Urticaria aka “Feng Mo”

Janelle started developing big red blotches of rashes around her neck areas in the middle of last night. The unbearable itchiness woke her up from her sleep. Initially i thought could be the clothes that she was wearing that make her so itchy, hence i changed her pj and applied some powder but it's does stop her from scratching. Recalled that when the skin are too dry, it will make the itchiness worse. Hence, i took a wet towel to clear off powder and applied moisturiser. It seems to work as she managed to fall back to her dreamland. But that's doesnt least long, she woke up again at 3am with the unbearable itchiness again... Angry daddy applied tiger balm on Janelle, it does stop the itchiness and she managed to return to her dreamland after awhile.

Doctor confirmed that Janelle is suffering from a type of skin rashes known as “URTICARIA”. This is similar to what Chinese termed as “Feng Mo”. Hus make her wear long pants to prevent direct contact with the wind which believed to aggravate the condition. Doctor prescribed ADEZIO (For running nose/allergy) for Janelle and also calamine lotion to be applied on the body to ease the itchiness. I was told that the rashes are likely to subside in two to three days or more, and in some cases could subside and re-develop again.

Blotches of rashes on her legs, body and back:











Some common causes of urticaria are
i) allergy to food, drugs, environment- Exposure to pollen, house-dust, buffalo dander, fungi, change in temperature, etc. are known exciting factors. Extreme cold, heat, pressure may also induce urticaria.
ii) Infections and infestations
iii) use of unsuitable synthetic products - like changing diet, soap, detergent, and makeup
iv) stress
v) systemic and general disease.
etc... 80% of the cases are due to unknown cause.

And our Nurse J, suggested to avoid the below
i) bathing with warm/hot water as it will make the itchness worse. (Room temp is good enough)
ii) no nuts and strawberries for the time being
iii) no tiger balm please..

While Janelle suffers the day and night with high level of itch, what I can do is to give her the care and support by being with her and not forgetting deadlines at work too.

Update 19Oct:
After one dose of ADEZIO, her rash and itchiness started to subsided. There are some area, where she tried to scatch, i will applied thick layer of calamine lotion and prevent her from scatching. By bedtime, no more rashes or itchiness, but to be safe, i gave her another does of ADEZIO to make sure the rashes doesnt come back in the night. THANKS GOD, the night was good :)