THERE HAS TO BE A CAUSE OF URTICARIA ...

was given ibuprofen to relieve me of cramps after child birth and other post natal drug. I was given a month supply with I used judiciously for up to a month. One day I woke up to see some redness on my skin and it was itching. It later spread to other part of my body my ankles and arms. It continued for up to a month before I realized it was hives. On that faithful day I was about using the ibuprofen and the other drugs. I took my instructions book and read and I discovered that I have overused the drugs and I might be suffering of hives. I immediately called Called my health care provider and she has me to stop using the drugs, that the hives will go. I waited for the hives to go buy to no avail. I Google about hives and the cure for it. I realized there was no real cure. It was a 50/50 chances even with drugs. I tried benadryl which help a bit but the hives persisted. I also used piriton which help dry up the hives but it kept coming back.

One day, I sat down to think about my life and was scared it could be life threatening for me. And then I remembered the creator of the universe. The one who create the blood and water, the one who formed us in his own image, the king of all kings, the alpha and omega, the one that knows the beginning from the end. And so the spoke with my creator to take away this hives and asked for forgiveness of sin. I prayed into water that he should turn the water to the blood of Jesus and I drank it with faith. I did that for two to three days and so my healing began. Like joke the itching reduced, redness and swollen reduced gradually and here I got healed permanently.

I got healed I thank God. For you to enjoy the benefits of healing. You have got to re- trace your step to the maker. Jesus Christ. He alone can heal completely because he is the creator. I beg you that is reading my story. Kindly accept Jesus as your lord and Savour. This are end times. All sought of things are happening everywhere. Making heaven is imperative so as not to go to hell. Everything the Bible talked about the end time are happening.

Jesus loves you and came to die just that you and I may be saved and inherent eternal life. A simple prayer as lord Jesus I know I am a sinner, by your mercy kindly forgive me, I accept you as my lord and Savour with my heart and my mouth I confess you are lord over my life.

It that simple. God bless you as you make the right decision today.

As a newly enlisted candidate for CIU I'm shattered to be told at every turn that it's a condition for which there is no cure and little or no remedy. The descent into hell seems to follow a traditional path being antihistamines and steroids and then a life of straws. 

My kick off or trigger appears to have been generated by a combination of surgery, a very bad chest cold and possibly opiates post surgery at the one time. The flu appeared at post op day two and ran for 10 days. The rash first appeared on post op day 2 and gradually got worse until it was all over except for face feet and hands. Been that way for 5 weeks and much worse at night. Nothing seems to work in terms of remedies and from what I read this is as good as it gets. The prednisone was great and one or two days is bliss but the condition has its revenge and comes back in spades. I cannot believe that CIU isn't up there as an objective to cure. If our understanding of the Immune system is limited to accepting that Idiopathic means life of hell then maybe going to Mars or the Moon should be put off for a while. I haven't endured the years and years of agony which seems to accompany this condition but just a couple of months leaves no doubt that this is a terrible terrible bit of body malfunction which deserves the full focus of medicine. Maybe the answers may be in Natural remedies of which there appears to be as many as there are leaves on a tree but surely an individuals presentation covered in welts and a craving to shred the skin off your bones is worthy of real attention. I am wondering if the statistics as to the numbers of sufferers are really known so that the profession can allocate resources and do better than telling us to read up on hives.

Meanwhile it seems our lives are on hold.

Another sleepless night and another wasted day.

Where to next ?

Hi

I totally aggree with you, you see all these adverts, donate,, and nothing for Urticari.

Hello, I have suffered from hives for years and had no joy with the nhs. All the nhs do is medicate me with medicine that have done nothing to help apart from give me indegestion. I'm actually considering paying private now as the nhs are a waste of space.

Hello,

Been suffering with it a couple years here. Went through the same hoops a lot of us have been through. While I had insurance, before they jacked up the cost, was on xolair for a time and it made it manageable but not nonexistent.

My symptoms were possibly severe? I'd itch and where I scratched would form a plate of welts about a quarter inch thick.

Not being able to afford the doctor cost and the cost of the shots ($2000 a pop) left me in a bad place.

Did a lot of reading like most of us and found some useful and not so useful info.

What works for me, didn't cure it but makes it manageable to a point. I still have to avoid prolong pressure to any part of my body, which makes work impossible but I'm not scratching myself into plates of welts armor or going insane from crazy itching.

My regiment:

1: no sugar and minimal carbs. We release a histamine with insulin and insulin is released to break down sugar. Unused carbs turn into sugar so I minimize that the best I can.

