Posted by: GoingNuts
« on: November 11, 2019, 04:44:16 PM »I had idiopathic urticaria for years; it finally seems to have gone away.
In my case it wasn't totally idiopathic; I had a nasty fall down my basement stairs and the hives started out at the injury site (I had a hematoma the size of Cleveland!), and then branched out. They theory was that my immune system had "turned on" in response to the damage from the injury, and then couldn't turn back off again. I needed to take Claritin 365 days/year for about 13 years. I can now skip several days at a time without a problem (assuming my seasonal allergies are under control, which they aren't right now ).
My son had a similar issue when he was 4; he got some weird virus and got viral hives. They continued on and off for years, and at one point he developed cold urticaria as well. Both eventually went away, but it was a long haul. Good luck figuring it out!
In my case it wasn't totally idiopathic; I had a nasty fall down my basement stairs and the hives started out at the injury site (I had a hematoma the size of Cleveland!), and then branched out. They theory was that my immune system had "turned on" in response to the damage from the injury, and then couldn't turn back off again. I needed to take Claritin 365 days/year for about 13 years. I can now skip several days at a time without a problem (assuming my seasonal allergies are under control, which they aren't right now ).
My son had a similar issue when he was 4; he got some weird virus and got viral hives. They continued on and off for years, and at one point he developed cold urticaria as well. Both eventually went away, but it was a long haul. Good luck figuring it out!