{"id":1341,"date":"2015-06-09T04:45:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T04:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2018-11-08T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:45:57","slug":"urticaria-hives-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/urticaria-hives-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Urticaria (Hives) Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/dermahealer-uv-b-phototherapy-lamp-for-psoriasis-vitiligo-eczema.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/urticaria-rash-hives-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"favorite plus narrowband uvb lamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/urticaria-rash-hives-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/urticaria-rash-hives.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<p>Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of pale red swollen bumps, patches, or welts on the skin that appear suddenly, either as a result of allergies or other causes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymed.com\/diseases-conditions\/hives-urticaria\/what-do-hives-look-and-feel-like\" title=\"See more images of what hives look like here\">See more images of what hives look like here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Hives frequently causes itching, but may also burn or sting. They can develop anywhere on the body, including the ears, face, lips, throat, or tongue. Hives differ in size, and may join together to form bigger regions known as plaques. They can persist for hours, or up to one day before disappearing.<\/p><p>Most cases of urticaria do not need treatment because the symptoms are usually mild and normally improve within a few days. But, if your symptoms are persistent or troublesome, check out the recommendations below to try some of these remedies:<\/p><p>The most frequently used oral treatment is antihistamines, which help resist the effects of the histamine given away by mast cells. The principal side effect of antihistamines is drowsiness so if you take them, you should be especially careful, and be sure you are fully alert before driving or partaking in other activities needing mental concentration.<\/p><p>Patients with recurrent symptoms may be prescribed to use an antihistamine every day in an effort to accomplish complete suppression of wheals. This is more helpful than taking a medication as needed when symptoms become severe. For frequent use, the newer, non-sedating antihistamines have clear improvements over the older drugs in their superior safety profile and in particular, their virtual lack of sedation.<\/p><p>Calamine lotion or menthol 1% in aqueous cream can relieve itching, although if it is left on for an extended time, the itch may come back. It may be bought without a prescription, but it should not be used on young children.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/psoriasis-lamp.php\">Narrowband UVB therapy<\/a> is the second line of treatment if antihistamines do not work. It is an effective, well-tolerated option for chronic urticaria. This treatment can lead to subjective relief of itching and reduce the appearance of welts. Used together with antihistamine, it is better at reducing urticaria compared to when treated with antihistamine alone.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of pale red swollen bumps, patches, or welts on the skin that appear suddenly, either as a result of allergies or other causes. See more images of what hives look like here. Hives frequently causes itching, but may also burn or sting. They can develop anywhere on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/urticaria-hives-treatment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Urticaria (Hives) Treatment&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[226,227,225],"class_list":["post-1341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-skin-diseases","tag-narrowband-uvb-treatment","tag-narrowband-uvb-wand","tag-urticaria-treatment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Urticaria (Hives) Treatment - Favoriteplus.com Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Urticaria, also known as hives, is an outbreak of pale red swollen bumps, patches, or welts on the skin that appear suddenly, either as a result of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.favoriteplus.com\/blog\/urticaria-hives-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urticaria (Hives) Treatment - 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