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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Aug 9 5:28am | Replies (196)

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Exact same thing happened to me. 1 week after my Moderna booster on December 10th I broke out into full body hives, severe swelling of my face, throat and ears. Went to urgent care got steroids and Benadryl. The swelling and most of the itching went away after about a week but I still have the skin writing rash.
My skin will feel really hot and all of the sudden the rash appears and disappears after a while.
I googled the symptoms tonight and found Dermatographism then stumbled upon this site.
I’m waiting for my allergist referral to make an appt with me. Has anyone got any answers about this yet?

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I have the SAME thing as everyone here. I am so sorry!!!! I got my Moderna booster on 12/3 and 11 days later developed an itchy scalp, neck, ears, and they were very hot. I had also gotten another ear piercing on December 7 and thought it was maybe a reaction to that. I took out the piercing in case it was a nickel allergy. Unfortunately, it seems like I am having a reaction to the booster just like everybody else. It’s now been three weeks of itching and dermographia. Unfortunately, I cannot take Allegra and Zyrtec as I am allergic to them and can only take Claritin which I take every morning. I’ve tried Benadryl, I’ve tried Zantac and I put hydrocortisone cream on whatever areas itch. I feel like some days it is getting better though at night, it seems to get worse. The tightness in my chest has dissipated which is good and I keep telling myself that the itching is less each day but I think I’m just being optimistic!! I saw an allergist in January 2021 after I developed COVID arm from my first Moderna vaccine. She said that I am probably allergic to PEG but that I should be fine going forward with vaccine #2. So I got it and was fine outside the normal reaction of fever, aches, headache, chills. Now this after the booster!!