BY Dr Kukreja A Kalani MD (Homeopathy)
April, 2022
Homeopathy Treatment for Hives
What is hives ?
Hives (urticaria) are red, itchy welts that result from a skin reaction. The welts vary in size and appear and fade repeatedly as the reaction runs its course. The condition is considered chronic, if the welts appear for more than six weeks and recur frequently over months or years.
Hives often appears as a raised, itchy rash. There can be many causes, including exposure to an allergen, a physical trigger, such as pressure from tight clothing, or an underlying health condition. Hives can appear anywhere on the body, such as the legs, arms, trunk, face.
Hives features:
The characteristic raised skin lesions can appear in any area of the body.
- The lesions often appear in batches.
- They tend to be itchy.
- They may be pink, red, or skin-colored.
- If a person presses in the middle, the coloring may fade.
- Their size can range from that of a pinprick to few inches.
How to deal with urticaria?
Urticaria commonly known as hives is very common today. We have variety of triggers which can bring about the allergic reaction. It could be food, local irritant, climate and of course stress full environment.
Here we need to deal with the altered immune response to fight back the triggers.
The hypersensitivity of the patient is what we need to address. Use of antiallergens and immunosuppressants gives relief but does not address the core problem. Chronic urticaria being psycho
Why is Homeopathy more suited in such cases?
Because it considers physical symptoms, mind and emotional symptoms of the case. Homoeopathy gives good results since it considers a patient as a whole and not alone the symptoms. It is based on the theory of individualisation. Every person is unique and a person’s susceptibility to the disease has to be assessed. It identifies the disease tendencies of a patient and fills the vacuum with appropriate medicine so as to build up the immunity. Long term use of the medicine helps eradicate the predisposition towards the ailment. It controls the severity and intensity of acute attacks of itching and prevents relapses too. Homeopathic Materia Medica has innumerable remedies which can be employed on basis of symptom similarity to achieve the desired results. It’s an art to choose the appropriate medicine which suits the case and this depends upon the expertise and experience of the doctor.
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