Rarely: Hives are rarely if ever caused by laundry detergent although may get a contact or irritant dermatitis from it. I often caution people about using fabric softener or anti-static strips which tend to increase the itching. For most cases of hives, oral antihistamine up to 4 doses per day would be the first choice. ...Read more.
Polymyalgia rheumatica is closely related to giant cell arteritis, another inflammatory disorder. Giant cell arteritis is characterized by progressive inflammation of many arteries of the body.
Conversely, many patients are diagnosed with fibro years before lupus is accurately diagnosed. Fibromyalgia is a very common overlap disease with lupus, meaning that patients do, in fact, have both fibro and lupus or other rheumatologic conditions (such as rheumatoid arthritis) simultaneously.As mentioned, lupus and FMS present with similar symptoms making differentiating the two all the more tricky.ike the chronic autoimmune disease lupus, fibromyalgia is very difficult to diagnose correctly. Each year, due to the similarity in the symptoms for both diseases, thousands of those who suffer with FMS are actually diagnosed with lupus.