Cholinergic Urticaria

Thankful I Know What I Have

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I have had this condition for at least 13 years now maybe more. I have never known what has caused this. My Dad would take me to doctors but we never received any answers. So I have never thought much of this condition.

So when people would ask what was wrong with me, I would simply state I get a heat rash whenever my body temperature gets raised. It wasn’t until I was scrolling through Facebook that I ran across another post mentioning cold urticaria.

I started searching “hot urticaria” and I came across so many articles and websites about cholinergic urticaria. I am 23 and have finally found an answer. When I found out it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.

My biggest triggers are getting embarrassed, getting nervous, and just heat in general. I live in Texas so just walking outside while I’ve been in the AC will cause me to breakout. But the point of all of this is that I am thankful for this website. I have some insight to this condition, and I am not alone. So thank you so much!

-Bri

Comments

  1. Bri,
    Thanks so much for taking the time to share your experience, and welcome to the site! I’m sorry to hear that you spent so much time suffering without even knowing the name of the condition. I’m glad you found out now so that you can learn more about cholinergic urticaria and connect with others. I hope you find information here that can help you on your hives journey.

  2. I have this condition to but I found that if I rub benedryl ointment on first thing after my shower or before I workout I tend to Breakout a lot less. Hope this helps. TB RN student

  3. I’m 23 and have had this conditon for over 10 years now. I have tried every treatment in the book. Preciption medication and shots, you name it. I recently found the ONLY thing that will keep from breaking out in hives. Yes, I won’t break out in hives while I am on this medication. It’s the generic version of Zyrtec (ceterizine). I usually just buy the cheap walmart version so it only costs me roughly $20 a year. Maybe this will help someone out because for the longest time I though I would never find a solution.

  4. Hi there, My Name is Amine and I’m from Algeria (Africa) I’m 28 and have had this condition for over than 10 years,, I did visited like a billion doctors but no one gave me an answer, Im an Architect so i work a lot on land projects and i suffer so much, the only deference is that my condition disappear in summer so i can sweat like normal ppl, i only recommend to workout, yeah i know its hard at first and causes hives but believe me after 5 to 7 times u will feel better and u will feel the deference and i also recommend Xerolys+ ,,,,,, im really happy to find that im not alone
    sorry for my bad English (it’s my 3rd language)