Getting treatment for one’s hives illness can be easier said than done. This is because, while hives are sometimes triggered by identifiable factors, other times they are idiopathic in nature. This is to say that the factors that trigger these latter cases of hives are indeterminable. For this reason, patients who experience them can continue to expose themselves to the “anonymous” triggers and, thus, keep developing bouts of hives.
Sometimes a bacterial infection can trigger the development of hives. Illness of this form can be alarming because it combines the symptoms of the bacterial infection with the ugly wheals characteristic of hives. If the patient has no prior experience of hives, then the combination of the symptoms can be frightening. For such a patient, it would be a relief to learn that the hives constituted a temporary condition that would clear up as soon as the bacterial infection was dealt with. Antibiotic treatment would leave this patient feeling as good as new.
Why Hives Illness Is Likely To Recur In Some People
Patients whose hives were regularly triggered by allergens in the food they ate or by pet dander or insect bites could learn to stave off the development of hives illness by taking antihistamines whenever they presented with urticaria. Of course it would be far better for them to avoid developing the hives in the first place, and this they could do by steering clear of those allergens. However, it is not always possible to account for the ingredients that go into the food one eats: sometimes, the ingredient information given for pre-packaged foods is not completely accurate.
As for insect bites, one cannot always prevent them from happening; after all, insects have minds of their own. Pet dander can only be avoided by those who don’t leave their own homes. Given the ubiquity of many allergens, some sufferers of hives will be exposed to their hives triggers on a regular basis. Thus, any hopes for an absolute end to their hives illness will not come to fruition.
Treating hives can be difficult for additional reasons. One of these is the ineffectiveness of some of the medications typically used to treat hives. Corticosteroids, for instance, appear to work well when first taken. But one week after the treatment is stopped, the hives often resurface. It is not possible to resume the corticosteroid treatment every time this happens as these medications have negative side effects when used for a long time.
