Urticaria :: Hives, urticarea, nettle rash – Misconception
Angioedema is a related condition where similar types of swelling occur in a lower layer of the skin, mouth or throat. It is not identical to urticaria. They may, however, occur together.
Angioedema is a related condition where similar types of swelling occur in a lower layer of the skin, mouth or throat. It is not identical to urticaria. They may, however, occur together.
Various types of urticaria, hives, urticarea, or nettle rash :
Oral antihistamines provide a good solution for acute urticaria.
Oatmeal baths and anti-pruritic lotions can also be used to relieve the itching.
Indicated chiefly in anaemic and chlorotic states and in chronic manifestations of malarial poisoning. In muscular affections of the eyes. Anaemic headaches of young girls at school.
Indicated in affections of the mucous membrane, especially urinary and respiratory; useful in urinary catarrh – catarrh of the bladder, urethritis, gonorrhoea – and in coughs – laryngeal and bronchial. In also acts upon the skin and has been prescribed in urticaria and hives.
In a study Steven Kossard, FACD; Ian Hamann, FACD; Barbara Wilkinson, BSc, concluded that urticarial dermatitis may represent a useful term for a subset of a reaction pattern designated most commonly as dermal hypersensitivity by pathologists. The term is not commonly used, and requires definition to determine whether it is clinically relevant.
Mrs. L.G. , aged 32 years was under my treatment for chronic ulcers on both feet which were very slow to heal. I helped this patient with Silicea and Calendula ointment but the process took quite a long time and the ulcers used to become active every now and then.
In today’s time many children even infants are suffering from Childhood Asthma, and are put on Inhalers & Nebulizers . It is increasing at alarming rate whereas a proper care with appropriate Homoeopathic Treatment can Cure many youngsters and enable them breath normally without the aid of Puffs, Pumps and Nebulizers. Specially in Diwali days it aggravates because of Smoke and Air Pollution caused by Fire Crackers.
A lady consulted for high blood pressure (140/98 mm Hg at the time of consultation) soon after first Cesarean delivery. She had been diagnosed with this trouble in her last trimester during a routine pregnancy check up. She did not feel any trouble at all- neither then nor now.