[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

yeah, that's it. Had it since college. It's irritated by heat or pressure. Say I have a pair of shoes that I've worn dozens of times, so they're broken in. I go a few weeks without wearing said shoes. Wear said shoes again...the pressure just from where it's touching my feet in a different place from the previous shoes triggers an attack. My feet (or hands or ears...extremities) can swell up twice their size. My feet have looked like Ball Park Franks ready to burst at the seams.

When I exercise, the heat causes a similar thing on my torso.

The feeling is, I can imagine, like thousands of fire ants biting: hot and itchy and painful. Sometimes I scratch the skin raw, just can't help it.

They don't know what causes it. There is a form that can swell your esophagus right shut, but I've never had that problem. Knock on wood.

Lotions don't help, they get into the broken skin and I'm sensitive to ANY lotion then. Only thing that helps is an antihistamine.

I miss my cute dress shoes and heels, but at the end of the day I literally cannot walk on my feet.

That sucks! Can the shoes make your hands swell, or is it a localized reaction?