"Mom, um, you've got a rash?"
Hives. Chronic idiopathic urticaria. I used to just get them when I was cold. Now they show up when I'm cold, when I'm hot, stressed, exercising, eating (though I can't pinpoint an exact food trigger), and sometimes just randomly, just because. Typically it starts with a burning in my face, and sometimes it spreads from there. I can't even recall all the times I've been asked if I was embarrassed when the red starts creeping across my cheeks. Some days I take double or triple doses of antihistamines, some days just a single dose keeps them away.
I'm not sure what brought them about this afternoon, just know that my fingers are crossed they're gone so I can participate in Tae Kwon Do tonight without a new batch of hives showing up.
No comments:
Post a Comment