Hi, my name is Edwin. I want to share my experience and I want to ask you a question.
So, I come from Indonesia where the humidity is high and the weather/climate is not extreme at all. At first, I never had heat hives in Indonesia at all. (By the way, I’m 19 years old.) Then I started to move to Canada for studying about 4 months ago, it all started here.
After I arrived in Canada about one week, it’s in winter by the way, when I went outside just for a jog, I felt some itch on my stomach, chest, then start to spread whole of my body, except my feet.
I thought this was only an ordinary itch and I will get used to it, but it won’t disappear until now. I’m so desperate. I’m doing the sweat therapy, and it started to reduce my itch, although it’s still there.
My question, is high humidity and low humidity a factor that causes heat hives? In my country, I live in a sunny, and hot place for the rest of my live there and nothing happened to me, it all started here when I move to Canada, please help me I need an explanation about this.
Thanks a lot!
-Edwin
Hivesguy says
Yes, humidity/heat can affect cholinergic urticaria. Some people experience relief in the summer and are able to sweat, whereas others do not.
John says
Edwin, another major change for you is coming to Canada and eating different foods than back home. In addition, there are different microbes etc. Canada is cold compared to Indonesia. Have you ever heard of University of People? BTW, this is an observation here, not an advertisement.
http://www.uopeople.edu/
You can get a degree in IT or Business with no tuition from a fully accredited college and can do it from anywhere in the world where there is internet connection. If you get too itchy you can always study back home AND save money without itching or stress. Best of luck in your studies! Coincidentally, I took courses from University of Guelph, Ontario in Horticulture…BUT they were distance learning and I did the courses in Louisiana where it is warmer!
Anonymous says
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R. Garrett says
I experienced similar reaction going from high humidity to low. I lived in Colorado and Utah and had problems. Then moved to California and Virginia and didn’t have any reaction for years. Then 1 1/2 year ago I took a trip to Colorado and came back home to Virginia and I’ve been dealing with the itches ever since. I do much better in high humidity. I’m from Houston and when home i do ok. I wonder if high altitude (Colorado and Utah) causes them? Don’t know by there does seem to be a link.
Mohit says
I wanna ask-Have you taken lots of antihistamines to cure this or tried antiimmunosupressives or steroids ?
If you are sweating a lot still Do you feel it only outdoors or even indoors when you get little hot ?
Use coconut oil as a body lotion .
And are you still on antihistamines ?
What’s your daily water intake ?
And you sweat a lot or little daily ?
Curious I am !!
Edwin says
now because of the cold weather, i cannot sweat a lot, but i think since im doing exercise outdoors, even though my sweat is hard to come out, im a little bit better now, the itch is still there but it’s reducing. I have tried both coconut oil and antihistamines but it didn’t work om my body, so i think exercise is the big thing, i exercise every day now to get rid of this, and hope it will work