So I’ve been suffering from cholinergic urticaria for about two years now. I researched into this pretty quickly as I started feeling horrible as I would get triggered by everything, even starting a conversation with someone! Apparently that raises the body temp enough. No exercise, no more spicy food. Horrible.
Then I came across this site and few other sources ultimately trying all types of allergies medicine with nothing working. I took a trip to Thailand during the summer and the hot humid weather made me sweat nonstop there and had completely forgotten about my cholinergic urticaria, which came back when I moved to LA with dry heat. I got myself a portal sauna and that has been the only thing that helped.
Fast forward a year, I had completely gotten rid of CU through sweat therapy, and I could sweat like a normal person without scratching my entire body. Well….. that didn’t last too long as I had one week where I got extremely stressed from work and school. That very week , my CU came right back.
Now I do not let anything stress me out and through meditation and setting your mind not to get stressed. I meditate at the same time as I’m in sauna which feels so amazing and detoxifying. Hopefully, in short time I can reduce symptoms thru sweat therapy and ultimately get rid of it again.
IN SUMMARY, AVOID STRESS AT ALL COSTS, IF YOU CAN’T, TRAIN YOUR MIND TO BE OPTIMISTIC.
-Peter
Anonymous says
Great advice Peter! I had a similar experience, stress is a real trigger for it
David says
Hi Peter,
I’m on the east coast. The weather is starting to warm up here, so my CU has gotten better. I use the sauna at my gym to keep up the sweating during the winter months. Keep up the good fight!
Anonymous says
My son gets this rash from stress and was diagnosed with CU, however I took him to a naturopath and we discovered it was an allergic reaction from leaky gut. After a month of eating grass feed beef and other organic protein and veges, we saw a huge difference. (no sugar, preservatives, rice, beans, gluten) Try it for a month. Best of luck.
Zaid says
Hi Peter,
I couldn’t describe it better, “even starting a conversation with someone!” can trigger it.
I started sauna a few days ago (bought a portable one), and I already feel a big difference.
I really appreciate this blog\community, I am suffering from CU since 1995, with some years better than the others, this year though it went crazy, I had a surgery last year. we had a colder winter in Houston,TX and Harvey, so I am not sure if any of these made it worst, and reading other people stories and how sauna made it better for them, I decided to test it out, its only been a few days, but I feel better, especially with heat triggers, stress still triggers it, but I don’t have the same bad reaction as I used to.
Thanks All.
Zaid
Anonymous says
Prednisone and Benadryl work great also sweet therapy
Anonymous says
I feel so hopeful now that I’ve seen this blog and read the forum. I’ve recently been diagnosed with CU, and I’m suffering so much from it. Having to be wary of every little movement I make and living in constant fear of triggering the hives is pure torture. (I get prickly feelings all over and red dots appearing all over the body). Not being able to talk under the sun and not many to relate to as well.
My doc advised me to take zrytec up to 6 times a day but that doesn’t seem to help at all. I just hope sweat therapy works.