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https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/ColdUrticariamelissa/ My name is Melissa Myers I have Chronic Cold Idiopathic Urticaria for 34 years , in 2011 I started a support group to help me trough this Condition, not knowing it would ever bring so many people to join my support group with the same condition and daily suffering the group has brought us together as a family and I would like to invite anyone with this condition to very special group. Please feel welcome to come join it's Called COLD URTICARIA MELISSA'S FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUP it is a very active group we have daily discussions and news on our Condition of Cold Urticaria and Chronic cold idiopathic Urticaria , we talk about the daily problems we faces and challenges, the different medications we take what works and what wont work, just a place to meet new people that face the same problems with a serious condition of being allergic to the cold. We often suffer with this condition in silence away from our friends, family and medical community because of being laughed at or ridiculed as being crazy or misunderstood, let's not be suffer in silence anymore, we need to let the world know we do suffer and it's not just a simple allergy, it brings us great suffering everyday challenges , and for many Life Changing. People like me have to face a avoiding a serious reaction that will lead to anaphylaxis shock, which can cause death. My group is a great place for discussions make new friends that suffer from the same problems, The group is private to feel free to ask any personal questions and to vent in privacy without other people who are not in the group reading your post, questions, or comments. You can find information about these conditions I have dedicated all my free time for my group to make it the best Cold Urticaria Support group with the most up-to-date information on Facebook. If you feel you are alone and suffer in silence and feel misunderstood from friends, family, and the medical community, with this and need and want support from others like you and me with CU come join in to our CU family , Sincerely, Melissa Myers ( aka Missy Myers) |
What is Cold Urticaria!
Cold Urticaria is hives that are brought on by
an allergic reaction to cold temperatures, be it water or air. When exposed to
cold temperatures, people that suffer from cold hives will experience extreme itching, burning
redness and swelling as well as raised red welts on the skin known medically as
urticarial (hives).
People with cold hives are not simply imagining the condition.
It should be taken very seriously as it can be deadly. If you have cold hives,
it is best to avoid cold temperatures and definitely cold water (anything below
40 degrees Fahrenheit).
Cold hives are considered to be part of the
chronic hives family in that they last longer than 6 weeks. In fact, most people
that suffer from cold hives will retain the affliction their entire lives unless
treated properly.
What Causes Cold Urticaria?
Cold hives are
caused by your body's immune system perceiving the cold temperature around you
as something foreign that must be fought off with histamines that are released
into your blood stream. These histamines cause hives to appear, usually where
the exposure took place.
The most common cause of severe and entire body
covering reactions is swimming in pools, lakes or rivers with cold water. This
can lead to shock, fainting and in the most severe of cases, death.
The outside weather also has a major effect on the likelihood of cold hives, such as
windy or damp weather. Just being exposed to a cold wind will not lead to death,
however it most certainly lead to a cold hives outbreak.
What Are The
Symptoms Of Cold Urticaria?
Cold hives or cold urticaria symptoms will
most always start within a few minutes after skin is exposed to a cool
temperature or a drop in temperatures of water or air. Some hives symptoms could
start during the exposure, but most symptoms are seen during the time of the
skin warming back up to its previous temperature. Most cold hives cases will
happen when the skin is forced to be exposed to any temperature that is lower
than about 4.4 degrees Celsius or 40 degrees Fahrenheit, though some cases will
show reactions in even warmer temperatures.
Symptoms of cold hives include, but are not limited to the following:
Itchy, red welts or hives rash on the skin that was exposed to the cooler temperature
Welts that last for about half an hour Hands swell when holding any cold object
Lips swell when eating a refrigerated or cold product
Body swells when exposed to cold temperatures
Faster than normal heart beat when exposed to cold
temperatures In some of the more rare cases, swelling of the tongue or throat
can occur, causing the person to have problems breathing known as pharyngeal
edema. This can be life threatening if not treated immediately.
Some people will have cold hives that affect the entire body, hives brought on in
this manner is known as a systemic reaction. The signs of this type of cold
hives includes chills, fainting, swelling of the body, arms or legs as well as a
faster than normal heart beat. Severe cases can be dangerous, especially if you
do not know that you have cold hives. The worst of all reactions have been found
to be those that take place with full skin exposure.