2: before bed, I take 2 of the pink pills (benedryl or the cheap Walmart knock off), 2 ibuprofen, and a chopped up clove (small part of a bulb) of garlic. Wash all that down with a drink. Pink pills, not so much for hive relief but more for sleeping through the night. If it helps the ciu then yay, but it never really done much good. Ibuprofen and garlic for swelling mostly. Clove and ibuprofen when I wake up.

With that, I rarely itch. I do swell when trying to work and I get momentary itch spots but the itching subsides in a couple hours. The swelling takes a couple days to fully go away.

I worked on a couple small engines a day ago and my hands ballooned. Got two itch spots but they subsided. Swelling is almost gone. This regiment has been nice to my stomach vs what the doctors have been shoveling down my throat.

Hope this helps and least one person get their sanity back a little.

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I began experiencing physical urticaria in March, with a rapid onset after a surgery in which a metal implant was used to correct a broken wrist. After being prescribed to high dosages and mixes of Prednisone, Zantac, Xyzal, Allegra, Singulair, etc. I was approved to start Xolair in May. The results were tremendous and I was able to get approved for the Copay program (does not depend on income). After living 30 years of my life with very little issues, the rapid onset after surgery led me to have the implant removed this last Friday. Post-surgery I have had NO hives. My surgeon, PCP and Dermatologists all told me it was a one in ten million chance that I was having a reaction to the alloy metal. However, my amazing Allergist (who initially led me to Xolair) let me know that studies on metal implant allergies are so limited and difficult to diagnose. I was lucky that my symptoms from the allergy were so quickly evident that it became very easy to point to the implant as a potential cause. I would urge anyone who has chronic urticaria and a metal implant to consider this rarely diagnosed cause! 

Gracie,  I see you posted 4 years ago.  I’m wondering how you are and if the hives are now gone and how you got rid of them. Everything you wrote above is exactly what I’m going through since June and it’s now almost December.  I can totally relate to everything you posted. 

I've been suffering with this for over ten years and every exact detail that you have described and provided you are absolutely dead on. Most of the time they give me steroids and that's about it. But it never seems to go away. I only had freedom from this for 9months because I was pregnant, it never flared up, but a month after delivery, it has came back and has yet to burn itself out

Can I ask do you or anyone else on here suffer from severe pain around all the joints too. I was told it’s inflammation due to delayed pressure Urticaria inside my body. I have been diagnosed with chronic urticaria, chronic angio- oedema and chronic delayed pressure urticaria. My rash and itching has been free 3 months which has been wonderful but recently I have noticed my eyes are starting to swell, fingers, and all joints, but the pain in my hips and legs are unbearable that I’m having trouble walking. So another trip to the doctors as I don’t have an appointment till February with my dermatologist and once again sorry can’t help you as we know nothing about this illness. Any advice would be good.

Great to find this group as Ive only had Urticaria for 1 month now. It came over night and hasnt left. Doctor prescribed Loritadine and then Fexofenodine. Neither has done alot for me - basically just calms the stinging/itching. I have been to a relative who is a homeopath and she has suggested that the CIU is a result of a weak digestive system and/or leaky gut syndrome which has led me unable to digest gluten and leads to outbreaks.

For the last week i have cut out my medication and went 100% on natural remedies. Ive been taking Bromelain, Quercetin, Vitamin C and Tumeric capsules. Along with these i have went gluten free and am also eating anti histamine foods such as blueberries, teas such as nettle/ginger/chamomile. I am also using a cream called Allergenics soothing body lotion which helps with itching at night.

Results so far have been good, the CIU is definitely reduced and i had little or no hives up until tonight. I had a bad break out and i blame it on oyster sauce i had for dinner, which i now know is a shellfish and in turn is a high histamine food.

Hopefully i will continue to see more results with the natural remedies and will let you all know if they work! 

Thanks

I see this post is still active. I suffered and still do on ocassion with chronic urticaria since I was a teenager, I'm in my forties now. I tried all over the counter itch remedies, oatmeal baths and constant medical doctor visits I would receive a variety of prescriptions for. Nothing i tried worked for long or worked at all to relieve my itching. It was so bad at one point i had chronic itching litterally from head to toe. About 5 years ago i swore of seaking traditional medical help since it wasnt helping. I instead switched to eating a whole foods diet, eliminated gluten from my diet. That alone greatly reduced my itchiness. I also took tests with a nutritionist that showed I have adrenal and hormone issues. My mineral balances in my body were also off. Going through treatment to correct those imbalances also helped. I now pay attention to the foods I eat and how I react. I'm noticing I believe I react to oranges, bananas and mushrooms since I have chronic hives develop soon after eating them. If you are suffering from chronic hives or urticaria and have not explored how you react to foods or if you may have a nutrition imbalance, you may want to travel that road to find relief.