Guest guest Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Hi Pat, Not having much information, I would have to guess as to what may be the problem here, and my guess is Urticaria. Urticaria (hives) is an allergic reaction that is characterized by raised, swollen welts with blanched centers, and is limited to the superficial portion of the skin. These welts, also called wheals and flare lesions, are surrounded with redness and may coalesce to become giant lesions. About 50% of patients with hives develop angioedema – a deeper, more serious reaction involving the tissue below the surface of the skin and causing a more diffuse swelling of the affected area. The proximate cause of hives is the release of histamine (an allergic mediator in the skin) and other inflammatory mediators from white blood cells (mast cells and basophils), which play a key role in allergies. Looking at your diet, which is not a bad diet, and your age, I would assume that your protein intake has been a bit high and that your HCL output is not able to digest all of it properly. Achlorhydria (no gastric acid output) or hypochlorhydria are often associated with Urticaria or Hives. For relief of acute symptoms take vitamin C as it exerts a number of effects against histamine including preventing its secretion by white blood cells and increasing the rate at which it is detoxified. Take 1000mg every 4 hours. The flavonoid quercetin inhibits the manufacture of histamine and other inflammatory mediators from mast cells and basophils. Dosage: 200–400mg 20 min before each meal. Also, drugs known to cause hives include: acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), allopurinol, antimony, antipyrines, barbiturates, bismuth, chlorhydrate, chlorpromazine, corticotropin (ACTH), eucalyptus, fluorides, gold, griseofulvin, insulin, iodine, liver extract, menthol, meprobamate, mercury, morphine (opium), paraaminosalicylic acid, penicillin, phenacetin, phenobarbital, pilocarpine, poliomyelitis vaccine, potassium sulfocyanate, procaine, promethazine, quinine, reserpine, saccharin, thiamin chloride, thiouracil. Long-term treatment and prevention may include a diet consisting of less protein (although I have no idea how much you are actually eating), careful selection of your food sources (are you eating organic?), but also looking at other triggers such as overheating (what are you wearing indoors, etc., is your heater too high?), emotional stress, and physical exercise without proper venting, etc. Hope this helps, good luck and good health, Daniel C. Luthi ===== Daniel C. Luthi, N.E., D.C., Nutritionist Global Training Institution 3-5 F, 27 Zhen Xing Zhong Road Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, China Cell: 86 1311 681 8493 US #: 415/979-4089 New Photos - easier uploading and sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2006 Report Share Posted August 25, 2006 If you get into nettles, you need to find yellow dock and rub the leaf on the area. Fortunally dock grows near nettles. Dock leaf will stop most any itch I have come across for far. It like an herbal bendryl. If you get stung, try plantian, red clover or even chewing tobacco to stop the pain. Just chew it up and put it on the sting. Of course is there is a stinger, remove it. Susan in ky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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