It’s back!
I had what was said to be chronic idiopathic urticaria from July 2021 to September 2022, improving after the birth of my first child. I really thought it was just a weird thing that happened and was convinced it was over. Almost exactly 5 years from my first bout, it’s back with a vengeance. Horrible in the morning, body wide hives-including palms, soles of feet- and scalp, and facial swelling, hives usually becoming flatter, less itchy as the day goes on if I take my cetirizine and famotidine, then coming back at night. During my flare ups, I can’t take any non steroidal anti-inflammatories or I get more angioedema. I’m on day two of a steroid pack and I swear it’s making the burning and itching worse instead of better. I think another year+ of this is going to drive me crazy. Never got to Xolair last time because I was pregnant. Would love to hear people’s experience with that or anything else that helped.