Cholinergic Urticaria

Passive heating and active heating history

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Hey everyone,

So I’ve been dealing with cholinergic urticaria for the past 5 months. My hives were worst when I was on an elimination diet consisting only of fish, brown rice, and lettuce.

When I started eating fats and a varied healthy diet again, interestingly, my passive heating symptoms went away, and now I can take hot showers and lay in the sun without getting hives. But if I hike up a mountain, I will get hives.

I know now that hives play a crucial role with my cholinergic urticaria. I think my CU might have developed after I was on a low/no fat diet for months, before the elimination diet.

So now I just need to figure out how to stop the active heating hives too. Has anyone had an experience with CU like this? Interesting– such a mystery these bodies are.

Thanks,

-Mikayla

Comments

  1. Hello, Mikayla. The only thing I can say is that cholinergic urticaria symptoms can vary over time. Also, beware of eating too much fish due to the high histamine/allergic possibilities. I hope you get your hives back under control again soon.