As I was getting ready to exercise Wednesday night, I noticed that I was breaking out into hives. This happened once before in February, randomly. We had no idea what the issue was, but they gave me a shot, a steroid pack, and some allergy pills. Things got better quickly, and it didn't happen again until the other night.
Luckily, I still had some of those allergy pills that I carry around just in case! I took two, pushed through my workout, took a shower and went to bed.
Things were still worse when I woke up yesterday, so I made a doctor's appointment. DH took some before and after pics, and it's seriously amazing how quickly things got bad and then how quickly they got better after the steroid shot.
My head just totally blew up this time, my ears nearly doubled in thickness, and there were even spots on my eyelids! Last time, it was more on my torso and scalp, but not my face.
They think I'm allergic to the antibiotic I was on for a sinus infection (went in last Tuesday). I wasn't on it in Feb, but I had taken it about 6 weeks before the reaction at the same time as a steroid pack. Either way, no more of that medicine, and I'm so happy to be back to normal!
Too bad steroid cause weight gain! I'll have to keep that in mind!
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I hope the antibiotics were indeed the culprit, and that you don't get hives again!