Are Cold Hives
Dangerous?
YES! For those who swim in cool water, a huge release of the
chemicals called histamines in the system can cause a drop in blood pressure.
This in turn can cause shock or fainting and if in the wrong place, death due to
drowning.
How Do I Get Rid Of My Cold Urticaria?
Certain hives treatments have proven to be effective at eliminating mild cold hives outbreaks,
such as hives brought on by cold air exposure. There is no such CURE yet only
medications, that can lessen your symtoms. However, due to the serious nature of
cold hives, you should NEVER attempt to swim in cool water even if you are on an
approved cold hives medicine. The risk of the medication not working 100% is
just not worth the risk of passing out and drowning from anaphylaxis Shock.
Cold Urticaria is hives that are brought on by
an allergic reaction to cold temperatures, be it water or air. When exposed to
cold temperatures, people that suffer from cold hives will experience extreme itching, burning
redness and swelling as well as raised red welts on the skin known medically as
urticarial (hives).
People with cold hives are not simply imagining the condition.
It should be taken very seriously as it can be deadly. If you have cold hives,
it is best to avoid cold temperatures and definitely cold water (anything below
40 degrees Fahrenheit).
Cold hives are considered to be part of the
chronic hives family in that they last longer than 6 weeks. In fact, most people
that suffer from cold hives will retain the affliction their entire lives unless
treated properly.
What Causes Cold Urticaria?
Cold hives are
caused by your body's immune system perceiving the cold temperature around you
as something foreign that must be fought off with histamines that are released
into your blood stream. These histamines cause hives to appear, usually where
the exposure took place.
The most common cause of severe and entire body
covering reactions is swimming in pools, lakes or rivers with cold water. This
can lead to shock, fainting and in the most severe of cases, death.
The outside weather also has a major effect on the likelihood of cold hives, such as
windy or damp weather. Just being exposed to a cold wind will not lead to death,
however it most certainly lead to a cold hives outbreak.
What Are The
Symptoms Of Cold Urticaria?
Cold hives or cold urticaria symptoms will
most always start within a few minutes after skin is exposed to a cool
temperature or a drop in temperatures of water or air. Some hives symptoms could
start during the exposure, but most symptoms are seen during the time of the
skin warming back up to its previous temperature. Most cold hives cases will
happen when the skin is forced to be exposed to any temperature that is lower
than about 4.4 degrees Celsius or 40 degrees Fahrenheit, though some cases will
show reactions in even warmer temperatures.
Symptoms of cold hives include, but are not limited to the following:
Itchy, red welts or hives rash on the skin that was exposed to the cooler temperature
Welts that last for about half an hour Hands swell when holding any cold object
Lips swell when eating a refrigerated or cold product
Body swells when exposed to cold temperatures
Faster than normal heart beat when exposed to cold
temperatures In some of the more rare cases, swelling of the tongue or throat
can occur, causing the person to have problems breathing known as pharyngeal
edema. This can be life threatening if not treated immediately.
Some people will have cold hives that affect the entire body, hives brought on in
this manner is known as a systemic reaction. The signs of this type of cold
hives includes chills, fainting, swelling of the body, arms or legs as well as a
faster than normal heart beat. Severe cases can be dangerous, especially if you
do not know that you have cold hives. The worst of all reactions have been found
to be those that take place with full skin exposure.
Are Cold Hives
Dangerous?
YES! For those who swim in cool water, a huge release of the
chemicals called histamines in the system can cause a drop in blood pressure.
This in turn can cause shock or fainting and if in the wrong place, death due to
drowning.
How Do I Get Rid Of My Cold Urticaria?
Certain hives treatments have proven to be effective at eliminating mild cold hives outbreaks,
such as hives brought on by cold air exposure. There is no such CURE yet only
medications, that can lessen your symtoms. However, due to the serious nature of
cold hives, you should NEVER attempt to swim in cool water even if you are on an
approved cold hives medicine. The risk of the medication not working 100% is
just not worth the risk of passing out and drowning from anaphylaxis Shock.
