text: is is possible to be allergic to being cold? everytime i get cold, i get an itchy rash that looks alot like hives. the rash is mostly on my hands and wrists, ear lobes, thighs, and feet. only once was it over my entire body including my face. it just started when i moved into my sisters house after the hurricane, mine was flooded. i thought i was allergic to something in her house, but now that i've moved out, it's still happening. i'm now living in a fema trailer outside the house, but i don't think its anything in the air here since it started happening before i moved back home. i'm using all the same products and eating the same foods that i've always eaten, so it couldn't be any of those things. in fact, i've never been allergic to anything before. i've begun to take an over the counter allergy pill or take an aveeno bath when this happens and it clears it up but i would really like to know what is happening here. it seems ridculous to think that i could be allergic to being cold. does anybody have any ideas or help? the rash is from stress. the other symptoms are actually symptoms of something called reynaud's syndrome. i suggest you talk to your physician about it.