Diet for hives

The diet for urticaria is an integral part of the treatment, since this disease belongs to a heterogeneous group of dermatoses, which in most cases develop as allergic reactions to various provoking factors.

Among such factors: taking drugs, infections, exposure to chemicals in the workplace and household chemicals, sun rays and hypothermia, insect bites and pollen from plants. But the diet for urticaria is needed, basically, when the appearance of itchy blisters on the reddened skin is caused by eating foods that the human body does not tolerate.

It should be emphasized that the peculiarity of the diet for this disease is that it is a hypoallergenic diet for hives.

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Treatment of urticaria with diet

A doctor should prescribe treatment for urticaria. You can ask, what - the dermatologist or the allergist? And this is a good question, because from the point of view of localization this disease belongs to dermatology, and if you take into account its etiology, it is allergic. Therefore, it is necessary to determine precisely the cause of the pathology that has arisen. And here, too, not everything is so simple: the doctors themselves admit that unified medical and diagnostic approaches to urticaria are not yet available, and only 50% of the cases reveal the true cause of the acute form of urticaria. In other cases, the origin of this disease remains unspecified, and doctors diagnose "idiopathic urticaria."

In addition, urticaria can be not only a separately manifested reaction of the body, but also a symptom of an infection, the presence of an autoimmune systemic disease (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren's syndrome, etc.) or pathology of the digestive system and gastrointestinal tract. So, what kind of diet for urticaria is needed in each case, depends on the cause.

In clinical practice, it is commonly believed that the most common cause of acute urticaria is food products (especially containing various additives and preservatives). And although the manifestation of a skin reaction as an indicator of the body's hypersensitivity to a particular product is not of an immune nature (i.e., IgE-mediated), but outwardly it looks like an obvious allergy. Proceeding from this, experts call it "pseudoallergie". But compliance with a hypoallergenic diet for hives, according to most of them, is one of the main conditions for recovery.

Diet in acute urticaria

When appointing a diet for acute urticaria it is recommended to include in the diet such products:

• cereals, except for semolina;
• fermented milk products (without any additives);
• raw cheese;
• Low-fat meat (beef, rabbit, turkey);
• cabbage of all kinds (except red-headed), zucchini, pumpkin, fresh green peas and string beans, dill and parsley;
• Apples (with green or yellow skin), pears, yellow cherries, white currants and gooseberries;
• butter, refined vegetable oil;
• grain bread or bread.

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Diet for chronic urticaria

According to many allergic doctors, often chronic urticaria accompanies pathological conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder and liver. And urticaria manifests itself in parallel with the aggravation of the underlying disease. Therefore, in such cases, a therapeutic diet № 5 with restriction of consumption of fats, table salt and liquid is prescribed. In fact, it is observed by patients and as a diet for chronic urticaria

Diet №5 allows to use: low-fat beef and chicken (boiled or baked); lean fish (boiled or steamed); low-fat cottage cheese and low-fat sour cream; butter (50 g per day); porridge and vegetarian soups with vegetables, cereals or pasta; beans and vegetables; non-acid fruits and berries.

With this diet you can not eat: fatty meat and fish; meat, fish and mushroom broths; fresh bread and buns; green onions, spinach, radish, radish and sorrel; smoked products and canned food; spicy seasonings (pepper, mustard, horseradish). Also prohibited are ice cream, confectionery with cream, black coffee, cocoa, chocolate and, of course, alcoholic beverages.

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Diet after hives

Hypoallergenic diet for hives should be observed for at least a month or, as allergists note, until the signs of hives completely disappear. And only after that in the diet can gradually (and in minimum quantities) return products that have been tabooed. But this is only on the condition that the product did not lead to a relapse of the disease.

Doctors recommend a diary. In it, the patient needs to be fixed, what he ate and when, and most importantly - did not develop hives. Thus, you can accurately establish the product-allergen and as accurately as possible to determine which foods should exclude the diet after hives.

Diet after urticaria is also related to cooking technology: the preferred type of cooking is cooking or steaming.

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Diet menu for hives

Despite the impressive list of products, which must be abandoned while following a diet for hives, there are enough dishes in the menu.

For example, the breakfast menu can consist of:

• oat porridge with apples and green tea with biscuits;
• a piece of boiled turkey with a salad of fresh cabbage and apple juice;
• buckwheat or wheat porridge and a glass of kefir;
• two baked apples with cottage cheese and a cup of green tea.

