Urticaria episodes

Hello there

I have bouts of very painful, burning and disorientating physical urticaria. It's worst with my skins reaction to changes in tempreature and it's all I can do not to not moan/scream with the agony I'm in. 90% of the time when it happens it's outside.

I also get acute urticaria on my hands which tends to be triggered by material. Detergents and soaps can also trigger an episode.

Dermatographis is something I get but find it relatively easy to control as long as I remember to not to scratch certain areas of my skin.

I have been prescribed several different anti-histimenes and take different ones depending on what type of attack I'm having and what time of day it is (as some are sedating).

The frustating thing is that sometimes my skin is fine with the very things that at times it can't bear. So often I am caught out and this can be awful and quite frightening

thanks alot for reading

realstar

Thanks for sharing what you did. It was really helpfull and like you said just knowing that someone else has been there gives alot of comfort. 

I use Aqueous cream instead of soap and take Loratadine, Promethazine and Chlorphenamine to deal with an attack. Like you have done I should look at my diet and try to do more to help myself that way.

I think also my allergy reaction can be stressed related. When I have the tempreture skin reaction whilst I do genuinely feel terrible I am also panicing. My last one was a bout two weeks ago. I was on my way to meet a friend, about a 20 minute walk but I had to keep stopping and sit down to try to subtly sooth my very hot and burning skin. But also I had to stop just to try and calm myself down. It was so bad I just wanted to approach a passerby and say 'please help me, my skins on fire and I need water on it now'.

 I think because I know it wouldn't be socially acceptable to stop someone and ask for help that that also makes me panic. In the end I managed to find a chemist, burst into tears and explain what I needed. I was ok after about 20 mins. I felt so stupid for leaving the house and forgetting to take my tabs with me. Now their by my front door keys so I never forget.

Anyway sorry to go on. Thanks for being there.

realstar