Cholinergic Urticaria (Chronic Heat Hives)-Cholinergic Urticaria.net I Get Itchy Heat Hives (Cholinergic Urticaria) When I Get Hot or Exercise

Chuck Norris has turned 70 years old today! Wow, I must say he is in great shape to be 70. If anyone doesn’t know who Chuck Norris is, please come out from the rock you have been hiding under. Just kidding. Chuck is a well-known action hero/martial artist/actor. He has a reputation (yes, even at 70) of being a tough guy. In fact, people have developed funny ”facts” dramatizing his tough-guy appeal.

I love the “chuckisms” (also called Chuck Norris Facts) that people have created over the years. I thought I would include a few since I just read about it being his birthday today. So here are some of my very favorite Chuck Norris-isms…

1. When the boogieman goes to sleep each night, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
2. Superman wears Chuck Norris Pajamas to bed.
3. Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer. Too bad he never cries…
4. Chuck Norris once kicked a horse in the chin. Its descendants are known as “giraffes”.
5. A company once tried to make Chuck Norris toilet paper, unfortunately, it wouldn’t take crap from anyone.
6. When Chuck Norris has surgery, the anesthesia is given to the doctors.
7. Chuck Norris doesn’t wear a watch. He decides what time it is.

Quick Update on my Cholinergic Urticaria Hives:

I actually have been thinking of a new theory about the hives based on something I have recently discovered. I am also trying a treatment for it (just started last night). At this time, I am going to wait and see how it works before I write in detail about it, but I do hope to elaborate about this soon. It may be a long shot, but there is some compelling evidence which led me to try this newer treatment. That is all I will say at this point. But soon I will tell whether or not it worked, and exactly what I figured out.

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Hello Everyone,

I have a few important announcements regarding the website. I hope some of these changes will make the site better in many ways.

1.  The old site (HeatHives.com) has now moved to a new domain: CholinergicUrticaria.net.  You can still access the site using the old links, but I would recommend you update any bookmarks or links you may have to direct to the new site (and saving the link as a bookmark is a great idea, because let’s face it: nobody really wants to type that new domain every day). This also applies to the Cholinergic Urticaria forum

So far, it looks like the transition worked nicely and everything is working as it should. All of the URL’s should be the same–just replace the heathives.com part with cholinergicurticaria.net, and it should work fine. Sorry for any inconvenience.

The reason I did this is because Heat Hives is more of a generic term. I wanted to re-brand the site for what it is actually about: Cholinergic Urticaria. So that is why I made the change. Hopefully, this will allow the site to look more professional and people with CU will immediately be able to identify that this site is specifically about CU.

Some of the changes I will be making over the next week are as follows:

2. I will be tweaking a few of the appearance aspects of the site. I am going to adjust paragraph spacing, possibly change colors or font, and also tweak the design a bit. I hope this will make the site a little easier and more enjoyable to read. So you may see some funky looking stuff happening as I adjust a few things.

3. I will be changing the home page design and blog location. At this time, my most recent blog articles appear at the home page. I want to change this to a different format. Instead, I will create a new homepage, which will feature what I consider to be important information directly relating to cholinergic urticaria. This will include some basic information, and vital links to some of the best articles on the subject (some of which I will write from scratch to summarize what we have learned and shared at this point).

For example, I hope to create a special individual page about treatments, pictures, research articles, what is CU, etc. etc. So on the home page, I will include a small excerpt of these topics and link to them. That way, when someone gets referred to the  home page, they will have a wealth of great introductory information on cholinergic urticaria at their fingertips.

This is intended to make the site much more useful and user-friendly to any new visitors or CU people that stumble in. I will continue to blog, but I will move the blogging articles to a new directory (probably cholinergicurticaria.net/blog/), but I will let everyone know when I am done.

Also, on the home page, I will also try to put a small excerpt of the latest blog articles, and also latest forum posts. Again, the goal is simple: Make this the most useful site on cholinergic urticaria on the planet. If we can make this the top site on the web, this is a huge advantage. Not only will we be able to attract any CU people who go googling and round them up, but we will also potentially attract researchers, scientists, etc. who may be interested in asking us questions or running tests.

Furthermore, all people experiencing this won’t have to feel alone. They will be able to tap into a wealth of articles helping them to manage and treat their CU, and also connect with a community of people who know exactly what they are going through.

4. I am going to update a few articles, and may update a few forum posts. In an attempt to make the site as search engine friendly as possible, I may update a few of the articles, links, and so forth on this site. In addition, I may also edit some of the titles used in individual forum posts by all users. Again, this is just to help users & search engines find some of the great posts listed on the site.

As a quick tip, it is generally better to use a clear and long title when posting on the forum. Long and clearly written titles tend to get more views (and replies) on the forum. Here are two quick examples to illustrate what I mean:

When viewing the forum, which thread title are you likely to click to read and/or respond to?

1. sunscreen?
2. Does Sunscreen Make Your Cholinergic Urticaria Itch More?

Most people would be more drawn to number 2 (or at least know if  it were relevant to them). By using a more descriptive title, you let the forum readers understand what the thread is about, which may lead to more responses. Also, it lets search engines know what it is about, which again, leads to more readers, which may lead to more replies, which then leads to more potential information we can all share. Again, this is just a general tip you all may want to follow to get more replies to your questions and so forth.

Conclusion: The Site is Changing a Bit for the Better (Hopefully)

I hope these changes really make this site more user-friendly, seo friendly, and more.  The goal is to make 1 giant resource that is specifically about one topic: cholinergic urticaria.

I feel that over time, we will not only have the best site & forum on the web about this condition, but we may even be able to work together to find a treatment which could lead to complete remission of the condition. In any event, the more popular and visible the site becomes, the better our chances will be of this happening.

Thanks again for all of your contributions,

Ben (HivesGuy)

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