Urticaria is inflammation of the skin characterized by eruptions. It is also considered an allergic reaction that maybe acute, chronic or recurrent.
Symptoms of Urticaria
- Raised red and white patches appear on the skin, accompanied by intense itching, stinging and burning.
- The disease may affect either part of the whole body.
- The eruptions vary in size and shape.
- They maybe rounded or irregular and often surrounded by a reddened zone.
- The eruptions may fade and then appear in other place.
- Fever, digestive disturbances and prostration are other symptoms.
Causes of Urticaria
- Toxemia, drugs like aspirin, penicillin, quinine, turpentine.
- Certain foods like mushrooms, strawberries, cucumber, nuts, fish, eggs, butter and digestive disorders are the main cause of urticaria. See strawberry allergy symptoms also.
- Emotional excitement, and bites of bees, flea, bed bugs, wasps and mosquitoes are other factors.
Natural Home Remedies and Treatment for Urticaria
- Adopt an all-fruit diet for 5 days. Administer warm water enema. Drink liberal quantities of hot water. Gradually get onto a well-balanced diet with emphasis on raw vegetable and fresh fruit. Avoid all foods that are difficult to digest.
- Salt provides relief in urticaria with digestive disorders.About 12 grams of salt should be dissolved in water and drunk.
- Then throat should be tickled to induce vomiting. It provides relief and cures eruption.
- Using rose water in vinegar helps relieve severe itching in urticaria. Mix about 35 milliliters of rose water with 25 milliliters of vinegar and apply it to the affected parts.
- Turmeric is a valuable home remedy with antiseptic properties. Mix 2 teaspoon of turmeric powder in water and take it at regular intervals.
- Mint relieves itching in urticaria. About 7 grams of mint and 25 grams of brown sugar should be boiled and drunk.
- Fresh air, sunlight is very essential for treatment of urticaria.
- Avoid exposure to cold weather and cold water.
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Hi I am suffering from Hives/Urticaria from past five months…I am taking levocetirizine and ronycold…these tablets help me in providing relief for sometime but then eruptions keep happening…please let me know if this disease is curable or now since I have got it, I will be suffering from it forever.
I am 21years old and since 8 months I am suffering from urticaria, I have consulted many of doctors, while using the medicines I found it was control if stops the symptoms are appearing can you please reply me the home remedies for curing this chronic urticaria?
Hi, I am suffering from urticaria from past few weeks and I am not at all responding to medicines. Doctor has prescribed some blood tests but then everything seems to be fine. Can anyone suggest a remedy for this?
I have been suffering with urticaria for the past 17 years and have been taking prednisone which was prescribed by a dermatologist. After taking a 20 day course it comes back after 2 months. Is there anything else that I could use for I have heard that prednisone weakens the bones and also reduces the iron levels in the body.
I am a female aged 45 years. I am suffering from Urticaria for the last 13 years and taking medicines 1. Allegra 180mg one daily in the morning and cetrizine 10mg one daily in the evening but no permanent relief. I got menopause at the age of 39 years. Recently I have hypertension and taking Cardace 2.5mg each a day. I seek your kind advise to get permanent relief from Urtecaria in Allopathy/aurved/homeopathy what ever the best to get permanent relief.
I am 32 years old and suffering from urticaria for the last 2 years. I am also taking Allegra 180mg for the past 40 days. There is no improvement but the doctor is asking me to continue the medication for 20 more days.
Is there any cure from chronic urticaria. What are the home remedies for chronic urticaria. I have been hearing natural cures for urticaria by apple cider vinegar and baking soda. Do the symptoms coincide with pruritis and eczema?
Hi, I am having urticaria for the last two years. There is itching on my skin and it provides rashes on the skin. So please provide any cure for this. I am getting treatment for this with a homeopathic consultants and I get relief but not comfortable with it. Please let me know if there is any cure for this disease.
I have chronic hives since 2 months. Nth can help me except of Prednisone, but you cannot take it forever. I was taking more then 10 antihistamine pills every day and nth could stop this horrible hives. Thats why I decided to start homeopathy, but contacted doctor from abroad. Not always the regular homeopathic pills are the right for you.
After a long interview I got Saccharum Lactis 200C and will see what will happened. The doctor I contacted cured many people I know with the same remedy. Only one granule every day, but you have to stop all anti-histamines and there are some rules you have to pay attention when you are under homeopathic therapy. I hope this will help me too, because to live this way is a nightmare.
Hi I have been suffering chronic Urticaria for 11 months now. I have tried Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic, antihistamines, but nothing has worked. Can you please tell me who you contacted abroad for homeopathic medicine as I am getting really desperate now.
Many thanks
Last time I was cured by homeopathy medicine. However after a year I am again struggling. I have gone to same doctor however I am still struggling so far.
Let’s see if I get cured this time again will let you know the name of medicine. If I am able to get it but yes it should be taken strictly under supervision of expert as they first increase that reaction.
Thanks
Hi I am a victim of chronic severe case of urticaria. I finally got myself off work for 3 months and off anti-histamines (antiallergies) for its long term side effects which also causes stomach cancer. I underwent an ayurveda therapy for 3months I couldn’t eat anything except plain boil vegetables, and plain rice, lentils mixture without any flavoring.
Post this treatment I am back to normal I underwent this through Baba RamDev Ayurveda Clinic. So it’s a cheap and permanent cure as long as you follow their instructions very carefully.
Certain drugs can cause urticaria apart from many other causes like eating strawberry, certain digestive tract disorders, fish, eggs, emotional excitement, insect stings and mosquito bites. Use of turmeric paste helps in building bodies vital capacity and flushes out body toxins, if taken with water.
