Comments on: Am I Allergic to Exercise? http://allergicliving.com/index.php/2010/07/02/hives-heat-sweat-allergy/ The magazine for those living with food allergies, celiac disease, asthma and pollen allergies. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:00:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: rainbowpromise http://allergicliving.com/index.php/2010/07/02/hives-heat-sweat-allergy/#comment-5247 rainbowpromise Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:00:40 +0000 http://allergicliving.ds566.alentus.com/?p=254#comment-5247 I did not equate my exercise hives to my fever hives – because they don’t match.
When I go to the gym to work out and break out in hives, it is on my hands and face. I started watching the habits of other gym people and discovered that most of them liked to snack on my allergen. So I started wearing thin golf gloves, or batting gloves to work out in. I also started wearing an extremely unfashionable headband to keep the sweat from running on my face requiring the need to wipe my face with a towel that has been contaminated with nut residue. The workout hives ended.
When it came to my fever induced hives, I kept track of when they occurred. It was not actually at the height of the fever, but as the viral infection was at an end. I thought it was just my body fighting off the infection. I don’t get it every time, but most of the time.
Otherwise, I do know that with long-term daily records, my body temp is lower than normal.

]]> By: tardis_blue http://allergicliving.com/index.php/2010/07/02/hives-heat-sweat-allergy/#comment-777 tardis_blue Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:15:46 +0000 http://allergicliving.ds566.alentus.com/?p=254#comment-777 “Contact dermatitis doesn’t develop immediately, “but takes 48 hours after contact with the inciting substance before skin lesions develop.””

My son reacts anywhere from instantly to within minutes of exposure to his contact allergens.

I am glad to have found this article. This has been an issue with my son for years. He doesn’t get the same symptoms, but he has eczema, so all that happens for him is that his eczema flares up. We had finally come to the conclusion that it was heat that was doing it, but we were hesitant about it because we’d never heard of any such thing, so it’s nice to know we aren’t crazy. We did think it was his sweat, and that was mentioned in the article, too, so I’m still not sure exactly what is going on. I don’t _think_ he usually goes around with stuff all over his skin that only causes him to break out when he sweats, but he doesn’t get rashy if he’s just too warm–it doesn’t happen till he sweats, usually copiously.

Hmmm…now I think about it, he doesn’t have a problem with hot baths or hot tubs, so maybe it is the sweat/contact dermitis thing. That’s distressing, because it happens often. I don’t know of a more gentle laundry detergent than All Free and Clear, and I don’t know what else would be bothering him.

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