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Chronic long-term hives - end of my rope

I am female, 26 yrs. old and as a child I sufferred from itchy hives (entire body including face). I was a nervous kid too (bit nails) and parents treated hives with antihistimines. They summed it up to sensitivities to food additives as allergy testing proved nothing.

The hives went away when I was approx. 17 yrs. old and returned after having baby at age 23 (also needed surgery 2x while pregnant). It was a splenectomy due to a platelet disorder brought on by the pregnancy called ITP. Also developed a wheeze in right lung after surgery (asthma). Surgery corrected platelet issue. It's been years now taking antihistimines almost every day. I feel anxious every other day followed by hives and then I take Chortriplon. The med. makes me feel terrible, restless, moody, tired, depressed. I can't continue this battle with my body.

I need to fix this problem and not suppress with antihitimines. I wheeze every night, get hives every other night, lips, eye lids, back, legs.

Could the med. cause any long-term liver, kidney, etc. problems from using since a child? Could I be getting hives due to withdrawal from the med. since my body is so used to taking it to deal with every hive outbreak?

What are my alternatives???
 
  Jill26 on 2005-07-27
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I have the same symptoms! Not as long term... Hives started after first pregnancy and I have low platelets as well. I did read about a food sensitivity to histamine. That is histamine in foods- so many foods have hitamine. I eliminated blue skinned fruits, detergents with blue dye, and latex containing clothes. The reality is I still scratch myself bloody. Mostly my legs. I have not found an answer, but my naturopath doctor told me that long term use of anihistamines can cause the illness to come out as something else... she has seen a lot of arthritus in her histamine using patients.

I just wanted you to know you are not alone!
 
3carolyn last decade
Are you neat or untidy? Thirst? Does skin just get red, or do welts appear? Is the condition better for warmth, or do cold applications make it feel better? Do you generally prefer warmth or cold?Wheezing worse any particular time of night?
 
Minsa last decade
Thanks for the posts. 3Carolyn: Do you take anything for the hives?

Minsa: I am neat (very neat), not thirsty (don't drink much water), red welts of various sizes appear ALL over, eyelids are sometimes swelled half-shut, lip are over-sized, hives are HOT so cold although provides itching relief actually irritates the hives even more because of the contact with the skin so I avoid cold compresses. I do prefer to be warm (not overly) but always have cold feet. Wheezing is triggered by perfumes, cleaners, newsprint and sometimes just from feeling run-down.
 
Jill26 last decade
Also, wheezing is worst just before going to bed around 8-10p.m. Wheezing and coughing will last for approx 1-2 hours and then go away for awhile.
 
Jill26 last decade
Hi Minsa,
No I don't take anything daily. I eliminated as many chemical irritants as I could in my life. I mentioned the blue fruit and bought some air cleaners -Biozone.

This helped bring it back to managable levels, but I still have the hives almost all the time.

I was hoping to do a post about them as you have. Haven't yet as I am posting about my son right now and happen to see your post.

Oatmeal baths help sooth the irritation- not treat. Blend a bunch or whole oats in a blender and add 2 cups to a bath. It has to goo down your drain at the end, so grind them fine.
 
3carolyn last decade
Start with 1 dose of Psorinum 1m. Wait, at least a couple of weeks. Report and we'll go on from there. You might also read up Ars. Alb. and Rhus tox, but not to be taken for now.
 
Minsa last decade
Sorry Jill26, I thought Minsa was posting.

It occured to me that I also have thyroid issues- do you know if you have any glandular issues? This might help Minsa with your treatment.

Good luck! Much health.
Carolyn
 
3carolyn last decade
Where do I find this Psorinum (besides the internet)?
 
Jill26 last decade
Sorry, can't help you there - I have no idea. Maybe if you post your location someone might suggest where you can get it. I think you will probably have to order it.
 
Minsa last decade
I am in Guelph, Ontario
 
Jill26 last decade
HELLO! FOLKS FINALLY A SOLUTION FOR A ALLERGY THAT WILL BE WITH YOU FOR MORE THAN A DECADE..'NOW U CAN CURE IT YOUR SELF' HERE'S HOW...

After struggling for a cure for this particular and very peculiar skin allergy I consulted the best of the doctors for a remedy but the only answer I would get is,
we need to test your blood, urine, blah, blah, blah.
Then I consulted another skin specialist who said 'Lab test will cost you a lot of money let me prescribe you some medicine and lets see how good your situation will be;
cause we cannot cure this allergy in a day or two but if these medicines work then you will need to continue taking these pill for more than a couple of years'
which i did follow the advice for my benefit.
But the pills were of heavy dose and i would get a massive head ache for at least 6 hours from morning to noon these were the know side effects forget about the unknown ones but I still continued but no respite from the pills either, this was affecting my work too then one fine day I started browsing the internet for answers and I was shocked to see the fact especially help section on dermographism in this web site that there are a lot of people suffering from this chronic itch from 20 long years; for example and still looking forward to take pill. I don’t know when it will end for me that’s what I was thinking back of my mind until I saw a particular message that says
'causes for dermographism' There was a list of food items and medicines that can cause all this starting from antibiotic medicine for ear infection and pain killer like aspirin etc and foods like sugar, wheat, bread, alcohol, pickle, honey, fruits etc.. This shows that either your allergy is caused due to sugary food or sweets, sweets fruits, honey, chocolates; avoid them. Bread, alcohol, anything that is fermented cause it has yeast which is a good bacteria for humans but the antibodies in your body are either not resistant to them or they are dead. All milk products these also has lot of good bacteria that is good if consumed but your body is rejecting them and thus all the itch and allergy so try to avoid all these foods for a couple of days and eat anything apart from them like cooked rice but not fermented ones and avoid eating sugar right from morning in your coffee, tea, milk etc , then your breakfast could ideally be corn flakes and lunch could contain barley, corn, leafy vegetables etc. This is what I did finally I tried eating the one which i should not like wheat, bread, milk, one by one on a daily basic until I came till sugar yes this was the culprit for me. on a sunny afternoon after traveling for about 1 1/2 hour ride to remote place i was offered coke and I could not resist and within minutes I got the disgusting itch back on my body and I concluded the study as sugar is the main reason for the problem. Today I eat every thing except my medicines and sugar. yes you need to give up all these at least for some time else you will end up looking like a pink baboon which i was and u might be after itching all over your body. Take this advise as a second had experience if you are also allergic to sugar or yeast then don’t consume any for minimum 6 months and try again and the same for any other foods also and try not to take any medicine prescribed for dermographism by doing this you will be improving your natural immune system and back to normal. I know it is very easy to advise someone and difficult to follow but this procedure will not only help you to be independent away from allopathic medicine which is sometime too much is too bad and can lead to unknown side effects which any will cause another two or three side effects sounds like a chain reaction but this is the hard fact of today’s modern world and there's much to be done to educate people. If you look back to history and see how our ancestors were able to cope up with all these kind of diseases the answer is natural medicine which is 100% accurate and 100% no side effects but in fact they act as a good immune builder not as a destroyer which is what we have excepted in our modern day life which a busy and end up paying our hard earned money into the doctors pocket...
SO I wish you all the best and I am open for feed backs and you can mail me at ravisgoyal'at'gmail
ravi_s_goyal'at'rediffmail
 
robgoyal last decade

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