I have exercise enduced asthma. My triggers are exercise, smoke, and things I am allergic to like dust, trees, grass, etc. Recently I have been noticing when I run I get hives.
Basically I was wondering if the two are connected, am I allergic to exercise?
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Hi Melanie
Thanks for your question!
Exercise can indeed cause hives, otherwise known as "exercise-induced urticaria".
Familydoctor.org has a lot of information on this condition, you can find it here:
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/healthy/physical/injuries/7...
Also,as the website above advises - what you eat before you exercise can be what triggers the hives during or after exercise. Track what you eat for a couple of weeks and see if certain foods might be the culprit.
Are you currently on medication?
October 6, 2008 - 1:45pmThis Comment
I dont eat before I run...I run in the morning as soon as I wake up and I use my Albuterol inhaler before I go
October 6, 2008 - 5:44pm~Melanie
Melanie - do you get the same sort of allergic reactions when you run later in the day?
Have you talked to your doctor about the hives?
October 6, 2008 - 6:43pmI have not noticed the hives when I run later in the day. I only get the hives occasionally.
October 13, 2008 - 12:15amI havnt talked to a doctor about it because I just recently started noticing them.
~Melanie