I was recently thinking about Cholinergic Urticaria. After all, it is kind of hard to forget about it when you feel it every single day, blog about cholinergic urticaria, and so forth. Anyway, I was thinking about how the lack of medical knowledge and research seems to be quite shameful. After all, many of us [...]

Itching in public…it isn’t fun, right? Hives can attack us when we least expect it, and in the most uncomfortable of situations. At work, at school, at social events, parties, home, and everything in-between. Personally, I HATE having a Cholinergic Urticaria reaction–so I generally do everything in my power to avoid it as much as [...]

Hello Everyone! We had a great post in the cholinergic urticaria forum a couple of days ago by a new member concerning possible treatment of cholinergic urticaria by using anti-immunoglobulin E therapy. A medical article excerpt seemed to indicate successful treatment of Cholinergic Urticaria with this therapy. I am always interested in learning as much [...]

Hey Everyone, Ugh, where do I begin this update? First, my wife and I have been sick the past week. My wife had it first, and then accidentally gave it to me. I suppose it is some kind of cold (or Flu). We have had temperatures of about 100-101. We have also felt very tired, [...]

Hello Everyone! I appreciate you stopping by & viewing the website. My name is Ben (I go by HivesGuy on the forum), and I am the owner and founder of this website (Cholinergic Urticaria.net). I am married to my beautiful wife Sarah-(she is currently an RN). I have had cholinergic urticaria  now (off & on) [...]

Doctors don’t seem to know a whole lot about cholinergic urticaria. However, it always pays to go to a good doctor to have a full round of tests run to rule out other possible diseases or problems that could be causing the chronic hives symptoms. This post will talk about one case that was actually [...]

On the calendar today (for the United States), it marks the official start of the winter season (December 21). This means that it is going to be cold for the next 3 months, until spring finally arrives. I am actually getting optimistic. I can’t wait for warm weather to get here, and I plan on [...]

At this point it doesn’t seem as if cholinergic urticaria is contagious in any way. My wife doesn’t have it after all the years we have been together, and no one in my family has ever had it. It may be inherited (or genetically carried), but at this point it doesn’t seem as if it [...]

Can the sun give people headaches? Yep, you betcha. Many people have photosensitivity, and I think I may suffer from this from time to time. After a bout of rainy & cloudy weather for the past week, yesterday was finally a sunny & warm day. So my wife & I thought we would take advantage [...]

In doing some research on Cholinergic Urticaria causes recently, I stumbled on a couple of articles that suggested that H. pylori, a bacterial infection of the stomach, could be linked to some diseases such as chronic hives, autoimmune disorders, ulcers, gastritis, etc. For those of you who don’t know, H. Pylori is one of the only [...]

Cholinergic Urticaria (heat hives) is not a very fun condition to manage. Just like today for example: I probably got intensely itchy at least 5 times. Driving, walking outside, going inside public places that do not have air conditioning- these can all be challenges & a big pain (literally) for anyone with cholinergic urticaria. Since [...]

I have always wondered if there was some way to artificially cool our bodies. I mean after all, we don’t break out in hives when we are at a stable body temperature, right? If there was only some way to keep our bodies cool and prevent them from getting heated in the first place. I [...]

Wow, it has been a long time since I have made an actual post here on the blog. I have been actively posting on the forum, but I thought I would give a quick personal update on things. Unfortunately, my hives aren’t doing well at this time. For some unknown reason, my hives have went [...]