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A blog about someone who has cholinergic urticaria and chronic heat hives. I have had hives for seven years on and off. Anytime, I get hot, nervous, excited, and anxious I break out into hives.
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Digestive Advantage Lactose Intolerance Review
As I promised in my last post, I thought I would take the time to give a complete review of Digestive Advantage Lactose Intolerance Dietary Supplement/Probiotics. First, just let me briefly say that I am NOT getting paid to write this review (I wish)...
A Terrible Hives Reaction Yesterday, Plus Diet Updates
Yesterday my wife had finished taking her Nclex boards (to get officially licensed as an RN Nurse), so she had the day off after she was finished. When she got home, we ate and spent some time together. I know this sounds corny, but we were watching ...
Is Cholinergic Urticaria a Disease or Symptom?
I was recently thinking about cholinergic urticaria. After all, it is kind of hard to forget about it when you feel it every single day, blog about it, and so forth. Anyway, I was thinking about how the lack of medical knowledge and research seems ...
Wife’s Eczema Rash is Gone, My Hives are Same
In a recent post, I talked about how my wife had recently developed a strange eczema-type rash on her chest and back. Just to recap, this rash slowly developed over a period of a few weeks, until the rash was getting quite noticeable, and really both...
My Wife & I Went to DollyWood, Had 1 Bout of Hives
Whew, my wife & I went to DollyWood yesterday with my nephew & his girlfriend. I had purchased my wife season tickets as a part of her graduation gift, and we finally had a chance to go for the first time this year. It was an absolute BLAST! ...
Heat Hives are More Intense, Not Getting an Allergy Test
Hello Everyone! My Cholinergic Urticaria (Heat Hives) Has Gotten Worse Once again, after a crappy diet of mine over the past 2-3 weeks, I am suffering with some new eczema rashes, and way more intense hives. This all started about 2-3 weeks ago. A...
Update on Hives, Keratosis Pilaris, and Finger Eczema
Hello Everyone! It has been a few days since I lasted made a post about the Keratosis Pilaris finding and also my thoughts about it & CU. So I thought I would give a quick update on things regarding all of this since the last post. The Eczema on ...
Getting Itchy Eczema Red Bumps on Fingers Again
Hello Everyone! It has now been 2 weeks since I have been taking a Vitamin D3 supplement every day. So far, no results at all. I still have hives, and I have seen no improvements whatsoever. In fact, I have actually been worse (but it is not due to t...
Update on Another Cholinergic Urticaria Sufferer
Hello Everyone! A while back I had mentioned that my mom had a friend whose husband has had cholinergic urticaria on and off. He has never been diagnosed with cholinergic urticaria, instead the diagnosis was "dry heat allergy." But his symp...
Happy New Year 2009 to Everyone!
The holiday season is finally over, and I hope you all had a great time and didn’t let your hives stop you from enjoying yourself. I know I had several reactions, but I didn’t let it get me down. It is hard to believe that 2008 is already...
No Stomach Cramps on Thanksgiving Holiday-No Milk Either!
Hello Everyone! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Holiday! I know I did– my wife and I enjoyed a big turkey, mashed potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, green beans, stuffing, gravy, and rolls. For dessert, we had peacan pie and apple pie. I...
I Still Have Cholinergic Urticaria After Diet Attempt 2
Sorry that it has been a while since I have updated, but I have been extremely busy these past couple of weeks. But I wanted to provide a few updates below: Update on Diet Progress: As most of you know, I have been gluten and milk free for quite a wh...
Status of Gluten Free and Dairy (Milk) Free Diet
As most of you know I have also been on a gluten-free/milk free diet for about 1 1/2 months now. I just wanted to provide a quick update on it. First, I still have cholinergic urticaria, and can still breakout at any time. So far the diet does not ap...
CrockPot Slow Cookers Are Awesome for Cooking!
My wife and I have recently been eating a lot of yummy food (all gluten-free and milk free of course). I have been eating a lot of vegetabes, meat, and some snacks. But I just wanted to talk about the awesomeness of a ‘crockpot’ slow cook...
Cholinergic Urticaria-I Love Cool Weather!
AAAHH! I just stepped out today to do some errands. I live in Tennessee, and hurricane Ike has just passed up to the north of the country. Since it has passed, there has been a huge rush of cooler weather in this region! It went from in the high 80&#...
Milk Definitely Intensifies My Cholinergic Uritcaria Hives
Hello Everyone! I hope your hives have been giving you some relief. I have had moderate breakouts, nothing too bad. However, they have intensified recently. Of course, I tried my little diet experiment a while back, where I eliminated the milk/gluten...
