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I'm male and I first developed urticara on Boxing Day 1979 at the age of 34 having had no previous symptoms. At that time I was in the Royal Air Force, and I must say that the RAF sent me to see a number of specialist doctors both in the RAF and at Harley Street, London but the "trigger" was never found and my symptoms lasted until the July 1980.

I was gived a list by my specialists of permitted and banned food products. This very comprehensive list was issued by the UNITED LEEDS HOSPITALS DIETETIC DEPARTMENT in the UK and consists of 9 close typed A4 pages. I'd recommend any sufferer to try to get a hold of a copy of this list as it's been a great help to me.

During that time I suffered with the classical signs/symptoms of swollen red weals all over my body including my scalp, swollen lips and an incredible itch all over! At first the doctors gave me Piriton which has a yellow coating on the tablet and I proved allergic to this colouring! So Clarityn were perscribed and they seemed to help.

Another attack happened during 1990 and Neoclarityn was perscribed and the symptoms came and went at irregular intervals until 1992 when they disappeared.

At present,(August 2006)I have the symptoms again of red,itchy weals all over my body and tiredness. Since the 1992 attack, I've eaten every imaginable type of food without any ill effects and suddenly,without warning, urticara returned within 24 hours. So far the symptoms have lasted 7 days and show only mild relief at present with the use of Neoclarityn.

For the last four days I've eaten nothing but Oatmeal Porridge with skimmed milk and laced with Acacia Blossom Honey for sweetning for each meal. (You do get a little sick of it after a while!) This is on my permitted foodstuffs list and for a drink I've only had fresh "perked" coffee which I grind myself (80% Java & 20% High Mountain beans), together with skimmed milk and white sugar to taste. Maxwell House and Nestcafe instant coffee's are the only permitted instant coffees on my list and all others are to be avoided! For medication,I'm taking Neoclarityn tablets every 24 hours! I'm finding taking a warmish shower twice a day does help to reduce the itch somewhat for a couple of hours or so.

My wife is also baking wholmeal bread for me without adding a small amount of brown flour which one would usually use in the baking of wholmeal bread. She's just using Strong Wholmeal Bread Flour only, with the addition of dried yeast. It makes the bread a little denser and heavier, but it's on the permitted list from the hospital dietetic department and I have no adverse reaction to it. White and brown bread of all types MUST be avoided according to my permitted product list.

At present my symptoms are receding somewhat and about 25% the red weals

have dissapeared although what's left are still itchy. I've still not found the "trigger" product yet so once this attack clears up, I'll introduce myself slowly to the permitted food products on my list and I'll stick to them for the future.

I hope that these comments are of help to fellow sufferers

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    That's really interesting because when i went to my GP with an acute urticaria attack 3 weeks ago - the first one I have ever had- i asked whether i could be referred to a skin test clinic to see what may have provoked this attack and he said it wasn't worth doing ? His point was that there is no way of finding out what could have caused the attack - although I believe that me falling through some hedges when mountain biking with bare legs was the intial irritation ! - but surely if i could find out what the thing was which set off this problem and if I avoid it in the future then it shouldn't happen again ? But from your account it seems as if the allergies are completely random and whether you avoid things or not it makes no difference ?

    I have suffered from asthma since I was 2 years old and he said that this will pre-dispose me to being more allergic than others so therefore another reason not to do allergy tests.

    I guess what i am trying to say is do you feel that by avoiding and restricting yourself has it made the condition any better ? I am currently on steriods and antihistamines but i really can't be on them forever and if it makes no difference whether I restrict myself or not then I guess i will just carry on as normal and hope that it doesn't happen again....or should I be more tough with my GP and insist that i have allergy tests ? as you have been going through this years longer than me I would be interested in your opinion.

    many thanks

    Tarcy

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    Hi

    im 41, never suffered with any allergies

    all of a sudden im getting hives all over my body, they are here for a day then vanish and appear some where else. The itch like hell and the more i scratch them the worse they get!!

    is this what you had or have?

    To date ive had them on lips tongue, hands, fingers buttocks, hips, knees, feet, armpits

    Its doing my head in, can you send me the list of banned foods that your clinic sent please?

    Cheers

    tim

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    Hi

    Can you please send the list of food released by UNITED LEEDS HOSPITALS DIETETIC DEPARTMENT to my id ****. It will be real helpful as I ve the same problem for last 3 yrs

    rgrds

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