My 9 year old son suffers from asthma, yesterday he got very bad hives. Doctor said he has pneumonia. Hives went away over night and came back very bad this afternoon and are getting worse as the night is going on. He s on predisone, azithromycin, Benadryl and cetirizine. Doctor said as long as his throats to closing and his hands aren t puffy, wait it out. Are bad hives normal with pneumonia and after having antibiotics and benadryl?
Your 9-year-old has asthma, which is in itself an allergic condition or called atomic state. Hives a part of allergic. Spectrum. He is having the hives as a part of his allergy and asthma both caused by an infection either by bacteria or by virus. He is on appropriate management namely antibiotics, steroid under antibiotic cover and antihistamines ---all three are necessary at this point in time. What should be done at this point is to keep a watch on the way air is moving in and out of his chest, monitor his state of alertness and if available a Blood gas analysis to see his oxygenation and carbon dioxide level. The answer to your question is that hives can occur in an atomic child. But be reassured the whole episode will respond to the medications given.