Are hives contagious?

OK, in history class today, I sat behind this guy who had hives on his forearm and he kept scratching his hives. Then later that day, I started scratching my forearm and I thought back to that guy and I thought "Aye, I have hives!"

So I'm just wondering if hives are contagious?

No, hives aren't contagious but if he's getting them due to an allergic reaction to something in the class that you're also allergic to, you can get them as well. Usually when we see someone itching like that, it makes us itch too...just like when you see one ant crawling down your arm and then think you have them all over you. :)

Perhaps he doesn't have hives but chicken pox or something similar but you wouldn't catch that from him and react over the course of a few hours.

No Hives are not contagious they are usually brought on by stress..... Trust me I sometimes get them in the middleof the night before something realy big happens.

The answer is simply No, they are not contagious.

naaaa,,you probably got a little freaked watching him scratch

you may not have hives the only way to know for sure is to go to your doctor for an examination.

Nope. You are probably experiencing psycho-somatic symptoms. It's like when you hear that someone has lice and then your heading starts itching thinking about it.

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