What in the World is Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU)
A New Word in My Vocabulary The past few days I’ve had several people reach out wondering why the strange pictures on social. A new season. A new chapter. A new disease/illness. An overview. On Thurs., Feb. 8 I woke up with a weird rash on my shoulders and large hive welts on my knees. We were heading to Arizona for a few weeks. I wasn't stressed about it, but on the contrary very excited! I quickly assessed if I’d used anything strange or new in the last few days - no conclusions there. We didn’t see any reason not to leave, so we headed south for our little winter break. The next 5 days these areas persisted and were really just slightly annoying. Then they started spreading. After week 2 of intensifying itching and poor sleep as a result, I went to a walk-in clinic. There I was given a prednisone tapering dose, told to take OTC Allegra and Benadryl at night, some steroid cream for the itch and told to go see a dermatologist and seek allergy testing. I have enough of a m