swanie - I think you should adopt all of them.
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Okay, I know this will have a huge ick factor but here goes...
I woke up this morning at about 3am with hives. I checked on WedMD and a couple of other sites and that's what it be.
At first I thought it was poison oak. But then I said to myself, I don't hike and don't plan to until the camping trip. But I did thoroughly vacuum and dust the apt, so I thought it might have been present in the rugs or something. But the hives are only in certain areas. I figure poison oak could be all over or in random areas.
I also found out that hives often occur in the upper arm and upper thigh area. And that's where I have them.
So I went to Longs and bought some Benadryl and calamine lotion. I took the Benadryl and should be unconscious in about a half hour. The calamine lotion was just to help with the itch factor. It helped a little.
Funny thing - I went to Longs on Ventura and Laurel Canyon and the three man crew that ran the place overnight were sleeping on lawn chairs in the parking lot. As soon as I pulled up, they sprang into action "cleaning" the parking lot area in front of them. Uh, yeah. I've been a manager before. Slacker fvcks.
Anyway, I feel gross and itchy, itchy, itchy.
Grrrr.
I guess hives just appear and disappear. I hope they go away soon.
Anyone have them before?
At first, I thought it was an allergic reaction to laundry detergent or dryer sheets, but I did laundry three days ago. I'm thinking it would have affected me right away if it was that...