Author: Luis Monteiro

My urticaria started around 27 years ago and only disappeared recently. For many years, I suffered from a combination of chronic idiopathic urticaria, delayed pressure urticaria, dermographism, angioedema, and episodes with anaphylactic symptoms. During those years, I consulted many doctors and relied heavily on antihistamines and corticosteroids, but without lasting improvement. My daily life became…

Hi, I’m Flavia from Uruguay. I met Luis in 2017 through a Facebook group related to chronic urticaria while searching for help for my 14 years old son, who had been suffering from severe cholinergic urticaria for around 4 years. His condition became so intense that he could no longer attend school normally. Before that,…

In 2016, I went through one of the most difficult periods of my life after developing cholinergic urticaria, which was described by health professionals as being of allergic origin. Between Portugal and Germany, I spent countless hours in hospitals and clinics, undergoing exam after exam, but without seeing any significant improvement. At some point, I…

In mid-June 2019, I was searching on Facebook for people who had recovered from cholinergic urticaria when I came across a comment from Luis on a post that caught my attention. After contacting him, it did not take long for me to realize that he deeply understood the condition I was dealing with. At that…

6 Years of chronic spontaneous Autoimmune Urticaria. Case Closed in 2022. “Over time, I gradually regained stability and today I live completely free from urticaria symptoms and medication.” My urticaria started in 2014 with mild intensity, but in 2017 it became significantly more intense and recurrent, eventually being accompanied by angioedema. I was diagnosed with…

1 Year and a Half Suffering from Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria · Case Closed in 2014 “At one point, my condition had become so severe that I ended up twice in the emergency room with anaphylactic reactions and glottis edema.” I would like to share my testimony to help other people struggling with chronic urticaria and…