Hi,

Would like to hear peoples experiences with treating chronic urticaria. I have had it since puberty, I'm now 37 and it has been worse since my son was born 3 yrs ago. It is triggered by cold air, cold water, anything cold but also by exercise, and is all over my body. I cannot peel potatoes in water or sort out the fridge/freezer without it appearing. I have an intense need to scratch it when it appears, which I usually do on upholstery for fear of drawing blood with my nails.

It first appears as red blotches and the longer it goes on, then looks like the classsic nettle rash with white rised bumps. Even in summer, if my body is not at an even temperature all over, I get it in the colder parts. So as long as I am warm, it doesn't happen.

I've been taking quercitin and bromelain mixtures, high doses of vit B12 and garlic, I'm still just about breastfeeding so havent touched echinacea yet.

Was given psorinum by a homeopath about 2.5yrs ago which didnt do the job.

Be intersted to hear from others.

It would be important to know your whole case, but Puls is well known as having aliments since puberty. Carc also has this, but it is not as clear.

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Shirley Reischman

Surely individual peculiarity is the most important in prescription.
Usually we get good resuts in this types of cases. The remedies like Ars, Apis, Hist, Bovist, Urt U, Nat Sul, Rhus etc are important remedies

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So right! I had a case once that had a back problem. The unique SX was that her pain radiated from the sacrum, over the left hip into the groin. Only Kali-bi had this SX. The Kali-bi not only helped the pain, it also cured a long standing urticaria. It's not even a remedy one would normally think of in that case!

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Shirley Reischman

I realise this forum is not for gaining easy prescriptions and I do understand about taking the whole case. (I am starting 4 yr course to become registered in January)

I have bought myself a Kents Repertory but as yet not sure how to use it ??

I did wonder (after gaining more knowledge), why my homeopath did not think about the more obvious Urtica Urens or Histaminum. She also thought I was a Phosphorous type, (not sure I agree).

What would others suggest ? Sticking with the same homeopath I saw back then, or starting afresh with a new one ?

Because what you have is a chronic problem and the obvious remedies have nothing to do with it.

If you only got treated once, then by all means go back. You should give your homeopath at least six months to work on the case. The right remedies is sometimes not found for several times. Either several remedies are very close or the patient hasn't opened up enough to give the piece of information needed to find the right remedy. And often what the patient comes in for to be cured is not the most important part of the case and doesn't improve until farther down the line.

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Shirley Reischman

sorry to be following you around shirley-i just posted after you at hpathy!

mamma, i just wanted to support what shirley had to say about sticking with your homeopath.

my son has gone through four "constitutional" remedies. all but one addressed his case in different ways- removing various problems. maybe these were "close" remedies as shirley suggested.

since i'm just a layperson, i can't speak to the miasms concept, but i can relate his case to the many layers of an onion, as in there are many layers (problems). each has been helped by a different remedy. i know this is not always the case, but so far, it has been for my son.

i began keeping track (writing down) what had changed/improved since starting a remedy. it is clear then, what progress has been made. keeps me hopeful and informed!

we're not done yet, but it is clear now that he has made tremendous gains. this would not have happened as quickly or maybe not at all if we had stopped and switched to a different homeopath. (starting over takes time!) besides, i adore my homeopath!!!

i hope you get relief soon. it sounds very uncomfortable.
kppy

Thanks for the support, kppy. It often helps people to hear of other's experiences so they don't get discouraged.

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Shirley Reischman

Hi All,

I am a new member to this site, I just found it out and it was really surprising to know that I can finally talk about my own chronic cold urticaria with people who understand and believe in homeoathy!
First of all, about myself: I am 28 years old male living in united states (Boston) for last six years. I am originally form India. My health is normally ok with no chronic condition except the problem of cold urticatia. Ever since I can remember (at least since I was 6 years old), I have this cold uricaria problem. I can not go out in winter, spring, late spring, autumn, early fall, fall ... the list goes on. Even in summer with the airconditioning everywhere, its a total mess. I have been seeing a homeopath from India for sometime, I was given Psorinum 1M (11/2 years back) and 10M (last September). My urticaria did not change (although I found it was little less with allopathic medication than before). But I developed numerous lesions over my trunk (in the begining), and I have them now on my legs (no more on the trunk). I also developed some kind of dermatitis in my scalp, looks like whitish flakes (mainly in the forehead and at the back of ears). My homeopath (whom I talk to over phone) thinks its mild psoriasis and effect of psorium. He has pescribed me tuberculinum (both bacilinum and bovinum) and thinks it should work on both my urticaria and whatever skin condition I have (lesions on my legs and scalp).
I really need some advice from anybody who understands my situation. Does this medications and their works look anything promising or it just making things more complicated? I hope whatever I said makes it clear, if needed I can give more details. Thanks in advance for any help that I can get.

SSUS

Chronic urticarea is a reccuring chronic problem related to variouis allergic or enviormental factors. In your case, cold is the exciting factor as per your letter. Applying external ointments will further complicate your problem. Nat sulph is one of the important remedy when it come from cold. Bovista is another.Usually your case is curable with correct homoeopathic treatment.

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