Second opinion?
Around two months ago I woke up with insane intense itching from head to two, a burning sensation. Since then I’ve been back and forth to the doctors who have since diagnosed me with chronic idiopathic urticaria. We have tried a variation of medications, I am currently taking fexofenadine 180mg 4x per day, as well as montelukast once daily (for asthma, doctor said in some clinical trials it’s worked for urticaria).
I don’t think my rashes come out in the typical hives patterns, and I swear in these pictures I haven’t scratched. I know they look like scratch marks. The doctor said I have dermographism, potentially also triggered by contact.
I am going to be referred to a specialist allergy department, but I don’t know how long it would take. Do you think this looks like urticaria? Can you think of any other reasons for my rashes? If I don’t take my fexofenadine, my skin burns. Head to toe. It’s such an intense itching pain I can’t concentrate.
I can’t go on like this, and I can’t keep pumping my body with more and more medication :(