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Hi. I Have Auticaria.Anyone Else Have It?.
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I have Auticaria. The hives never go away they just shift to other parts of my body.
I have been for food allergy tests,lupus and blood tests. The dermatologist has now recommended that I go to Groote Schuur hospital for further testing.
Has anyone been through that process?
What do they test for?

posted November 1, 2018 (edited)
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If I understand your comment urticaria is a skin rash with red, rash, with raised itchy bumps, known as hives. In my case usually with angioedema (swelling) of the lips, mouth, cheeks, tongue, face. I have a long history of chemical, environmental and food allergies. Change to probiotic diet helped me the best. My last food allergy blood and skin prick tests were negative and now appears that its gut bacteria related. We are now looking at mast cell disease (mastocytosis) which has similar similarities to food allergies. We are considering starting on a low histamine diet. Presently I ingest probiotics that are high in histamines. I take multiple antihistamines for chronic sinus, asthma, urticaria and angioedema.
The doctors test for triggers. They usually start with skin prick tests, blood tests (RAST) and then a oral food challenge. Avoidance is the best solution once triggers are identified.

posted November 2, 2018
A MyFoodAllergyTeam Member

Hi, I have HAE and have suffered with urticaria in the past. Best thing i ever did was follow a salicylate free diet. Does amazing things for so many symptoms. I still have edema but very seldom urticaria.

posted November 20, 2018

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