How long will it take hives on the face to go away? my doctor believes i picked up a virus of some kind in honduras (not mosquito), parasite maybe.

Watch out for Hives: Hives usually indicate an allergic reaction of some kind. If you have hives on your face, you need to be evaluated for swelling in the mouth and back of the throat. If you saw your doctor today -great. Hopefully they planned to do something about it (antihistamines or even steroids) to shut down the allergic process. If you have doubts, or any worsening-I would go to the ER. This is quite serious.

Here are some...: The points delivered from Dr. S. Scholand are logical & practical so worthwhile to follow. As to the duration of hives, it widely varies as short as hours or as long as days or weeks, depending on the features of allergic reaction. Clinically, the history of onset, intensity, progress, evolution, and resolution of hives and other systemic symptoms will give a glimpse of individual pictures of...