Can people with urticaria take a hot spring bath?

Urticaria, also known as hives, is a skin edema reaction caused mainly by the dilation of small blood vessels in the skin and mucous membranes and increased permeability. After urticaria occurs, it usually subsides in about 24 hours, but new rashes are prone to appear. In more severe cases, the condition can last for several months without recovery, and urticaria is very common. If you have a disease like urticaria, you can go to a hot spring appropriately.

Patients with urticaria can take a hot spring bath. Urticaria is a common allergic skin disease. This skin disease is relatively stubborn. To cure it, desensitization treatment is necessary. In daily life, try to avoid external irritants and local irritation, do not scratch, rub hard, or wash with hot water or soap. Do not drink alcohol, strong tea, or coffee. Do not eat sour, spicy dishes or other irritating foods. During the attack period, avoid eating foods that are prone to allergies, such as yellow croaker, shrimp, and seafood.

Actively look for the cause of the disease and keep records every day. For example, if you eat marine fish, shrimps, crabs, meat products that have been stored for a long time, have a recent history of medication, a history of bacterial, viral, or parasitic infections, seasonal changes, mental stress, a history of mosquito bites, etc., you can make self-adjustments through the diet diary method. Appropriate "dietary restriction" should be adopted during the illness period. Daily diet should be light and easy to digest. Avoid tobacco, alcohol, seafood, spicy and sour foods, raw, cold, oily foods, and rotten and spoiled foods. At the same time, pay attention to any abnormal symptoms in your body; resume your previous diet after your condition gradually stabilizes. Once you think that a certain food is causing your urticaria, you should put it on the "blacklist" and not eat it next time.

It should be noted that the cause of urticaria is very complicated, and about 3/4 of patients cannot find the specific cause of the disease. Among the exogenous causes, allergy is one of the causes of urticaria. If patients with urticaria want to take a hot spring bath, they should first clarify whether the chemical components in the hot spring are factors that can cause allergies. If so, it is best not to take a hot spring bath.