Until…
Fast forward one hour and you start to notice a familiar itching sensation. You glance down at your arm and notice something else. Red bumps -- lots of them.
Uh oh! It’s the one question you’ve forgotten to ask.
“Do you have a cat?” you ask, trying to seem calm. You hope that the answer will be no.
“We do,” your new friend responds. “He’s probably upstairs. Would you like to meet him?”
Double whammy. Dread fills your very being.
You’re allergic to cats, and the end result is always the same. A massive case of hives.
What will you do?
There’s nothing fun about getting hives. From the itching to the swelling, hives can be downright miserable.
The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology says that about 20 percent of people will develop hives at some time or other. In other words, they’re quite common.