chronis hives

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how long will chronic hives last?? and what causes chronic hives??


This discussion is related to CHRONIC HIVES/RASH COMES AND GOES.

[BhumikaMD]

Hi,

'Chronic urticaria refers to hives that persists for 6 weeks or more. There are no visual differences between acute and chronic urticaria.

Some of the more severe chronic cases have lasted more than 20 years.

A survey indicated that chronic urticaria lasted a year or more in more than 50% of sufferers and 20 years or more in 20% of them.

Of course this does mean that in almost half the people it clears up within a year and in 80% it clears up within 20 years or less.

Urticaria is generally caused by direct contact with an allergenic substance, or an immune response to food or some other allergen, but can also appear for other reasons, notably emotional stress. The rash can be triggered by quite innocent events, such as mere rubbing or exposure to cold.'

You could take some oral antihistamine or antiallergic medications like loratadine or cetrizine and see if it helps with your symptoms. Apply calamine lotion at the site of the lesions to help soothe the itching.

Have you had allergic reactions in the past? Are you allergic to any specific substances?

You could read more about the condition at the following link -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urticaria

Let us know about how you are doing and post us about what your doctor advises.

Post us if you need any further information.

Regards.