Post covid itch and hives
I’m 11 months post covid and have been experiencing red, itchy skin for a couple weeks now. When I itch my skin I get hives. Antihistamines seem to work but then it comes back after a few days. Hot water and heat seems to aggravate the situation. Anyone else experience this and find something that works?
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Long COVID has made my skin a wonderland...small intensely itchy rashes/bumps, raised stone like tiny bumps that do not itch, raised red small patches of skin, red areas that form a scale that peels off leaving a scar, etc. I also now have a transient butterfly mask of a rash on my face and two COVID toes that turn anywhere from red to white and send shooting nerve pain up my foot.
Taking Lysine every day is helping with the itchy rashes...some that I have had for months are healing now. Lysine is thought to slow viral replication so doc did a punch biopsy and it is not herpes or shingles...so some other virus is causing all of this.
This is so odd because, I have said I never had COVID, but I too have been itching, mostly on the middle of back - but arms and head basically. I am very clean - changed soaps/both laundry and body; change sheets twice a week. Beth 4 yrs old. The dermatologist last week said - you're a scratcher - I said - yes, since COVID Vaccine 8 months ago.
Hi @vostie. Just saying tx so much for your lol “wonderland” word for the everchanging skin/rash/itch…… so many of us have. Quickest healing to you!🌈
I also have this issue.
My feet, my hands and recently my face and neck.
Instant hives out of nowhere, redness itching.
I keep paying to attention to see if there's anything specific to trigger this and NOTHING at all.
I'm so exhausted from this Long Covid and just keep getting worse