God I have this urticaria from 3 months
ago and I don't know how to get rid of it.
The doctors said that it's a food
allergy and I am on a strict diet eating
food without preservatives and e-s. I
couldn't keep myself from eating some
chocolate sometimes or drinking some cola
or some food that was not included in my
diet,but anyway for about 3 weeks or more
I ate considerably less "bad food" then
before and still no results, I mean there
were some days when I forgot to take the
antihistaminic drugs and the hives
appeared immediately. Although I take
this antihistamine drugs, sometimes, I can
see on my skin 2 or 3 or 4 hives...I mean
as far as I can see...The frequency of the
hives is chaotic.
Doctors call it idiopatic because they
have no ideea what's the cause,what's
triggering it...
Have any of you had urticaria? Or do
you happen to be I a somehow same
situation? Maybe we can talk,trust me
i've red so much about allegies I can
compete any licensed dermatologist ;)
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Urticaria Posted: 03-13-06 14:36pm
I've had urticaria since I was 14, i'm 21
now, it went away for a couple of years,
but 3 years years ago it suddenly came
back, not sure why nothing had changed,
doctors tell me it will burn out but its
still here, it had gone away after 6
months or so but it came back again last
summer, i'm putting it down to big changes
at work, but have no idea how to get rid
off it, and over the past couple of weeks
its got worse and is up the whole time in
some form or other, at the moment all over
my back and my face is very swollen. If
any one has any ideas please let me know
as its getting me down which is probably
making me worse!
Hi
I to have chronic idiopathic
urticaria, started getting hives 4 years
ago. The last year they told me that I
have chronic idiopathic urticaria, but
mine is dew to heat and im on zirtek two a
day loratadine two a day plus I have an
epipen when I get very bad. I have to
avoid aspirin, non-steroidal,
anti-inflammatory drugs and ace. I get
it daily, but they are mild and when I get
it bad my body swells up ie my face,
hands, feet, and its very itchy.
What starts it off weather gets hot, in
the winter my heating is on low, if im out
in the cold and go into a warm place
within 10mins my rash has started, they
said to me they dont know why people are
getting it.
Hi
Yea its getting me down, now in my 4th
year, having just had UVB treatment
(standing in a booth with tungsten lights
all around me) which made no difference
struggling to maintain relationships and
motivate myself in work due to lethargy
and irritability.
Has anyone found successs with either
pyschiatry or holistic healing. My concern
is the cost and worry that it may not
work. The only reprieve I get at present
is sitting in an extremely hot bath (not
recommended but soothing) or steriods.
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Pressure Urticaria Posted: 04-29-08 15:06pm
Hello,
I am so glad that I found this site to
share my problem, hoping that I would find
someone that might have had similar things
(not hoping somebody else has it).
A dozen doctors haven been stumped by my
rare skin/nerve condition for the last
four years. I have searched far and wide
and have asked hundred of people. I could
not even get a sure diagnosis of it. No
second person has had it or heard about
it.
Symptoms –
· My thigh and butt skins burn and
sting when sitting down and under
pressure. The pain goes away as soon as
the pressure is relieved when I stand up.
· The skin is very sensitive.
Can’t even bear clothes seams or even
the “peach fuzz” on the surface of
fabric. Likes smooth and hard surface.
· No rashes or visible physical
signs on the thigh and butt skin. No loss
of strength. No impact on any other
physical activities. Very rarely, I felt
and itch on the skin and when I scratch,
some bumps appeared and went away quickly.
· Did have redness under pressure
and dermatography, but that has been
largely gone for a couple of years.
· No particular food or situation
that made it worse.
Diagnosis and Treatment –
· Have seen three neurologists.
All tests are fine. None of the treatment
worked.
· Have seen dermatologist and
allergist. None of the treatment worked.
· The closest thing is Pressure
Urticaria according to the allergist.
But, the symptoms do not match up. His
last prescription is “to pray” and I
have been doing that.
Other related information
· I have searched far and wide and
talked to hundreds of people. No second
person has it or has heard about something
similar. This is the most surprising.
· I had stopped taking aspirin for
my migraine after I read that it may
trigger pressure urticaria. It has not
changed anything.
· I work for an Aluminum Company,
but I rarely get in touch with aluminum.
· I travel a lot in my job and
this has been really debilitating in
sitting.
· After four years, I am thinking
that it is a strange cross between
dermatology and neuro.
· It has not improved much, it is
just I have learned how to cope with and
tolerate it.
· I have also talked and asked my
medical insurance company and they are of
no help.
Has anybody experienced similar things?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
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