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New Dermatographia: What is helping you?

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Sep 8, 2023 | Replies (194)

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@ashley6000

Hi everyone, I feel so lucky to have found this thread. I'm sorry to everyone going through this! The itchiness started in my scalp on Dec 3rd, 11 days after I received the Moderna booster. Followed by hives on my eyes, red/hot ears and dermatographia. I went to urgent care and got steroids and Hydroxyzine. That day a pink circle formed around my eye and my entire chest, it was scary. I started feeling intense chest pain (unlike many of you, my throat wasn't closing) that would wake me up. One night it was so bad I went to the ER and was told I likely had acid reflux. I was later told by my primary care doctor that it's possible this is an immune reaction to the booster shot, he said the chest pain could potentially be lung spasms, so he gave me an Albuterol inhaler. He started me on a Zyrtec/Allegra/Pepcid combo. The chest pain became much less severe and went away after a week and a half. I ended up getting Covid and only having cold-like symptoms with no new allergic reactions. The itchiness and dermatographia continues... the itchiness is the hardest part. Looking forward to keeping up with everyone here.

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The EXACT symptoms happened to me. The chest pain really got my attention and I thought I was having a heart attack. How are your symptoms now?? My dermatographia is still pretty much the exact same and not much better but my chest is better thank goodness. Hope you are doing well <3