Hives For 8 Months And Going

[honestlies8420]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've been having a few problems with hives. In November 2006 I started getting hives, now at the time I wasn't gluten free. I've known about having celiac disease since 2003 but the whole diet has been really hard. Anyways so I've been dealing with hives since November and its just getting worst. I've been dealing with the doctor and the first thing I did was ask if this wasn't related and he said no. So I just keeping getting the same thing over and over, nothing they can do. About a month ago I started hard core on the whole gluten free diet. And they kind of went away. But then I accidentally had wheat. Then they came back. Now I've had them again now stop for like 2 weeks. But I've been gluten free. Now my question is it related? Is it dermatitis herpetiformis? I don't get a rash. Its just really bad hives. If it is related, does the fact that I smoke make it worst? Anything would help alot. Thank you!!!!

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I hope I posted this in the right forum.

[gdobson]

Honestlies:

I don't know if what you have is dh, but I do know that my son had that same problem. And when he went gluten-free it mostly cleared up, but not quite. And then it would come back. We would even accuse him of eating something and he would swear he hadn't. So I went back to the tried and true food diary and found a connection between his hives and artificial food colors. We took everything artifically colored red (harder than you would think with a kid) and his hives cleared up completely. Perhaps yours is also a reaction to something else in your diet, not necessarily gluten; but I think the majority of us have additional "food issues" as well.

I hope that helps some.

Gina

[DebNC84]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've been having a few problems with hives. In November 2006 I started getting hives, now at the time I wasn't gluten free. I've known about having celiac disease since 2003 but the whole diet has been really hard. Anyways so I've been dealing with hives since November and its just getting worst. I've been dealing with the doctor and the first thing I did was ask if this wasn't related and he said no. So I just keeping getting the same thing over and over, nothing they can do. About a month ago I started hard core on the whole gluten free diet. And they kind of went away. But then I accidentally had wheat. Then they came back. Now I've had them again now stop for like 2 weeks. But I've been gluten free. Now my question is it related? Is it dermatitis herpetiformis? I don't get a rash. Its just really bad hives. If it is related, does the fact that I smoke make it worst? Anything would help alot. Thank you!!!!

PS.

I hope I posted this in the right forum.

I'm about in the same boat you are - last fall i developed a body rash and I had hives occasionally until about 2 weeks ago I went hard core - fruits, veggies, meat - no processed foods and now no rash or hives present - i'm in the process of getting tested for Celiacs - I found a couple sites that list hives as one of the symptoms.. don't know if it helps, but just knowing someone else is going through the same thing might. The doc has not confirmed MY diagnosis.. but i'm pretty positive.