Hives can be extremely itchy and painful, therefore  prompt treatment is required.

Most people would tell you to just ignore the symptoms, but it is because they have not experienced the pain. Mild and less itchy hives can be treated with certain home remedies e.g. applying calamine lotion or Aloe Vera gel, however, if the wheals are not going away, immediately visit a hives specialist.

The most common and renowned drugs for hive treatment are the oral antihistamines, especially in case of an autoimmune cause.

Besides antihistamines herbal medicine, Chinese therapies and lotions are also frequently used.

Non-sedating antihistamines including Loratadine, Fexofenadine, Cetirizine, Levocetirizine and Desloratadine should be the first choice, but if symptoms persist, take sedating antihistamines including Hydroxyzine, Diphenhydramine and Chlorpheniramine.

For severer cases H1 Antagonists (alone or along with antihistamine), Oral Corticosteroids, Tricyclic Antidepressants and Epinephrine can be ingested.

These medicine are proven for hives treatment, on the other hand there are drugs which can cause hives which I will be talking about in the next blog post.