Down To 2 Prednisone A Day
I've scaled back the prednisone as directed, and at these levels (2 per day) it is most certainly not as effective. The hives are back with a vengeance. So it seems that, for me at least, 5-6 pills or more per day (25-30mg) is necessary. I will see what I can do to procure a larger amount.
posted by Jeff at 2:30 AM
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Hi jeff! I saw this link on the ehealthforums, and thought I'd check it out. I've had cu for about 4 years, and I manage to keep it in check with exercise. I jog on a treadmill about twice a week. I usually jog the first 2km and then speed up as much as possible for the last km. I know you have tried jogging, but I don't think once is enough to deplete your antihistamins if they are "full". If I go without jogging for several weeks, I start getting attacks quite easily. Then I have to start jogging again, but it won't get better until after 2-3 weeks of slowly depleting the histamins. I think the key is to (atleast for me) keep the histamin as low as possible. I think you should try jogging (or running as fast as possible for as long time as possible) every day for a week or two. Atleast try it out. I have no big problems with my cu since I started working out on a regular basis. I wish you all the best.
/Adam, from Malmö, Sweden
I first developed cholinergic urticaria about 4 years ago, but mine was strange in it's onset. It would only occur between september and march. I would get hives after about 30 minutes of exercise or very quickly following a warm or hot shower. At first I thought, it was allergy induced or diet induced. But my diet is very strict and I eat pretty much the same thing all year long, and I tried anti-histamines, which fixed my allergies, but not the hives.
After doing a lot of surfing on the internet and some thinking, I came up with a hypothesis. What didn't I do in the colder months that I didn't do in the warmer months? The answer was sweating!!! So I went to the gym and ran on the treadmill hard, and of course the hives came out. Then I went into the sauna and stayed for 20 minutes. I noticed that after all this I wasn't sweating as much as I used to. I was still sweating a lot, but not as much as I used to after just a few minutes in the sauna.
The hives went away (mostly) like usual when my body cooled down. But the next day when I took a hot shower, no hives!!! And none the rest of that week ... Until towards the end of the week when they started to rear their ugly head again. But I went back to the gym at the end of that week and repeated the same routine. This time, when the hives came back, they weren't as extensive as before. Plus, I sweated a lot more that day on the treadmill and in the sauna. And once again, no hives for about 4 or 5 days following this "treatment"
So I started doing this regiment at least twice a week, and that was back in october,and i've been completely hive free since. Granted, it took a few weeks for it all to go away, just like it would do in the spring. I've also started tanning at the gym as well which I think has helped some too.
hi jeff i have been having the same problem of hives for about the last 4 months never had any in my 46 years was just wondering if any new updates thanks mike
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