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They look like a million tiny little red mosquito bites all over your body (in bad cases) or in small patches on different parts of body.


Hives are caused by an allergic reaction to something. They itch a lot and if you think back about anything new you ate (something you never ate before) you may have had a food allergy. Otherwise if you touched or rubbed against a certain kind of plant, you could of had an allergic reaction to that.


Take some oral Benedryl; if the bumps and redness don't go away, then they're not hives.

Hives itch less than insect bites. However, Benedryl only temporarily relieves the hives.


Hives can also last varying amounts of time depending on how fast you can find the object/objects that you are allergic to. I haven't found out what I'm allergic to, and I have had hives for a year.If you can't figure out why you have hives, you need to see your doctor for an allergy test.
hives is a type of alergic reaction you get. hives are red bubble spot thingys that make you ich badly.if you have the hives i recomend a baking soda bath.(at least that's what a book ses to do if you have hives) {and no,hives are totally disfrent from the chikin poks}
allergic skin reaction causing localized redness, swelling, and

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