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Please explain why is it that every time i get out of the shower i get hives?
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Urticaria: Cholinergic urticaria can happen after contact with water, very comon and benign. You need to pretreat with an antihistamine before you shower. The best for this condition is periactin (cyproheptadine hydrochloride).
Answered 6/28/2017
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