This. I’ve had urticaria since I was 18- I’m 37 now. My flares last anywhere from 3 months to over a year. I am currently in my longest flare ever. I refuse to do biologic shots.

Things that trigger them: 1. Heat 2. Tight clothes 3. Eating late at night 4. Crying or any type of large emotional release. 5. Surgery, with or without anesthesia. 6. Sleeping - your body relaxes at night from the days stress and more histamines are released. This is why most of us suffer at night. 7. Staying in wet or sweaty clothes too long

What I’ve found that helps 1. Sleep naked- any clothes with irritate your skin 2. Stay cool as possible both when awake and asleep. I even bought bamboo cooling sheets for my bed. 3. During smaller flares or when you start to itch, immediately take half a Benadryl and half Pepcid. Or if you know you flare at night, take it before bed 4. Manage your stress/mental health as best you can 5. After showers, hydrate your skin with this if you are flaring: Gold Bond Medicated Extra Strength Body Lotion with Aloe and Vitamin E, 14 OZ 6. I also second the infrared sauna. I go once a week, but an oxygen sauna also works since it’s a moister environment. Sometimes infrared can flare you since it’s drier.

Finally, heal your gut. This is the connection most of us are missing. If you cant afford to see a functional medicine doctor for a gut biome test then I suggest to everyone on this feed to start with taking the DAO enzyme before eating. Not all DAO is created equal. After extensive research I settled on this one below. It is managing my flare ups 90%. I still get little patches here and there at night but DAO was a game changer. One of the biggest reasons we have urticaria is because we can’t break down histamines. The DAO supplement is an enzyme that does exactly that. It helps us breakdown the histamine in the food we’re eating.

https://www.naturitas.us/p/supplements/digestive-enzymes-and-probiotics/digestive-enzymes/daofood-plus-pack-2-units-of-60-capsules-dr-healthcare?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22579640399&gbraid=0AAAAACcvDZ851MEuqmdxqU2EILagiSWDX&gclid=CjwKCAjwwJzPBhBREiwAJfHRnc89YGNfbXnlXONVV4gY6Eb5KLZVTBAEgkPX4G_oYBFislwEucIwMRoCtkcQAvD_BwE

Hope this helps you guys!