Hi hun, my ds has various food allergies and therefore we quite iften get breaks outs of hives. Hives look almost like blisters but grow rapidly so much so that they often merge into each other. The only way to get rid of them is with antihistamine. My son ok Also suffers a hives like rash thoigh it isnt hives when he gets a high temperature. A appearance is the same tp hives but they only get the size of a really small blister they dont get any bigger and go away as the temperature lowers. Unfortunately my ds also suffers severe eczema. What you described sounds.more like eczema to me hun. X

Could it be discoid eczema? My little one has this - beautiful skin in between but red itchy welts which flare up with temperature changes (in her case) my GP failed to diagnose & I was told it was everything from hives to ringworm and given various treatments for her. It looked dreadful and when she has a flare up now we have to make sure she has lots of moisturising ointment on. In the end we paid nearly £700 to see a paediatric dermatologist who diagnosed her and prescribed a moderate steroid and epaderm ointment. Good luck - xxx

My eldest gets hives, she's had mild cases of it, usually when she's had a temperature, and then three bad cases where she's needed antihistamines to cope with it.

Is your dd itchy? Because hives itch like mad. My dd suffered badly last summer the hives appeared as an allergic reaction to the Hand Foot and Mouth virus (Took us ages to figure out it's certain viral infections that she is allergic to) and we ended up at the hospital walk in centre because she was scratching herself to pieces. A course of steroids and an antihistamine cleared them up, but the rash was terrible.

If it is hives you can treat them like chicken pox to stop the itching, piriton syrup can help, and if they don't clear up in a couple of days then go back to your gp for more advice.

Oh and have a read of the NHS page on Urticaria http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Nettle-rash/Pages/Introduction.aspx (sorry don't know how to do clicky links) as its quite helpful.

 

Has anyone's little ones had hives? I think my 22month old has this, she has red marks/welts all over her body and seems to get worse if she goes outside?? She looks terrible and isn't particularly happy! She's been off colour since Christmas and started as a very mild rash 2weeks ago and now it's terrible and the doc said nothing to worry about and just a viral rash?! Any advice please . Thanks x