Cold Hives (Cold Urticaria)

[mortygttdi]

Hi guys Ive got to go to the doctors to get a test for the above, but just wondered if any one out there has any experience of it and how they have reacted to it.

Ive only noticed it in the last few years and its now getting more frequent, last episose was this afternoon and quite a bad one. Welts all up the back over my hands and ancles plus afterwards it zonked me out and i fell asleep after tea.

Any feedback much appreciated has i believe its quite rare but fatal in some cases.

Cheers

Darren     

[Tfsi_Mike]

Excuse my ignorance but what are welts?  Hope all is okay!

[mortygttdi]

Its when hestimines are released into the affected cold area and the welt(small to large can be from the size of a pea to a fifty pence) develops very itchy and red.

Quite painful but at the moment Mike im fine thanks mate, only thing is I work in quite a cold environment can be minus 10 degrees with the steel keeping hold of the temperature.

Darren 

[Andy]

Its when hestimines are released into the affected cold area and the welt(small to large can be from the size of a pea to a fifty pence) develops very itchy and red.

Quite painful but at the moment Mike im fine thanks mate, only thing is I work in quite a cold environment can be minus 10 degrees with the steel keeping hold of the temperature.

Darren 

Sorry to hear that Darrren-- come and work for me its nice and warm in my garage  with the heater on

[mortygttdi]

 

[stealthwolf]

What do you think triggered it? Usually there's something that you've been exposed to (could easily be heat, stress etc).

Regular antihistamines and calamine lotion should help.

[mortygttdi]

Not sure what triggered it initially SW but I can be out in the garden like today the sun was out and I had a jumper and heavy work trousers on I was replacing the underbody plastic guards on the golf, when I felt the itching it was only then I noticed the wind chill and checked my back which was covered in quite large blister like legions/welts so I packed in I had finished anyway.

But i can go out when its blistering hot but if the sun goes behind a cloud and it gets a chill in the air my upper forearms will be covered if I have a teashirt on.

Darren   

[stealthwolf]

Regular piriton for you methinks.

Might be worth thinking about whether there's any change in your environment eg washing powder. But I've heard of some being affected by changes in temp.

[carroll12]

Hi Darren,
I saw your post about Cold Urticaria and wanted to reply since I have a son who has developed this recently and I've tried to research it as much as possible. It can be dangerous if you have sudden big changes in temperature, for instance when swimming. You should never swim alone and you should have an epi-pen. My son had an anaphalactic reaction when he went in the ocean this summer - trouble breathing, arm swelled up, passed out, threw up, etc. There is not a lot of knowledge about this out there, so good luck. We have him taking Allegra in the morning and a prescription anti-histamine at night (xyxol) plus 300 mg of ranitidine (it's an antacid that also works like anti-histimines do.) But we're still waiting to see how effective this all is.
Best wishes-
Carroll

[mortygttdi]

Thank you for the reply Carroll I do appreciate that you have probably only registered on here to reply to my question,

Ill update this post with what my doctor says has I don't think its has bad has what your sons is but at the minute I'm wrapping up well and for obvious reasons I don't think ill be doing any skinny dipping, I hope.

Thanks again Carroll and I hope your son is recovering well? 

Darren  

[stealthwolf]

f ranitidine (it's an antacid that also works like anti-histimines do.)

That's because it is an antihistamine. 

[sub39h]

f ranitidine (it's an antacid that also works like anti-histimines do.)

That's because it is an antihistamine. 

which receptor smarty pants

wow i'd never even heard of this condition before. hope you get it sorted mate 

[stealthwolf]

H2RA

[sub39h]

lol

[stealthwolf]

Where did you study?