How are hives treated?

How are hives treated?

Harold Kaiser (Practicing Allergist and Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School) gives expert video advice on: How are insect allergies treated?; What are "food allergies"?; What are "hives"? and more...

Typically, hives are treated with antihistamines or with other anti-allergic medications, with advice on therapeutic trials of avoiding particular medications or foods to see if this helps. But often, cortisone-like medications are necessary to put out the fire, so to speak, and give the patient relief.