WOMEN'S STOCKINGS

Allergic Reaction to

Nylon Stockings

Nylon comes in various thicknesses or weights. This is a measurement of so many stitches of a thread thickness to the square inch.  It is often these variations in nylon weights that cause the allergic reaction to nylon stockings.

Some people may be able to withstand a thin amount of nylon against their skin without any mishap or reaction but when they use a different brand of stocking or clothing made with a different quantity of nylon thickness, they can develop an allergic reaction.

An allergic reaction can be evidenced by a couple of things. If the person is also an asthmatic, the nylon can bring on an asthma attack which is the inability to breathe.  Even after the offending clothing item is removed, it will usually take an inhaler, a bath and several hours of rest and care to overcome the attack.  Asthma attacks should always be taken extremely seriously.

The most usual form though that an allergy to nylon takes is with hives and or skin rashes.

Skin rashes as annoying and unattractive as they are, are usually the milder form of signaling a skin irritation caused by the nylon. These can be readily relieved with the application of an ointment or salve applied locally to the area.

Hives signal a very bad allergy reaction and come up like skin welts. They can be extremely itchy, sore and unattractive.  And if you scratch them and break the skin, they can get infected and sore for days or weeks.

I personally have found the best way to cure hive reactions to nylon was by a visit to a Doctor or Pharmacist for a dose of antihistamine tablets combined with an antihistamine cream. This is not recommended for everyone but well worth talking to your Doctor or Pharmacist about.

Taking the antihistamine combination was what worked for me. Needless to say, I’m now very wary of what brand of nylon stockings I wear and prefer to wear none at all.

Not wearing pantyhose stockings though is not always the answer as there are some occasions when not wearing stockings is socially unacceptable and one simply has to dress well.

I always wash any new pair of nylon pantyhose stockings before wearing them and I always try to dry them on a clothes line in the open air and sunshine. This is how I’ve overcome my allergic reaction to nylon stockings.

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