HeatHives.com-Cholinergic Urticaria and Hives

Many people suffering with cholinergic urticaria talk about the benefits of trying to “Sweat it Out.” In other words, the idea is to engage in physical activicty, to the point of sweating. This usually means having an outbreak of hives, but then the hives will generally back off, allowing the body to sweat.

There have been a lot of comments by people talking about how it helps them to have a good “sweat, workouot, or reaction” in the morning so they can have less intense breakouts for the rest of the day.

I was just wondering how effective these personal saunas or “steam capsules” would be at helping us to maintain consistent sweating??

I remember reading on one forum in the past about a guy that set up his own personal steam room (I think it was a steam capsule, and I don’t know if he purchased it or made it himself). He had made several posts talking about how it was really helping him. He didn’t have any breakouts and thought he was cured. He said it barely even itched or stung when he got into it, and soon he started sweating.

But then he made a follow-up post, and said he had visited family (I think) and was away from his steam room for a few days and had the reactions again. So it definitely looks like it didn’t cure him permanently.

However, I just wonder if it would be helpful? Especially since it does seem that if we can initiate the sweating process, it kind of seems to “bypass” the whole itching reaction brought on by the hives. This is interesting. Maybe when I finally get a house I can make a “poor man’s sauna” by rigging up some vaporizers/humidifiers/heaters in some kind of home-made sauna room??

Hello Everyone!

I seen something on television today that made me wonder if it would in any way change cholinergic urticaria. First, let me say that I would not personally do this, and it may not work or have any effect at all. I just thought it was interesting & I would share it.

Before I get into it, let me just say something about cholinergic urticaria (heat hives). Most of us have an outbreak when we are about to sweat, right? At least that is when I get all itchy–it is when I get hot, nervous, etc.  So it is the process of sweating, or getting ready to sweat, that causes the hives/tingling/itching sensation.

Well I was watching something on TV about a person that had hyperhidrosos. Hyperhidrosis is where the body sweats excessively (way too much). Some people have sweaty palms, some people have really sweaty arm pits, etc.

Well one person with sweaty palms had a surgery, in which doctors make a cut in the body, and cut the nerve. It is called a sympathectomy. By cutting the nerve that is involved in the stimulation of sweat, the person no longer is supposed to have the excessive sweating problem. They said that they no longer have sweaty palms.

So this got me thinking, Could it Cure Cholinergic Urticaria Hives?

I wonder what would happen if someone with cholinergic urticaria got this procedure done? Would it prevent the stimulation that causes our reaction? Or would it not change anything? Hmm…

First, I would like to add that even if it did help, I personally don’t think I would do it. That means for the rest of your life, you will have issues with sweating. Personally, I like to sweat, and wish I could do it more.

Also, there may be side effects associated with this surgery. Some people that have had the procedure done, had other strange type of sweating (for example, started to sweat on the back of their legs, etc.). Some people experience hair loss. And there is always a risk with surgery (plus it ain’t cheap).

But it sounds interesting. Another question is “Is there something that they can do, to crank up that nerve to produce more sweat? Maybe if they could overstimulate that nerve, we would sweat more and bypass the whole reaction thing? I wonder if that nerve has any involvement in cholinergic urticaria, or other parts of our nervous system? For example: how about if we had a small cyst pressing up against this nerve or something? Or the nerve was somehow being restricted or pinched (kind of like a water hose).

Just some things to think about…

Here are a couple of links about the nerve & surgery I was talking about in case you want to read more:

http://www.excessive-sweating.net/ets_side_effects.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic_thoracic_sympathectomy