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What is this from? Underarm Rash related to exercise?
I recently started a regular exercise program and ever since I have been have severe under arm irritation. At first it looked like razor burn, but now the entire armpit is irritated, even up my arm and down my side. I am not irritated anywhere else.
I am 20, 5’7″, 240lbs. I have never exercised before but for the last three week (no weekends) I have been doing cardio for 30 min, infared sauna 30-40 mins, Pilate’s 20 mins, and some arm weights daily.
I know that I am obese and and am making positive changes.
Is this underarm irritation related to the HUGE amounts of sweat and/or the toxins I’m releasing in the infared sauna? I know its not razor burn or allergic reaction. What could it be?
Thank you in advance.
What are urticaria and angioedema?
this should help you i have recently been suffering from Hives myself 
Urticaria is common, and affects about 20% of people at some stage of their lives. It is also known as hives, nettle rash, or welts. The short-lived swellings of urticaria are known as weals (see below).
Angioedema is a deeper form of urticaria.
An affected individual may have urticaria alone, or angioedema alone, or both together. The most common form is called ‘ordinary urticaria’, which is usually divided into ‘acute’ and ‘chronic’ forms. In ‘acute’ urticaria/angioedema, the bout lasts from a few days up to six weeks. Chronic urticaria, by definition, lasts for more than six weeks.
Other less common types – such as the physical urticarias – are described later in this leaflet. They include urticarial vasculitis (in which urticaria is due to an inflammation of the blood vessels) and contact urticaria (in which substances, such as fruit, nuts or rubber, cause urticaria when they are applied to the skin).
What causes urticaria and angioedema?
Both are caused by the release of histamine from mast cells (allergy cells) within the skin. This can be triggered in many ways, for example by exercise, by pressure on the skin, and by other physical factors as well as by foods, drugs and infections. However in the common ‘ordinary’ form of urticaria and angioedema, it is unusual for an external cause to be identified. In some patients with ordinary chronic urticaria, the release of histamine from skin mast cells is triggered by factors circulating in the blood, such as antibodies directed against their own mast cells – a process known as autoimmunity. Tests for this are not routinely available, and generally do not alter the treatments used.
Often no cause for acute urticaria can be found, but sometimes it may be caused by infections such as a cold, ‘flu or a sore throat. Almost any medicine can cause ‘acute’ urticaria but painkillers (especially aspirin and medicines like ibuprofen), antibiotics (especially penicillins), and vaccinations, are most likely to be responsible. Angioedema is particularly caused by a type of drug used to treat high blood pressure (ACE inhibitors). Rarely foods are responsible, including nuts, fish, tomatoes, vegetables and berries.
What are the symptoms of urticaria and angioedema?
The main symptom of urticaria is itching: angioedema, however, may not be itchy. Although urticaria can be distressing, because of itching and its appearance, it has no direct effect on general health.
Are urticaria and angioedema hereditary?
The ‘ordinary’ common type of urticaria and angioedema is not hereditary.
What do ordinary urticaria and angioedema look like?
The weals of urticaria may be pale, pink or red, and may look like nettle stings. They can be different shapes and sizes; often they are surrounded by a red flare. They are usually itchy. As the raised weals flatten, they leave red marks that usually disappear in a day. New weals may then appear in other areas. In ordinary urticaria the weals can occur anywhere on the body, at any time, and usually fade within a day.
The pale or pink, deeper swellings of angioedema occur most frequently in the eyelids, lips and sometimes in the mouth. They may not be itchy, and usually settle in a few days. If the hands are affected, they may feel tight and painful.
How will ordinary urticaria be diagnosed?
Usually its appearance, or a description of it, will be enough for your doctor to make the diagnosis. In the vast majority of people no cause can be found, though your doctor will ask you questions to try to identify one. There is no special test that can reliably identify the cause of urticaria, but some tests may be done if your answers suggest an underlying cause.
In acute urticaria, investigation is usually unnecessary. Occasionally, if an allergic reaction is suspected, a specific blood test for allergic sensitisation (RAST), or a skin prick test may be performed. These and other tests should be carried out by a specialist in skin or allergic disease.
In chronic urticaria, it is rare for allergy to be the cause, so routine allergy tests such as skin prick tests or RAST are not necessary. In a small percentage of people, foods, colouring agents and preservatives appear to worsen the urticaria. A food diary can then be kept: these substances can be left out of the diet to see if the condition improves, and later deliberately reintroduced. However, as urticaria is such a variable disease, the interpretation of these elimination diets is difficult.
Can ordinary urticaria and angioedema be cured?
The treatments outlined below suppress the condition rather than cure it. In half of the people with chronic ordinary urticaria, the rash lasts for 6-12 months, and then gradually disappears. It usually does not return. However in any one individual the course of urticaria is unpredictable.
What Exactly is Far Infrared Heat?
What exactly is infrared heat? Infrared heat is a form of radiant energy that directly heats objects by invisible waves of light, rather than heating the air in between the heat source and the objects. For instance, the sun doesn’t give you direct heat. The sun actually heats the earth and the earth reflects the heat which then heats the air you feel. That’s why you feel cooler when a cloud covers the sun. Your heat source is being blocked, and now it’s unable to heat the earth, making it impossible for thee sun to warm you. So, that’s the reflecting heat we sometimes enjoy and dislike. Infrared heat is being generated by our body at a constant rate. Have you ever held your hand next to your face or had somebody else hold their hand near your face when your eyes were closed, or in the dark? You know, just to see if you can feel the heat from their hand? Or, when you place your palms close to each other, and you feel that, almost instant heat? That’s infrared heat! With our portable far infrared saunas, you get to enjoy that comfortable heat. The heat you love when you’re trying to catch some rays from the sun, but without the harmful rays. Infared energy is good for the body and skin and it’s not discomforting at all. Ultra-violet rays, like those from the sun are the harmful rays that aren’t good for your skin. Infared energy from far infrared saunas also remove toxins from your body giving you great skin, it improves circulation, burns calories, relieves chronic pain, arthritis, bursitis, fibromyalgia, back pain, and more. It also increases your heart rate, cardiac output and metabolic rate. There are many things infra red sauna rooms can do for you and your family. If you need some information on infared saunas, you may call us at 2516234999, or email us at customerservice@saunabliss.com.
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