Jose Cruz42 said:I’ve got some kind of allergy going on—honestly, I can't quite pin it down. Basically, whenever my body temperature spikes, I break out in this stinging rash that looks just like nettles all over. I tried taking Xyzal, but it didn't do a damn thing. I play soccer, and as soon as I start warming up during a match, the rash flares up, though it slowly subsides while I keep running. It clears up once I cool down; if I just lie down and relax, it fades away. Aside from the look of it, everything feels fine—my breathing is normal and there’s zero itching, it just looks terrible when it happens. I just want to know what the hell is causing this one massive ?
Man, I'm dealing with the exact same thing. I can't believe there are other people out there suffering through this too!! If this wasn't actually some underlying illness, I'd at least be happy not being alone in this mess... Basically, it's this brutal rash all over the body, like I spent half an hour rolling around in weeds, and my lymph nodes behind my ears even swell up during exercise once my temperature climbs and my heart rate picks up. I think there's a connection to those huge temperature swings, too, because one summer when it was scorching out, I went for a swim in the local river—sweltering outside, freezing water, and boom, the rash shows up in full force...
When this nightmare first hit me 7 years ago, the allergy specialists over in Chicago had absolutely no clue what this "disease" was; they were literally just flipping through medical encyclopedias, trying one pill after another. They basically just kept pumping me full of different antihistamines until I eventually built up a tolerance and they stopped working entirely, so I finally gave up on that whole "treating symptoms instead of the cause" nonsense.
Eating food without preservatives, tons of fresh fruit and veggies, drinking loads of water, staying strictly GLUTEN-FREE, plus regular workouts (5 times a week) with heavy sweating—sweating is key because it's how you flush out those "toxins" you might take in, or at least that's how it feels to me—and that cut the rash down by 90%.
I also did some liver detoxes with certain tinctures, and combined with the diet I mentioned above, I felt 99.99% better. I felt so good that I let my guard down and convinced myself the problem was gone, so I started eating whatever I wanted, and now the rash is back with a vengeance..
One more thing I should mention, which might seem totally unrelated at first, but I've always struggled with heartburn, and later on, stomach cramps; heavy stuff like bakery goods, pizza, pasta, or lasagna would really wreck me. Once I changed my diet to deal with the rash, my stomach issues vanished. Is it possible this rash is just the next stage after a weakened digestive system fails?
I'm planning on seeing a specialist again to see what they have to say this time and how they'll actually figure out the root cause of my rash. Does anyone have a good doctor to recommend in New York City?