I am 48 and suffering from urticaria after I was put on medication for high blood pressure in September 2009. The capsule ceruvin contained a drug which triggers these hives. Although I stopped this capsule in November 2009 it’s effect still remains. I am avoiding sour foods.
I’ve had on and off chronic urticaria since 4th grade. Many members of my mom’s family has had a history with it. The doctor prescribed Hydrozyzine Syrup also known under the brand of Vistaril. It does a great job of getting rid of the urticaria for a year or two after a week of taking the medicine. The only side effect is drowsiness. It takes like Nyquil so I assume there’s probably an alcohol substrate of some sort.
I had a huge breakout of it when I was with my mom’s family in Vietnam several years ago. That’s when I encountered the best treatment I’ve ever received. They rubbed vinegar on the welts and had me drink tea. Within an hour, the itching and everything was gone. Since then, I rarely get the outbreaks; and it was light when it does come out.
What kind of tea should be taken? My daughter has this problem since she was 2 years. She used to get them on her bottom now it spreads to her back and neck. The welts are itching. It’s always this time of the year. It happened once when we went to Vegas we were in a very cold weather walking outside as soon as we entered a warm room and ready for bed she broke out. She also has some stomach problems. I am trying to determine if this is an allergic reaction but the consistency that it happens in the fall (cold weather) is what leads me to this. Please let me know, she is only 10 years old and its horrible.
I am suffering from hives for last few months. It is cured when I take medicine and again after some days hives reappears. I think I get affected with hives when the climate is humid or cold. What remedies do you suggest for hives during the humid and cold season?
I am suffering from severe urticaria. Itching starts from scalp then hips, neck later other parts some times. Upper lip,upper eyelids swelling occur due to severe itching I got scars. Please suggest me home remedies and medicines for urticaria. I am using zyncet, allagra for long time. I am putting on weight 65kgs. Age 33yrs. height 4.10. I have 2 kids. Suggest me medicines and home remedies.
Hi kalpana!
How did you manage during pregnancy with this problem? I am having a terrible problem because of this. I am not able to survive without tablet (which i have to take daily) and doctor says not to take any medicine during pregnancy.
I am 28 year old, I have been suffering from chronic urticaria for past 3 years, I have consulted many of doctor and tried all medicine made for uriciaria,
I have used cirad injection / medicine, depo-medrol 80mg, i5 injection for 2 year.
I am very worried because as my weight is 110 kg due 2 for long period, can you suggest me medicine and home remedies, I am waiting.
I was also suffering from urticaria since 3 yrs. Try Bragg’s organic Apple Cider vinegar (undistilled), 1 tsp in a glass of water, 20min before each meal.
It has made a lot of difference to me, just give it a try and you may feel the difference.
Urticaria is a common disorder of skin, it is also known as hives or nettle rash. Urticaria is the allergic manifestation of the skin. The disease may be acute, recurrent, or chronic in nature. Hives are raised red and itchy patches on the skin. They can be small or large in size; they may last from few minutes to few days. Intense itching, burning, and stinging are characteristic of urticaria. Rubbing or scratching usually aggravates the complaint.
Causes:
Digestive tract disturbance, due to certain drugs, like aspirin, quinine, penicillin.
Certain foods such as strawberries, tomatoes, cucumber, mushrooms, eggs, fish, chocolate etc.
Stings and bites of insect, mosquitoes, wasps. Can also give rise to single or multiple wheels.
Emotional excitement, stress, extreme temperatures are also known cause of urticaria.
Prevention:
Avoid substances which have previously caused hives. For example foods, medications, insects.
Treatment:
Rosewater and vinegar applied on the hives gives immediate relief.
Mint and sugar syrup taken after boiling both the ingredients in a cup daily reduces.
Some times intestinal worms can be responsible for urticaria, it is better to take a course of some dewormin drug.
Homeopathic medicine like Apis mel, cures urticaria. It has to be taken under the guidance of a homeopath.
Emotional excitement can be controlled by meditation.
Urticaria is inflammation of the skin characterized by eruption; they can be acute or chronic in nature. There is a rash which is burning and itching in nature with a small raised area called weal.
The main goal to cure urticaria is to prevent the recurring episode, by finding the trigger factor, from which it is caused.
This triggers release a chemical called Hystamine. It causes fluid to leak from the capillaries of the skin resulting to form a weal.
The causative factors are:
1. Allergy: It can be a food allergy like shell fish, egg, spices and chocolates, citrus fruit or strawberries. etc.
2. Insect bites.
3. Allergy to certain medicine.
4. Viral infection such as influenza can cause urticaria in few people.
5. Skin contact with certain chemicals, ointments, cosmetics.
Often no treatment is necessary as the rash usually goes within in a day or two.
If you can identify the trigger factor, avoid it the next time so that you may not get it in future. For example if urticaria is caused by eating egg, do not eat it.
Urticaria can be chronic in nature; here are some tips to cure urticaria;
Take one teaspoon of turmeric powder mixed with water daily.
Take the boiled mixture of mint leaves and sugar at least 3 times in a week.
The exact cause for urticaria cannot be found but there are remedies:
First with Inner body care, external reactions will vanish gradually:-
1) Keep drinking normal (nor warm nor cold) water.
2) Have muskmelon, it will keep body temperature cool.
3) When I had urticaria, my father suggested me TERFED 60mg or TREXYL, this is hereditary. My father had, I had it, my son had it. Don’t worry, it will go away. [PLEASE CONSULT DOCTOR, BECAUSE COMPANIES AND BRANDS SHUTDOWN AND PHARMACISTS GIVE MANY CHOICES]
4) Keep your clothes and bed, neat and clean, it is allergic, even a minor itching can start the game.