SKIN CONDITIONS
Urticaria
Hives — also called urticaria (ur-tih-KAR-e-uh) — is a skin reaction that causes itchy welts. Chronic hives are welts that last for more than six weeks and return often over months or years.
The welts often start as itchy patches that turn into swollen welts that vary in size. These welts appear and fade at random as the reaction runs its course.
Causes
The welts that come with hives are caused by the release of immune system chemicals, such as histamine, into your bloodstream. The skin reaction may be triggered by:
Heat or cold
Sunlight
Vibration, such as caused by jogging or using lawnmowers
Pressure on the skin, as from a tight waistband
Medical conditions, such as thyroid disease, infection, allergy and cancer
Symptoms
Symptoms of chronic hives include:
Batches of welts (wheals) that can arise anywhere on the body
Welts that might be red, purple or skin-colored, depending on your skin color
Welts that vary in size, change shape, and appear and fade repeatedly
ltchiness (pruritus), which can be intense
Painful swelling (angioedema) around the eyes, cheeks or lips
Flares triggered by heat, exercise or stress
Symptoms that persist for more than six weeks and recur often and anytime, sometimes for months or years
Treatments
Avoid the triggers that leads to urticaria rashes.
Acute as well as chronic urticarial rashes has good results in Homoeopathy. Homeopathy helps in reducing sensitivity towards the triggering factors and also helps in reducing symptoms like wheals of urticaria, redness, itching etc. Homeopathy gives immunity against these allergic conditions.
