My Story about Autoimmune Hives

A brief introduction to my personal account of overcoming Autoimmune Urticaria using alternative and complementary medicine. I will be following up with more information in the coming weeks. I'm just one person, and certainly not a doctor, but I'm terribly frustrated that this kind of information is not made more prevalent in American society.

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Science & Technology

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• hives
• urticaria
• autoimmune urticaria
• autoimmune
• autoimmune disease
• inflammation
• diet
• liver toxicity
• health
• skin problems
• alternative medicine
• complementary medicine
• paleo diet

[needhiveshelp]

Do you think that the diet could help me too when I haven't been told it is autoimmune hives? As you understand, I'm willing to try anything right now but I am cautious about everything. Also do you have suggestions about finding a natural healing doctor that could assist me in finding the right combination of digestive enzymes for my specific condition with all my food sensitivities etc.?

[hivesinfo]

@needhiveshelp - I understand being cautious. I remember feeling like I couldn't eat anything without being nervous because I couldn't tell what was causing the problem. The truth is: you're a walking allergic reaction - the food aggravates it, but it's not the root cause. Eliminate the aggravation and I think you'll find a lot of relief. Eliminating the allergy is a much more involved process. I have found homeopathy and accupuncture work best for this, and it takes awhile.

[orblette24]

I have just been diagnoised with this and I have been in the first round of treatment with the antihistamines. I have it so bad it is bad I am covered from head to toe, sometimes they are so large they are the size of my hands. If you please find something that works please let me know. I am desperate for a solution.

[hivesinfo]

@orblette24 - For symptom relief, nothing has worked as well for me as the diet and enzymes I talk about in the video. For relief from the root cause, I've been on a long, slow, involved journey to many different practitioners to get to the bottom of it. Homeopathy is seriously wow. Accupuncture also helps.

[punkynpunkin]

I would love to know more about this. I was recently diagnosed with this too. One question, did u feel hot like your body was on fire on rhe inside? Did you or do you ever get bright red? I am just learning about this disease actually your video was my first. I would love any infi you could share. Thank you and I hope you are still doing well

[hivesinfo]

@KorionDotNet - I have good luck with sweet potatoes. Their glycemic index is very low compared to white ones, even though they taste sweeter. Strange, huh?

[hivesinfo]

@needhiveshelp - Yes, I think the diet and enzymes would help. I think it makes sense to be cautious, but let's be honest, aside from fasting (which is only good for short periods of time) you have to eat something, so here are my recommendations: meat, veggies, and legumes for meals, and fruit (optional) for snacks. No sugar, wheat, dairy, soy, shellfish, nuts, cocoa, coffee, or citrus. Exceptions that are ok are: Eggs, organic peanut butter, lemons and limes. Non-hydrogenated oils are ok.

[hivesinfo]

@needhiveshelp - For a person with hives, food allergy tests don't really work - the skin prick tests produce false positives and blood tests for food allergies are notoriously unreliable (like 50/50 - what's the good of testing at all? They have a 50/50 chance of being wrong...) The medical doctors are doing what they're trained to do, but allopathic medicine is really bad at treating chronic conditions like this, this is why we have to seek out another way of viewing and treating our illness.

[hivesinfo]

@needhiveshelp - @needhiveshelp - Click on my name (hives_info), scroll down, and find where it says "send message".

[hivesinfo]

@gerardtravis19 - I was surprised to learn that complementary, integrative, and alternative medicines are such huge fields. They do have names (naturopaths, accupuncturists, homeopaths, sometimes chiropractors) but they aren't organized by individual body parts - rather by the kind of lens through which they view the entire body. I have been helped significantly by my a naturopath, an accupuncturist, and a homeopath, all of whom were also chiros. Cross-training in alternative medicine is common.

[hivesinfo]

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[hivesinfo]

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