The diet menu for hives can look like this:

• pea soup, boiled potatoes with sour cream sauce or vegetable oil and herbs, green tea;
• potato soup, steamed meatballs with stewed vegetables and mineral water;
• soup with meatballs, stewed zucchini and compote of dried fruits.

And for dinner you can cook potato casserole with dill, pasta with apple or cheese sauce, stuffed with vegetables and rice squash, curd casserole and many other dietary dishes.

Diet recipes for hives

• The recipe for potato soup-puree

It will be required: 3 large potatoes (peeled), 2 pieces of leeks, 2 tbsp. Spoons of olive oil, water and salt.

Olive oil poured into a saucepan, put the chopped leeks (only the white part) and stew with constant stirring. When the onion becomes transparent, potatoes are diced into the pot and stewed for 5 minutes. After this, 500-600 ml of boiling water is poured into the pan, it is salted and cooked for about 15 minutes. When the potatoes become a soft, blender, the soup is brought to a homogeneous consistency. When serving, you can put a little butter on the plate and sprinkle with parsley on top.

• Recipe of pasta with apple or cheese sauce

How to cook pasta, you obviously know. So we offer recipes for two completely dietary sauces to boiled pasta (or any other pasta).

• Cheese sauce

A tablespoon of creamy (or melted) oil and 2 tablespoons of cream to warm in a saucepan with a thick bottom. Add 2 tablespoons grated cheese grated on a grater and stir until homogeneous, add to taste. Pour pasta with sauce and sprinkle with parsley, dill or a small amount of grated cheese.

• Apple sauce

A couple of apples peel and seed, cut and pour with water so that it covers the apples. Cook until the apples are soft. Then grind them in puree, add a tablespoon of sugar and a little cinnamon and boil for a few more minutes, stirring constantly.

This fragrant and delicious sauce is perfect not only for macaroni, but also for cereals, which nutritionists recommend to use by everyone, but especially for those who need a diet for hives.

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What you can not eat with hives?

In the presence of symptoms of urticaria caused by an established food product, its use should be completely discontinued. Also, dieticians strongly recommend adhering to a hypoallergenic diet for hives - that is, to exclude from their diet products that have an increased ability to cause allergic reactions, including the form of urticaria. These include:

• meat, fish and mushroom broths;
• chicken, liver and offal;
• all fried, hot and smoked;
• marinades and pickles (including sauerkraut);
• spices, mustard, mayonnaise and other ready-made sauces, as well as ketchup;
• sausages (boiled and smoked), sausages, sausages, etc .;
• semi-finished products (pelmeni, minced meat, etc.);
• fish, caviar and any seafood;
• eggs, spicy cheeses;
• margarines and spreads;
• tomatoes, Bulgarian pepper, radish, spinach, sorrel, celery, radish;
• mushrooms;
• natural honey and all kinds of nuts;
• all citrus fruits, apricots, peaches, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, black currants, melon, watermelon, pineapple, pomegranate, kiwi and persimmon;
• carbonated drinks with fruit essences and alcohol;
• coffee, cocoa, chocolate;
• sweets, marshmallows, ready-made cakes, cakes and muffins.

Such products as chicken, lamb, butter, semolina, white bread (from high-grade flour), cottage cheese, yoghurts (with additives), carrots, beets, onions, garlic and bananas should be consumed in small quantities. A whole milk, as well as sour cream can be used only in cooking.

With cold or thermal urticaria, food restrictions apply to the use of table salt. It is for this purpose not recommended to eat salty, hot and smoked. But dairy products can and should be, because they contain calcium, which helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels.

What can you eat with hives?

The list of foods on which a diet for allergic urticaria is based includes what you can eat with hives. Such products include lean beef, chicken, rabbit (boiled); vegetarian soups; stewed or boiled vegetables; various porridges (except for semolina); pasta; refined vegetable oil (sunflower or olive). Fermented milk products should be skimmed, bread - cereal or bran, and from fresh vegetables (that is, without preliminary cooking) allowed cucumbers, leaf lettuce, dill and parsley. In addition, you can eat cabbage (white, color, Brussels), zucchini, string beans and potatoes, and the potatoes should not be fried, but cook, stew or mash.

You can eat with allergic urticaria and apples, but only with yellow or green skin and only baked. You can drink green tea and compote from dried fruits - with a biscuit or biscuit.

Absence or restriction in the daily nutrition of the above products and the use of only the recommended products - this is the diet for hives in adults. From her diet is absolutely no different for urticaria in children.