Urticaria (Hives) Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Urticaria also called hives or nettle rash is skin condition that cause by allergic reaction due to foods, drugs, and others allergen due environments and emotional etc. Hives could last for several of hours to 5-6 weeks. Hives may appear on your face, lips, tongue, throat, arms, legs and ears.
Causes of Urticaria
- Sea foods like shellfish such as mussels, crabs, etc. could cause serious hives
- Medicines such as Aspirin or Penicillin could be the reason to get urticaria (hives).
- Fruit such as strawberry also cause allergic.
- Drinking alcohol also has more change of getting hives.
- Emotional stress is one of the reasons to get urticaria.
- Reaction to cold or hot water
- Reaction to wear bra-straps, panty or thong bands, belts for long periods of time.
Symptoms of Urticaria
• Rash and swelling
• Itching
Treatment of urticaria
- Taking cold shower will relieve hives
- Taking antihistamines medicines such as hydroxyzine, cetirizine will help for hives attacks.
- Lacitrex is natural effective treatment for hives.
- Manage stress by doing yoga and meditation will be helpful.
Further treatment on skin disease such as Tungiasis