25 years old - I am odd!

Quoting from Nisa’s blog, yes, we have lived about a quarter of decade. What a portion of life that we’ve been gone thru. Yup, it is truly a long journey. And I am thankful I am still alive on my 25th bday which coincidently fell on Mother’s Day. I remembered 7-8 years ago I wished my mum, and my mum wished me back..and my future mission, the next 7-8 years ahead, I’ll be celebrating both- mother’s day and my bday on the same day. Haha, but I will be lacking one gift as both big day fall on the same day!

I am in the mood of telling to the world about me suffering from a rare disease. It is very unusual to most of the people that I know. They seem so amused by the fact that I am having this kind of disease. I should say it disease, its sound too dangerous, but I am not sure what should I called it. Okay, I am looking for people who have the same type of skin like this. At least we can share how do you face this some kind of situations.

Angioedema is a skin reaction similar to hives or urticaria. It is most often characterised by an abrupt and short-lived swelling of the skin and mucous membranes. All parts of the body may be affected but swelling most often occurs around the eyes and lips. In severe cases the internal lining of the upper respiratory tract and intestines may also be affected.

I was suffering from angioedema since my primary schools. I just knew the name of the disease base on my reading thru net. It was back 13 years ago, after UPSR, I kept on skipping classes as my eyelid tends to swell out of sudden. And sometimes, my lower lips swollen, that made me feel embarrassed and I tried to covering it with my tudung. I dunno when but I realized that’s the only time they repetitively occur and now I am free from it.

And, at the same time, I am having this:

Urticaria refers to a group of disorders affecting adults and children, in which red patches and weals occur in the skin. The release of chemicals such as histamine from mast cells in the skin causes small blood vessels to leak and results in tissue swelling. The weals can be a few millimetres or several centimetres in diameter, coloured white or red, often surrounded by a red flare, and frequently itchy. Each weal may last a few minutes or several hours, and may change shape. Weals may be round, or form rings, a map-like pattern or giant patches.

It was months/years ago that I have not realize that I am having this. But lately, these some kinds of rashes frequently appear. I cannot determine what trigger these rashes, but I always suspect the temperature changes, from cold to hot and vice versa. It was not that itchy but pretty annoying when it spontaneously appears at the wrong time. Sometimes, it even appears on my face!

Em, finally, I also having this simultaneously with this urticaria. I am having this:

Dermographism means ‘skin writing’. Stroking the skin causes it to weal in the line of the stroke. This is very itchy, but scratching causes more wealing. Dermographism usually starts quite suddenly. