When To Worry About Hives In Baby. See a doctor when you have these bumps on your skin. Hives are normally very itchy but can also sting. The hives started after he or she took a prescription medication. A rapid heart rate.
When your baby gets them thinking about the substances hes recently been exposed to could give you an idea of where the hives came from. Of course whenever breathing begins to be hard that is cause for concern. If your child has hives they may have raised round wheals that look like mosquito bites. Also if your baby is allergic to a pet then not allowing the pet near the baby can prevent hives in babies. Hives causes a raised itchy rash. This is quite different than a rash or skin reaction.
Your child is under a year old and has hives all over hisher body.
Hives causes a raised itchy rash. It usually gets better within a few days. Hives during pregnancy generally appear around the abdomen although the rash may extend down the limbs. In the setting of hives any sense that your child is starting to struggle to breathe raises concern for an allergic reaction that is going to cause serious lung reactions. If your child has hives they may have raised round wheals that look like mosquito bites. Urticaria or hives are characterized by raised itchy red welts bumps on the skin 1.