Hives, also known as Urticaria are areas of swollen and itchy bumps on the skin. In light skinned people these will be red showing the inflammation at work. One in twenty people will get hives at some time so this is very common.

Hives may be confined to a small area such as the back of your hand or may be spread across your chest of back. The swellings may last a few minutes or hours or could last for days.

Most hives appear and vanish without the cause being tracked down. This is an odd complaint – so what can we do about it?

Hives are produced by histamine acting in an automatic and defensive way in the body. Histamine of course is released when an allergen comes our way but hives may not be due to an allergy.

Hives may be produced in reaction to a viral infection or to repeated physical stresses on one part of the body and there are mixed medical opinions on the role of nervous stress. By itself nervous stress will not cause hives but can make it worse.

Treating Hives

How you treat hives will depend on your approach to health. If you always reach for the meds then you’ll likely grab a standard anti-histamine, either an OTC anti-histamine from a Pharmacy or use one prescribed by your Medical Doctor. If on the other hand you like to use Natural Medicines and strategies you can try using sensible doses of vitamin C and perhaps Quercetin as well.

Or if you like OxyHives Oxy Hives Hemeopathic Hives Relief 1 ~ Spray Bottle …

Rather a nice approach – no pills or creams just a spray under the tongue.

Be cautious about using creams or ointments because they could have ingredients that could irritate the skin even more – and that is equally true for Natural or herbal ointments.

A cool compress may relieve and soothe the skin and give whatever hives medicine you are using time to get going.

Feel free to share any remedies that you have used and how good they were!

All The Best

Alex