Hi Doctor Since last month, I am getting red itchy bumps over my body [legd, stomach ,back and neck]. It is more over the night. It is very itchy and turns more red, bumps gets bigger if I scratch . No bed bugs at home. I feel i am getting this itching when I eat chicken or seafood.But all over my life I have been having non veg food I didn face this in the past. I wonder how suddenly I got this allergy for non veg. Pls help me. Tell me some remedies to tackle this itching
Hello, This is NOT an allergy to seafood, but a condition called urticaria. This comes up in red lumps, itchy areas that appear randomly at various parts of the body. Individual hives may disappear in a few hours to within a day but new ones appear. Chicken, seafood, chocolate can appear to cause an itch as these foods are high in histamine, the exact chemical that causes these urticaria lesions to appear. The condition may start with an infection, but proceeds well after the infection has cleared up. Long-acting non-sedating antihistamines like fexofenadine taken once daily along with cetirizine or Atari (very sedative) over 4-6 weeks help. If it recurs, you need tests like CBC, iron levels, thyroid functions to exclude an underlying cause. Thanks.