What is Urticaria?

Suffering from hives? intolerable itching? Red, raised swelling appearing suddenly on skin with itching? This must be urticaria. Read this article to know more about Urticaria. Causes of Urticaria? and what is the best homeopathic treatment for Urticaria.

Urticaria is the itching and swelling of the skin. Urticarial results in the swelling of the superficial layers of the skin causing well-demarcated red lesions on the skin. It is usually associated with allergic reactions, infections of physical stimuli but in most cases, a cause cannot be found. Urticarial can occur as a single episode or maybe chronically recurrent

These lesions may last from a few minutes to several hours to sometimes days. The most common areas of affections are the face, particularly the eyelids, lips, tongue. these lesions may also be seen all over the body.

Prevalence

It affects approximately 20 % of the population at some point in their lives

Pathophysiology

Urticarial usually occurs as a result of histamine bradykinin and pro-inflammatory mediators released from the cells in response to the triggering factors according to what the individual is susceptible to

Types of urticaria

• Acute ( symptoms last for less than 6 weeks)
• Chronic (symptoms last for more than 6 weeks)

Causes of urticaria

• Non-physical causes
  • Food allergies (fish, egg, dairy products, nuts, etc)
  • Infections ( viral, bacterial, protozoal)
  • Contact (plants, meat)
  • Allergens (pollen, dust, animal hair)
• Physical causes
  • Heat
  • Sunlight
  • Cold
  • Pressure
  • Water

Signs and Symptoms of Urticaria

• Itching
• Redness
• Swelling
• Burning
• Pain
• Bruising
• Bleeding from spots

HomoeoCARE's Approach

Since Urticaria is an immune response, Contrary to the conventional approach, which suggests to identify the allergen and avoid it, we at HomoeoCARE tries to find out the emotional and the physical cause of the urticaria, and give the best homeopathic medicine for urticaria, which cures the problem from the roots. We don't suggest tracing the triggering factor (which is usually very difficult) but raise your body's immunity to fight the illness.