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Hives at night: Alpha-gal syndrome?
Skin Health | Last Active: Jan 21 12:33am | Replies (54)Comment receiving replies
Hey. Your story is exactly like mine. I was told my chronic hives were a result of getting covid back in 2021. I’ve seen allergists, dermatologists, naturopaths, etc., all who never really have answers on why it only ever really acts up at night. I have to take antihistamines everyday to prevent the flare ups/resolve them whenever I wake up in the middle of the night. It’s been a couple of years since your post - have you ever figured out what the cause of it was? I know I don’t have Alpha-gal syndrome - I’ve been vegetarian for the past decade now.
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@axtc I am reading thru these post and wondered if you every found long term healing/relief? My nightly hives started about 7+ weeks ago. I've seen my internist and an allergist. All bloodwork normal and I don't think it's "alpha girl" syndrome, as I can gone days w/o eating meat and still have the issue. Zyrtec and Pepcid AC help a little at night, but I don't want to take those forever.
To my knowledge i haven't had any viruses recently, unless I was asymptomatic?
I would love to know if anything/anyone was able to help you. I'm considering going to a functional med or naturopath next.
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Hives could be a sign of delayed allergic reaction, caused by Alpha Gal. Alpha Gal also called AG for short and is from a tick bite from an infected Lonestar Tick. It takes 4-6 months for AG to develop from the tick bite it's not instantaneous. When you eat mammalian meat you will have a delayed allergic reaction between 2-6 hours later. Hives are an allergy from something and because AG is delayed it' often overlooked and diagnosed incorrectly. You can can have a simple blood test to rule it out but you should absolutely demand it be done, before subjecting yourself to a litany of useless tests. AG is easy to remedy you simply stop eating mammalian meat, it's not that horrible and you will feel amazing again.