• GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Oh, I’ve got fucking Cold urticaria. My body takes it personally if I go swimming in cold water, or don’t wear a heavy sweatshirt on a chilly day, or God forbid if my sheets are just a little bit cold and I’m not wearing wrist-to-ankle pajamas. It fucking sucks, and it didn’t even develop until I was in my thirties, so it’s not as if this something that I learned to live with so early that it’s second nature to me now. FUCK my fucking cold-activated histamines.

  • eselover@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    You could always chronic urticaria like me, and just spontaneously breakout for no aparent reason, but at least over the counter antihistamines keep it at bay, it’s hell if I forget to take it though.

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      1 month ago

      It may be you’re allergic to something in your food. I used to get chronic low grade urticaria on my upper arms that antihistamines wouldn’t touch but it went away when I went on a very limited exclusion diet (nothing but beef)

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Never caught it, or poison ivy for that matter. I think I’m one of the lucky ones that are immune.

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      1 month ago

      I think I am too. Though, I’ve never gone out of my way to test it and the allergy can easily change with age.