URTICARIA (HIVES)

OTHERS NAME –

Hives, Welts, Weals, or Nettle rash.

WHAT ARE URTICARIA?

Urticaria are red, raised, itchy skin rash or bumps triggered by many things, including certain foods, medication, and insect stings.

Urticaria causes itching but may also burn or sting. They can appear anywhere on the body, including the face, lips, tongue, throat, or ears.

Urticaria varies in size. Often the patches of rash move around, disappearing in one place and 

reappearing in other places. Typically they last a few days and do not leave any long lasting skin changes.

CAUSES OF URTICARIA

Urticaria occurs when body reacts to an allergen and releases histamine. When histamine is released, the tiny blood vessels known as capillaries leak fluid. The fluid accumulates in the skin and causes a rash or wheals appear.

Doctor often can’t identify the reason for urticaria or why acute urticaria sometimes turns into a long term problem. The skin reaction may be triggered by:

  • Insects or parasites
  • Heat or cold
  • Sun light
  • Exercise
  • Alcohol or food
  •   Stress
  • Pain medication
  • Pressure on the skin, as from tight waist cloths.

TYPES OF URTICARIA

There are several different types of urticari

1. ACUTE URTICARIA

Urticaria lasting less than six weeks.

The most common causes are certain foods (nuts, chocolates, eggs, and milk, certain preservatives) medicine (aspirin, nonsteroidal anti inflammatory medicines such as ibubrofen) or infections. Insect bites.

2. CHRONIC URTICARIA

Urticaria lasting more than 6 weeks. it is more difficult to identify then the acute urticaria. The cause is impossible to determine.

Chronic urticaria can affect the internal organs such as lungs, gastrointestinal tract.

3. PHYSICAL URTICARIA

urticaria caused by direct physical stimulation of skin – for example – cold, heat, sun exposure, pressure sweating, and exercise. Most of the urticaria appears within one hour after exposure.

4. DERMATOGRAPHISM

This urticaria can occur along with other form of urticaria.

SYMPTOMS

Urticaria can appear on any area of the body; they may change shape, move around, disappear and reappear over short periods of time.

The bumps – red or skin colored wheals with clear edges –usually appear suddenly and go away just as quickly.

Blanching - Pressing the centre of red hive makes it turns white.

Is urticaria contagious?

Urticaria is not contagious.

HOW IS URTICARIA DIAGNOSED?

Urticaria easily diagnosed by himself.

There are no specific testes for urticaria but testing depends up on your medical history.

Your doctor will do physical exam and ask many question to try to understand what might be causing your sign and symptoms.

MANAGEMENT

For the effective urticaria treatment management are very important –

  • Avoid scratching
  • Sooth your skin
  • Wear loose clothes
  • Include vitamin C, B, and E in your diet.

TREATMENT

Homoeopathy treats the urticaria very effectively. These medicines follow a curative rather than curative approach. Homoeopathy not only treats the urticaria but it treats the chronic tendency toward the urticaria.

TOP 5 HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES FOR URTICARIA

1. APIS MELLIFICA

It is very important top grade homoeopathic medicine for urticaria when itching and burning. Stinging pain is observed. Burning and stinging like bee sting. The skin is extremely sensitive to touch. These raised patches of skin itch intolerably at night, itching worse from warmth of bed. The itching is also worse in cold weather.

2. RHUS TOXICODENDRON

Rhus tox is highly effective when urticaria from exposure to cold. The person is generally aggravated in cold, damp weather, or urticaria appears after getting wet or chilled. In rhus tox urticaria has intense itching. Rashes are better by warmth and aggravated by cold.

3. NATRUM MURIATICUM

This is very common medicine for chronic urticaria where the lesion develops after severe irritation.

4. URTICA URENS

It is used when there is urticaria from bee stings or after eating shellfish. The lesion is red with severe burning and itching, recurring every year, could be associated with weather changes.

5. DULCAMARA

It is very useful when develops a general prickly sensation setting in and night when it is cold and damp. The urticaria is irregular white patches surrounded by a red area that itch badly. The urticaria are associated with violent cough, swelling of the lymph nodes, fever, restlessness, nausea, vomiting, bitter test and intense aching in pit of stomach.

WHY HOMOEOPATHY FOR URTICARIA?

It is very important question before the treatment of homoeopathy as we know the urticaria is nothing but an external expression of internal immunological disturbance. So that urticaria treatment should be based on the inner level consideration. And homoeopathy treatment does not believe in the treatment of urticaria but it treats the men internally.

Homeopathy believes in the individual case taking for the every case of urticaria. Homoeopathy is based on symptoms and every symptoms change in the individual so without case taking homeopathy we can’t prescribe. We believe in constitutional prescribing.

Homeopathy is absolutely harmless, safe, and non toxic.

In this post you understand urticaria. homoeopathy approach in case of urticaria and how to treat urticaria from homoeopathy.