Sensitivity to heat, sunlight, pressure, water, or cold in a person may trigger symptoms of hives. This is a known fact that more than 30% individuals who suffer from hives are because of above mentioned physical reasons. Most common chronic hives condition is cholinergic Urticaria which is caused by rise in temperature of body. This kind of hives appears on skin in form of very small dot like red marks and sometimes tiny marks joined together to make large hive formation on the body. Not all patients of hives have noticeable symptoms. Most of the patients only feel severe itching when their body temperature increases. Medical science is failed to find any permanent cholinergic urticaria treatment to date. However, cholinergic urticaria is usually treated by managing the symptoms to aggravate further.
Natural Remedies For Cholinergic Urticaria Treatment
Symptoms appeared on skin by cholinergic urticaria can be treated naturally and its effects can be reduced. If heat aggravates your symptoms of hives then best solution is to:
- Avoid heat conditions; don’t let your body heat up. Try to cool it down in fresh air to eliminate the cause of hives.
- Avoid overdressing; during winters only dress to keep yourself warm.
- Avoid foods with strong spices; as it may trigger the hives as well as the other stomach disorders.
- Avoid stressful conditions; try to use techniques to relax yourself as it will provide you strength to handle the annoying symptoms of the hives.
- Avoid some specific drugs; it is being observed that cholinergic urticaria get worse if aspirin or alcohol is consumed during hives attack.
- Cooling sprays of ice and healing through sweating are found helpful to decrease the intensity of cholinergic urticaria.
Cholinergic Urticaria Treatment Through Medicines
Cholinergic urticaria treatment and management can also be done by some medicines. Like
- Antihistamines. It is a drug used to avert allergic reactions within the body. When the body is hit by heat hives, it causes discharge of chemical named histamine in the human body. Histamine is responsible for most of the allergic reactions within our body. So itching during hives is the result of the above chemical histamines. Antihistamines are widely prescribed by the doctors to lessen the symptoms of Heat hives. There are many kinds of antihistamines which can be found in any pharmacy without prescription although few come with very strong effects and need doctor’s prescription. Their effectiveness depends on individual to individual. Few people see immediate results whereas others show no results at all.
- Steroids. In order to manage few chronic conditions of cholinergic urticaria, patients are treated with steroids. For some patients, they produce immediate results and diminish the symptoms instantaneously whereas steroid treatment do not have any effect or may give a short term relief for others. Danazol is the most widely prescribed steroid by the doctors to treat cholinergic urticaria. Steroids are not available over the counter. This drug should only be used under the supervision of a qualified physician.
- Corticosteroids. It is another form of steroid used widely to treat cholinergic urticaria symptoms. Usually, doctor advises you to apply corticosteroid in form of lotion to lessen the adverse effects of the symptoms of cholinergic urticaria. Corticosteroids are available on prescription only with the name of Prednisone and it is experienced as one of the most effective drugs for the symptoms of cholinergic urticaria. As with most steroids, prednisone also comes with long-term side effects so its usage must be administered under the supervision of the doctor.
- Other drugs like beta blockers, propranolol is also prescribed to treat the cholinergic urticaria.
- Dermatologists often advise the patients of cholinergic urticaria to sit in sunlight to receive UVB rays. Although, through this therapy some positive results are reported by few people but this treatment also comes with many after effects like reoccurring of the symptoms of cholinergic urticaria, skin aging and even risk of cancer also increases.
There are too many options available for Cholinergic Urticaria Treatment in the market as well as few are in your own control. Clinical treatments are provided after complete diagnosis of the disease. However, before proceeding towards the medicinal treatment try to use natural way to cure the disease as many medicines come with severe side effects.
