Hives Symptoms + Treatment

Hives are pale red spots that can appear on the skin and cause itching or stinging. So what causes hives? There can be several reasons why they appear. One of the causes of hives is an allergic reaction. You can also suffer from stress hives if you’re going through a particularly stressful time. Looking at how to get rid of hives, quite often you don’t have to do anything. Hives may only last few hours, or up to one day.


If the symptoms are uncomfortable you can use treatments such as calamine lotion, and sometimes antihistamine tablets, can help. Take a look at more symptoms and pictures of hives on this easily accessible app.