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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about hives.

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Ignore: Describe their pattern and what triggers them, and relieves them.

Answered 4/19/2014

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Dr. Al Hegab answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Ignore: Keep a list of triggers if known, otcs used and didn't work, impact of hives on life/sleep at night.

Answered 6/24/2016

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: For recurring hives, keep a careful log of what you eat each day, helps your doctor find the cause.

Answered 8/9/2014

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Dr. Justin Greiwe answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Ignore: Take picture of your hives when you are having a flare so that your doctor can see them first hand.

Answered 4/1/2015

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