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Dose any one sufffer from Chronic idiopathic urticaria and angioedema?


i have been suffering from this allergy for about 3 years now, they tell me there is no cure, what it is that my white blood cells are fighting my red cells, they think they are bad like an infection 24/7 i am tablets to help keep it under control. but i must say it dose get on my nerves... is there any one else out there with the same condtion they do say it very rare, i need to talk to some one else with it........

Chronic urticaria and angioedema are actually not that rare, although having them for years and years on end without remission is rare. Idiopathic simply means "of unknown cause" but researchers have found that many CU patients are actually autoimmune, producing one of two antibodies against their own tissues. In these cases, while not a cure, remission can be forced with the use of strong immunosuppressant drugs such as cyclosporine. In some cases, especially if you have other symptoms such as urticaria pigmentosa or systemic symptoms such as gastro involvement, the hiving may be due to a rare condition called systemic mastocytosis.

Anyhow, you are definitely not alone in this. I have a few thousand buddies who also suffer from chronic hives and angio, some for decades (like me) and others who have only been hiving for a few months. We have the largest support group for CU sufferers on yahoo - http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/urt...
Come join us!
Also be sure to check out the group's informational website www.chronichives.com

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