First time ever ending up in the ER because of hives. I was so miserable and my body was on fire. I contemplated as to weather I should wait it out, but the swelling and itching were about to take me...
I’m trying to avoid taking Xolair and I’ve recently found a few things that have helped me a lot. I’ve gone from taking approximately 25 pills a day (prednisone, ranitidine, and a variety of rx and otc antihistamines) to just one...
Well I have to accept these horrible things so I am calling them my frog ponds. The one up the top of my leg started as 5 tiny ones. By that night I was covered in one big one from my...
Hello, i’m new here, there is something I would like to share with you about my urticaria. I had to go to emergency because the itching and burning were getting me crazy and they injected me Benadryl, it burned like wow!!...
Need to vent. I have not had any medication since Wednesday. I have an allergist appointment on Monday morning and need all the antihistamines out of my system. No relief from this awful itching and constant hives since Thursday morning. 17...
I have suffered with hives my whole life! I have cold water urticaria. I’m allergic to a crazy amount of things, especially chemicals and preservatives. I also have Celiac Disease and my allergist thinks I may have DH which goes along...
Hello all, after six months of on and off hives I am finally joining a group as I am realizing that there is no other diagnosis in sight than chronic urticaria. I’m in my third round of steroids and am going...
My 13 year old daughter came down with hives over a year ago. An allergy specialist put her on Xolair with several different antihistamines and prednisone. The shot worked for 6 months. Her dr took her off from the shot to...
I can’t believe I didn’t think about joining a support group for my CIU sooner. I’ve been experiencing symptoms but wasn’t officially diagnosed until October of last year. I’ve done the regular run around with doctors of see this specialist and...
My hives now are basically under control–I have a spot or two (small 1 – 3 inches). I call that “live able” after years of all over hell. I take Aciphex & Zyrtec& vitamin D to control. But this week I...
