Do your hives flare up just as youāre trying to relax and go to sleep? You’re not imagining it ā night-time hives are a very real and very frustrating part of chronic urticaria. Iāve been there. Whether I worked the day shift or the graveyard shift, my hives always showed up right when I needed…
If you’re dealing with chronic urticaria (aka chronic hives), you already know how frustrating it is to feel like your body is constantly reacting to everything. This condition is often linked to overactive mast cells, which release excessive amounts of histamine into your systemātriggering those relentless hives, itching, and swelling. While over-the-counter antihistamines are often…
When you have Chronic Urticaria, you may find that you are tired, itchy, agitated, and depressed. All of these things can spill over and affect relationships. Chronic Urticaria is a condition that can leave both those suffering and their spouses feeling helpless, frustrated, and depressed. Relationships are tough enough to maintain without Chronic Urticaria getting…
Have you heard of people getting paid to talk about their chronic health conditions? It seems unreal and definitely raised my suspicions when I heard of this initially. Here is my experience with Rare Patient Voice. When a rare patient voice representative first approached me, I was apprehensive. She was very professional and introduced herself…
Bee venom has been used as an alternative treatment for inflammatory, allergic, and immune disorders. Could bee venom help Chronic Urticaria Symptoms? The past few weeks have been hectic. We moved from metro Detroit to rural West Virginia. My diet has not been good with hours of car rides and keeping myself super busy with…
Chronic Urticaria has devastated my life and taken the joy out of a lot of things. It has wreaked havoc on my quality of life and has been a burden that I have carried for over a decade. For the first few years I was lost. I was spiraling out of control. I was severely…
When I started my journey with this disease I had a lot of questions. I hit Google to do some research and was disappointed with the lack of easy-to-read and digest information. Most of what was available were scholarly articles about a tiny study here and there. Now there is more information but it’s scattered…
Your minding your own business, going about your life when you notice a small itchy bump on your body. Is it a bug bite? You brush it off as no big deal at first. Then you begin to notice more and more itchy bumps, perhaps your cat brought in fleas? Or a particularly hungry mosquito…
More women suffer from chronic hives than men. Learn why hormones, stress, and autoimmunity put women at greater riskāand what you can do about it.
It’s the middle of the night, and you are wide awake again, searching for solutions to this miserable condition. You are suffering from chronic hives and can’t seem to find relief. You can’t sleep, can’t work, or can’t socialize because of the impact of the constant itching and embarrassing appearance. I’ve been there. I was…