Homeopathic Remedy to Urticaria Posted: 12-26-03 02:17am
Homeopathic remedy for urticaria:
* what is urticaria
* types of urticaria
* causes & symptoms
* what can homoeopathy do
if you have had an itch, scratch, a
swelling and redness and disappearance of
the same rash sometimes even without
medication you have suffered from
urticaria. It is no surprise that it
occurs in about 10-20% of the population
at some point of time in their lives.
What is urticaria?
Our body has an immune system which
responds to an external agent either live
ones like bacteria or viruses or factors
like environment to protect itself.
But in many number of cases where there is
no perceptible cause or even when it is
minimal our body reacts violently and
produces a protective reaction at that
point of time. During this episode
our body produces histamine to identify
the cause and produce the necessary
antibodies against it.
This protective reaction when it appears
over the skin happens as a swelling with
redness and with slight increase in
temperature over that particular area and
in common terms called as
%uFFFDhives%uFFFD or urticaria.
Types of urticaria:
- any skin urticaria which lasts anytime
between 24 hours to six weeks is called
acute urticaria.
- in a significant number of cases we find
that it lasts for more amount of time than
the above and keeps recurring at intervals
or certain exposure and is termed as
chronic urticaria.
Causes & symptoms:
acute urticaria:
foods:
common foods which precipitate urticaria
are nuts, chocolates, seafood, tomatoes,
eggs and milk. Fresh cooked food
tends to cause high percentage of
urticaria. It can also occur due to
additives and preservatives.
Drugs:
common drugs like antibiotics, antacids,
painkillers, sedatives, tranquilizers,
diuretics, laxatives can in some people
cause urticaria.
Some patients on chronic medication for
some diseases do not realize that this
skin condition could be due to it. So
it is imperative to tell your doctor what
medicines you have been using for any
ailment.
Infections:
sounds strange but in children common cold
can also be associated with urticaria.
Chronic urticaria:
+ physical urticaria:
+ any exposure to sunlight, heat, cold,
pressure, vibration or even exercise is
termed under the above.
+ urticaria on exposure to heat of sun.
Dermatographism:
even due to pressure or due to slight
scratching of the body can cause
appearance of huge rashes on the back etc.
And is called dermatographism.
Other causes:
+ sinusitis, ailments of thyroid&liver.
+ itching is the predominant symptom.
+ the affected area appears red and
swollen when compared to the surrounding
areas. It is called angioneurotic
oedema.
+ this rash tends to disappear after
sometime.
What can homoeopathy do?
Homoeopathy has definitely good remedies
to control the symptoms of urticaria to
start with.
Homoeopathy can cure acute urticaria.
Depending on the allergen and type of
symptoms of chronic urticaria there are
particularly good remedies.
