03
Oct
Toddler Hives On Face And Arms. For toddlers and older children its more common on hands insides of elbows and backs of knees. Variables such as foods medications external irritants such as soap detergent clothing material or grass can cause an allergic reaction. Antihistamines help relieve itching and swelling. Your hands feet throat intestines and genitals may also swell.
It may be hard to see the redness if your child has dark skin. Hives also referred to as welts are typically small reddened areas of skin that may be raised and itchy. Hives may disappear in one place and appear on. They usually itch but not always. If your child has a small patch of hives and is showing no other symptoms the hives are probably an allergic reaction to something like plant pollen pet saliva or a minor chemical irritant. Children can also get hives during a normal illness such as a cold or fever.
Fotini Kavadas paediatric clinical immunologist and allergist at Alberta Childrens Hospital in Calgary explains that hives occur when allergy cells in our body are attacked and release allergic chemicals called histamines.
Antihistamines help relieve itching and swelling. Hives may disappear in one place and appear on. They usually itch but not always. For toddlers and older children its more common on hands insides of elbows and backs of knees. So always tell your mom or dad if you get them. Clockwise from top left.