I get itchy when I get bit by a mosquito. I wanted to know why, so I started doing some research online. There were lots of websites with information about mosquitoes and mosquito bites, but not much about what bites cause...
My doctor refused to treat me So late last night I became so worked up my body broke out in horrible hives and welts and my lip and fingers started swelling. Prednisone didn’t help so I went to the er as...
I was eligible to participate in a clinical trial for ligelizumab starting this month I have a WWYD question.I started getting hives June 5th of this year. They got pretty bad and covered my torso, chest, arms and legs. They were...
Hi everyone. I’m 28 years old and I’ve had CU since last 11 years. Surely there are good days and some really bad days that I wouldn’t even wish upon the worst enemy. Lately I get the feeling that CU is...
I’ve been suffering with what my gp thought was anaphylactic shocks from allergies. Finally saw a specialist last week, who knew straight away that it was Chronic urticaria and angiedema with severe anaphylaxis. Lots of ambulance rides over the years.My questions...
My hives are almost certainly tied to my TSH levels (as has been observed over ~60 blood tests) but of course that knowledge won’t keep my thyroid from fluctuating wildly as it tries to kill itself (Hashimoto’s). So this New Year’s...
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!!...