In the infant stage, my mom said the hives would get so big on my feet that I would crawl instead of walk. I remember walking to school and arriving there covered with hives. Teachers refused to allow long pants in school for girls. It was a nightmare. Swimming was out.
People can be so cruel.
Junior high was worse, outside P.E. class in the mornings with shorts on. I'm lucky that, after all those years, they are now gone. Thank you for your article. I never knew or even heard of anyone else with them. Doctors didn't know what it was.