For a person treating hives, weight loss may become a real concern. Especially if you already have a weight problem or are obese, extra precautions should be taken be sure you start a hives weight loss program and not just a hives elimination program. Many of the medications used to treat hives will cause weight gain. And with hives, weight loss is even more important because packing on those extra pounds can actually decrease the chances for successfully treating the hives condition.
What Makes Hives Weight Loss So Difficult?
With hives, weight loss is made more difficult for the some of the following reasons:
- Most prescriptions given to treat hives will cause weight gain
- Stress and anxiety, which are common causes of hives, are also known to cause weight gain in many people.
- Some people with chronic hives become so self conscious about their hives and what other may think about it that they stay indoors and “hide”. Inactivity and boredom often lead to overeating.
- Most people with hives are too uncomfortable to exercise. The itchy condition tends to keep people from exercise.
What Can Make Hives Weight Loss Easy?
Conversely, some people with hives end up losing weight. They find out that their hives are a result of a reaction to a certain food so in an effort to get rid of the hives they stop eating almost everything. While this may be good for the hives, weight loss because of not eating is not very healthy. So beware of this opposite weight effect when dealing with your hives condition.
Be Careful How You Try To Lose Weight
A final word about the relationship between hives, weight loss, and weight gain. It can become a confusing vicious cycle of sorts. Some patients develop hives and begin to treat it. They find that they are putting on weight as a result of the treatment and decide to go on a diet. The diet turns into fasting or into only a raw food to get the stubborn pounds off faster. The hives get worse and they end up unhealthy and still with hives.
It has been documented that fasting can be a cause of hives. And any prolonged diet that consists of less than 1000 calories a day can also result in hives. It is not advisable under any case to fast or starve yourself in an attempt to rid yourself of hives. Look for another alternative way to treat the hives condition.
The relationship between hives, weight loss or gain, and diet is a complex and confusing one. It is one that should be explored with the help of a professional with a track record of results in treating hives.
