Got Hives? Get your Thyroid Checked!
A recent study by a group of allergies in Illinois found that a larger percentage of people with chronic urticaria have thyroid disease than previous thought -- up to 20%. The study showed that a number of these people had improvement of their hives when the low thyroid function was treated.
So, if you're a person who is dealing with chronic hives, you may want to see if low thyroid function is the cause of your symptoms.


Comments
I think this may be happening to me. I’ve assumed for 13 years that I’ve had tomatoes allergies because of hives I would get off and on that I associated with eating them. When my hives got out of control the past few months I assumed I must have developed a new allergy, so I finally went to an allergist. All allergy tests were negative. She linked the chronic hives to my hypo-thydroidism that was diagnosed a year ago.