How Proper Treatment Changed My Life with MCASAs someone living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS), my mast cells cause a wide variety of symptoms throughout my body. That...reactions1comment
Pack Your Bags, Not Your Stress: Traveling with Chronic HivesI love traveling. Getting away, seeing somewhere new, and creating memories can feel incredibly freeing. But traveling with chronic hives, also known...reactions1comment
Explaining Your Chronic Hives to Others: A Helpful GuideHow do you explain chronic hives to someone who has never heard of it? What pieces of information are important and how...reactions2comments
Choosing Comfortable Clothing for Chronic Hives: Fabrics and FitI recently wrote an article about how sewing is one of my coping mechanisms. I love the creative process and being able...reactionscomments
Patient Perspectives: The Real Impact of Living With Chronic HivesChronic hives affect so much more than just the skin. It can wreak havoc on your life, causing changes and shifts in...reactions6comments
Avoiding Misinformation about Chronic HivesOne of the first things I did when I found out I have chronic hives was search for support groups online. Unsurprisingly...reactions10comments
I Tried to Get a TanWell, over a weekend, I got the brilliant idea to get a tan. I’m so pale that I was determined to get...reactions1comment
The Burden of Explanation vs. the Relief of CommunityLiving with chronic hives can be an extremely difficult and isolating experience. The mental load and the exhaustion of explaining to others...reactions1comment
In Sickness and in Health: Redefining Marriage After DisabilityWhen my husband and I said the standard vows of, “in sickness and in health… ‘til death do us part,” we had...reactions1comment
My Diagnosis Story: Living With Severe Chronic HivesWhen one thinks of Christmas morning, you think of excitement, joy and wonder. But, for me, since 2021 the wonder I’ve felt...reactions27comments
Compounding Pharmacies: What Are They and Are They Safe?You might have heard about medicines like glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists being made at special pharmacies. These drugs, used for weight...reactionscomments
The Trade-Off for Clear Skin: Living With Biologics and Chronic HivesWhen hives first began appearing on my body, I thought it was a temporary allergic reaction caused by a system-wide reaction to...reactionscomments
Coping with a New Chronic Illness DiagnosisReceiving a new medical diagnosis can be shocking. Learning you have a chronic or terminal health condition can feel jarring and emotional...reactions2comments
All Squares Are Rectangles, But Not All Rashes Are Hives…You’ve probably heard the saying, "all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares." I remember hearing this saying for the...reactions3comments
My Patch & Scratch Allergy Testing ResultsEditor's Note: This article was written by Briana Banos and originally appeared on our partner site AtopicDermatitis.net. Scratch and patch testing -...reactionscomments
Six Confessions of Living With a Chronic IllnessIt’s hard to be honest about how you feel with chronic hives because, ultimately, unless you have them, you don’t understand the...reactions2comments
Hives and the HeatMy hives are weird. My triggers are weird. For me, heat is a big one. Sunlight and heat? Recipe for disaster for...reactionscomments
My Experience Using Red Light Therapy for HivesRecently I heard from a friend that she had this wonderful facial treatment done at a local spa and how she had...reactions14comments
The Ups and Downs of Chronic HivesRecently, I was taken off of biologic injections due to the ineffectiveness of the drug on my body. It has been over...reactions4comments
My Hate-Hate Relationship With LotionI’m not a big fan of summer. I get overheated very quickly and get tired of taking showers all the time. We...reactionscomments
