Comments on: Is Cholinergic Urticaria a Disease or Symptom?

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:07:34 +0000

Hello Tom,

I am sorry about your hives and that sounds terrible. I know how frustrating this must be for you, and I myself get quite frustrated all the time about my hives as well.

I hope hte antihistamines help, and hopefully the hives will go away soon for you. Good luck, and I hope they go away soon.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:25:05 +0000

I first had Urtecaria in June 1999 when I was 20 years old. After a long time I found out it was for any kind of hot tomatoes, some kinds of bread(?) and for Sorbate Potassium a preservative which they use almost in everything today. The attacks where in combination with my own induced sweating so exercising after eating helped starting the Urticaria. They lasted for 1-2h max with very hefty reactions causing me to rip off all my clothes and go through some unpleasant time.
This week just getting 40y old I entered in a new stage. I woke up and had Urtecaria after eating the day before maybe too much tomato sauce in the evening with my pasta. I used to eat tomato sauce go to bed soon after and nothing ever happened. So I had light Urtecaria the whole day. In the evening after eating some more stuff I entered in a severe allegeric urtecaria reaction and send of my wife to get an anti histaminicum. Something I had not taken for a decade. This morning I’m still with the base rash over my whole body. Its going to be a hot summer!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:27:27 +0000

Thanks so much for the kind words PinkLeopard!

It does bring me a lot of comfort knowing I am not the only one out there that suffers with this. I also do try to keep a positive attitude and I do honestly feel like we will be able to figure this out one day.

It can be so frustrating living with this. Sometimes it isn’t that bad, and the symptoms aren’t severe. Then sometimes they can worsen, and I swear it can be so mentally frustrating.

Thanks again for everything!

By: PinkLeopard

PinkLeopard — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:37:11 +0000

ben, that is awful. i’m so sorry you had a rough one. if it makes you feel better, your story did make me feel better. at least you are not alone with this horrible thing.

also, i agree totally that more needs to be done medically in order to stop “masking” the symptom. we need to find the cause.

chin up! and stay strong.