What I've been up to...

These few days I've been having some skin allergy called Cold Urticaria.
Or also known as Hives.

Taken from Wikipedia:


Cold Urticaria (essentially meaning "cold hives") is an allergy where hives (urticaria) or large red welts form on the skin after exposure to a cold stimulus. The welts are usually itchy and often the hands and feet will become itchy and swollen as well. Hives vary in size from about the size of a pencil eraser (7 mm diam.) to as big as a fifty pence piece (27 mm diam.) or larger. The disease is classified as chronic when hives appear for longer than 6 weeks; they can last for life, though their course is often unpredictable. This disorder, or perhaps two disorders with the same clinical manifestations, can be inherited (familial cold urticaria) or acquired^[1] (primary acquired cold urticaria). The acquired form is most likely to occur between ages 18–25.

Cause

The hives are a histamine reaction in response to cold stimuli, including a drastic drop in temperature, cold air, and cold water. There are many causes for cold hives, most are idiopathic (meaning they have no known cause). Some rare conditions can cause cold hives, and it can be useful to test for these conditions if the cold hives are in any way unusual.

To put all these words into simpler explanation:

I'm actually having many red patches all over my body, especially on my hands, arms and thighs.
I've been taking 2 types of medicines prescribed from a doctor at Mt. Alvernia Hospital.
Prednisone and Desloratadine.
And to prevent the itch, doctor asked me to use Calamine lotion, but it's not helping.
I've taken leave from attachment from last Friday and now for the next 3 days, Mon-Wed. -.-It's really making me very restless, irritated and itchy!
The medicine is to be taken at night about 11pm, before I go to bed.
And it helps until the next day, early afternoon.
From late afternoon onwards, the red spots tend to come back again and the itch too.

hais... :(