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Since past many years after every 3-4 days my body starts itching and on rubbing rashes appears on the area. Apart from the itching the palms also pains on putting pressure or on holding anything a bit tight. Every time I takes Atarax 25 as was suggested by a dermatologist and the problem subsides in 30-40 min. and than again occurs on 3rd-4th day
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You are suffering from what Dermatologist call urticaria. Common causes are food allergy, infection or drugs taken for some condition. It presents with itching resulting in formation of red rashes which we call hives or wheals. Although in most cases cause remains unknown in spite of a thorough search. It can be symptomatically treated with antihistamines so that you do not get any new hives. The treatment should be prolonged until it resolves which rarely in some cases.like yours may take years. Please call me or contact me through online consult option for further councelling and treatment. ,
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Dr. Manoj Agarwala
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20 yrs exp
Raipur
Thanks for the query.
Hives are irritating and difficult to live with. Chronic urticaria is the medical terminology and this condition needs proper assessment. The triggers should be identified. Based on your description, it appears that you have intermittent variable of chronic urticaria. These conditions have strong relation to one's internal health and it needs to be evaluated as often quoted - Skin is the mirror of internal health. Your dermatologist will decide a treatment plan for you after a consultation which probably will include a non-sedative antihistamine and some other medications based on blood chemistry. A common mistake is to take antihistamines as when and needed while it should be taken for a reasonably long time frame in urticaria whether you develop hives or not. After a certain period, it is advisable to wean the treatment. Few advance treatment options also exist which requires once a month treatment. Hope it helps.
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