If your like the thousands and thousands of people who suffer with Chronic Urticaria on a daily basis, you will have probably spent many hours visiting your doctor or dermatologist.
Unfortunately conventional medical professionals have few options at there disposal to treat your condition. Treatments for chronic urticaria are usually based on conventional practices such as drug therapies and on the training gained. As a result, any alternative solutions to Chronic Urticaria are usually frowned up on.
The reality is most medical professionals have very little idea of how urticaria can be successfully treated, more often than not your doctor will be unlikely to prescribe anything but the usual antihistamine or cortisone drug therapies.
This is true because most medical professionals believe that nothing exists beyond the conventional treatments, especially when it comes to the treatment of Chronic Urticaria (hives) and many other idiopathic chronic condition.
As a result of widespread ignorance, knowingly or unknowingly, doctors can actually deprive patients of a sustainable cure for their reoccurring condition. After suffering with chronic urticaria for many years I know only to well of the constant disappointment these poor treatments actually provide.
Its true the benefits of other alternatives can offer many people a real chance of successfully ridding themselves of chronic urticaria.
Lets take a look at what your doctor probably never told you about your Chronic Urticaria:
If your anything like me you will have seen your doctor more than a few times and I'm willing to bet that you were offered either Antihistamines or a cortisone jab, depending on the severity of your condition?. You probably won't be to surprised to know that these two options are considered the most effective and probably the only treatment for Chronic Urticaria by most medical professionals.
The problem is yes in the short term these drugs may help, Antihistamines for example works because it blocks the release of histamine into the derma, while this is great it is also short lived and in my experience offers only temporary relief which can lead to dependency.
Through more and more use the effectiveness of antihistamine will diminish, so unfortunately as soon as the effects of the antihistamine subsides the symptoms of urticaria will inevitably return, the same is true even if you've been taking the medication for years.
Steroids, often prescribed for chronic skin disorders may help in the short term relief of urticaria however long term use of steroids pose a risk of serious side effects which can cause irreversible damage to ones body.
Your doctor may have prescribed a Cortisone injection to relieve your urticaria symptoms? Cortisone injections are not offered to frequently in the UK, however from experience of having a full blown attack while on holiday in Greece I found that cortisone is often the first port of call, while I was grateful at the time I do think being able to receive cortisone injections so easily might be dangerous
Cortisone will suppress urticaria and works amazingly fast and effectively in not just chronic urticaria but also for other autoimmune diseases such as Rheumatoid Arthritis. Unfortunately your doctor will probably not tell you that you will need more and more cortisone just to attain the same level of relief.
Use of increasing doses of cortisone over a period of time can even make chronic urticaria more resistant to medication. And in some cases actually make the condition worse.
Symptomatic relief of your chronic urticaria may seem like a good idea at the time and if your a sufferer it's not hard to understand why, living with an ongoing idiopathic skin condition is uncomfortable, restricting and embarrassing.
Living with urticaria on a daily basis can cause your stress levels to rise, it can also open the doors to depression, both of which are also considered major triggering factors in themselves.
Very few doctors will inform you of the connection between stress and chronic urticaria. Even if they do, not many doctors will offer any suitable help apart from perhaps prescribing antidepressants.
It is very easy for anyone to comment negatively on treatments they have no training or belief in which is probably why alternative therapies get very little or no press coverage & if we're honest we all know that the major drug companies have a valid interest in keeping you dangling there taking more and more of there expensive and often damaging symptomatic drugs.
For a realistic chance of permanent relief of your chronic urticaria the only viable solution is to tackle the underlying conditions which cause your body to become hypersensitive to your environment, food and additives.
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