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scottman1013 · 08-26-2009, 02:21 PM

I am 27 yrs old and I have never been alergic to anything. About 5 weeks ago my foot swelled up and I had played softball the night before so I thought I had injured my foot it hurt pretty bad from the swelling and felt like i was walking on golf balls. Well it went away that day like 8 hrs later. I was surprised and didnt think too much more about it. Then one morning I was off to work and noticed my hand was a little red and hurt some. Then after 2 hours it was swollen so bad it looked like I had broken it. So I went to a clinic and they told me I had hives, which I didnt have any at the time. So I was put on some strong antihistamens. They helped some. I have an outbreak about every 48 hours on average. The longest I went without an attack was 3 days, I thought I was cured and then it came back with a Vengence and my lip swelled HUGE and then my tongue and throat have both swelled up. It mainly happens with my foot, then sometimes my hands, and I see hives randomly around my hips and arms every other day. I tried prednesone which really didnt seem to help and the side effects were horrible (terrible night sweats) and feeling lethargic. So I am off most the drugs except benedril and zyrtec, which seem to help. Its been like this for 5 weeks and I dont have insurance. I believe I have angioedema but dont think it is hereditary since I never had it before. The attacks seem to be less severe now but still about the same frequency everyday to every other day. I am going to try to take 2 zyrtec daily for a month and see if that helps. (This is pretty scary to me because my doctor really didnt know what to think at first and I have done ALOT of research on it and I probably know more than he does now on angioedema) Anybody else in the same boat? Any more Ideas? I'm glad I found this forum!

08-26-2009, 02:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
scottman1013 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1	angioedema I am 27 yrs old and I have never been alergic to anything. About 5 weeks ago my foot swelled up and I had played softball the night before so I thought I had injured my foot it hurt pretty bad from the swelling and felt like i was walking on golf balls. Well it went away that day like 8 hrs later. I was surprised and didnt think too much more about it. Then one morning I was off to work and noticed my hand was a little red and hurt some. Then after 2 hours it was swollen so bad it looked like I had broken it. So I went to a clinic and they told me I had hives, which I didnt have any at the time. So I was put on some strong antihistamens. They helped some. I have an outbreak about every 48 hours on average. The longest I went without an attack was 3 days, I thought I was cured and then it came back with a Vengence and my lip swelled HUGE and then my tongue and throat have both swelled up. It mainly happens with my foot, then sometimes my hands, and I see hives randomly around my hips and arms every other day. I tried prednesone which really didnt seem to help and the side effects were horrible (terrible night sweats) and feeling lethargic. So I am off most the drugs except benedril and zyrtec, which seem to help. Its been like this for 5 weeks and I dont have insurance. I believe I have angioedema but dont think it is hereditary since I never had it before. The attacks seem to be less severe now but still about the same frequency everyday to every other day. I am going to try to take 2 zyrtec daily for a month and see if that helps. (This is pretty scary to me because my doctor really didnt know what to think at first and I have done ALOT of research on it and I probably know more than he does now on angioedema) Anybody else in the same boat? Any more Ideas? I'm glad I found this forum!