 1 x Magnesium (250mg) and 1 x Zinc (25mg) daily. Will be going back to GP end of May - she said I could drop the 25 mg, if I wanted - am on 75 mg - and get blood test and see her again in 3 months. She thought my results were all normal and "I wasn't hypo". Recently had a reflexology session and almost leapt off the couch when she applied pressure to the thyroid point at the base of big toe. Am certainly not feeling right, but then, as GP mentioned several times I am getting older.....and at my age.....etc. etc. Will look into getting the coeliac blood test done before the GF diet. Many thanks for your help.

[humanbean]

Hives may be evidence of an allergic reaction. To confirm or disprove this you could try taking an allergy pill (the kind that people buy, without prescription, for hayfever) an hour before you take your Levo or other thyroid meds. Do this for a few days.

If the allergy pill helps reduce the severity of the hives then your next step should be to change the make of thyroid meds you take and see if it makes a difference. You will need to make sure that you get a paper copy of your prescription so that you can phone up different pharmacies to find out what makes of Levo they have available. Make sure you get the prescription filled by a pharmacy that has a different make from the one you currently use. For a description of the different makes available, see this document from Thyroid UK :

thyroiduk.org/tuk/treatment...

Bear in mind that lots of people have problems tolerating Teva brand.

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A personal anecdote...

I have suffered from eczema for about 50 years. I have had a massive improvement in my condition since taking high dose methylcobalamin (5000mcg per day) and a good quality B Complex (Thorne Research Basic B). Obviously I have sky-high levels of vitamin B12 but this doesn't worry me personally.

Another thing which has improved my skin is switching to a lower carb, higher fat diet. I'm not very good at keeping to it (I'm a sugar addict), but when I succeed my skin clears up to a huge degree. Nobody would know I had eczema at all these days, because the patches of skin damage I get are so small and so minor.

[notpink in reply to humanbean]

Many thanks for your suggestion. Simple and worth a try. You've certainly had your eczema a long time, but glad your skin's much improved.

[notpink]

Thanks for your reply. I guess I've been lucky up to now with no allergic reactions to anything that I was aware of.