Hello back again.
I am in e-mail contact with Dr Wei now and he has sent me a request to have the following blood tests which I have had done.
U&E
LFT
FBE
tryptase
Coeliacs
chlamidia pstiticossis (? sp)
strongoloides
cryoglobulin
cold agglutinin
E&A
ANA
ANCA
RF.
The pathology lab said that it may take up to 2 weeks for some of the results to be completed.
I have been playing around with my meds and am having some success. Since taking Doxepin 50 mg at night I no longer have the stinging and burning from the mosquito bite like hives which is a great relief.
Today I have taken Zyrtec 10 mg at 7 am, 9 am, 11 am, and 4pm. I have not taken any sedating anti -histamines. I had a small flare of all-over hives after lunch. I've also taken 2 lots of Zantac 150mg. I'm tapering off prednisolone down to 6mg /day.
It feels so much better having some control. I feel almost normal except for the dry mouth, blurred vision, poor balance and occasional brain fog.
My skin reaction images of are at this web address http://bolandg.zenfolio.com/p3529
I'm curious to know whether anyone has flares from the very act of eating regardless what the food is, because this is what happens to me. My system has to be saturated in anti- histamines to prevent an over all break out of hives about 30mins - 45 mins after eating.
Just to remind you my symptoms are chronic urticaria (every day since 21/12/09), cold-induced urticaria (first observed when developed urticaria after swimming Dec 09), exercise-induced anaphalactoid reactions ( I now realise I've been having them off and on for the last 10 years or so)
Well that's it for now
Gerri
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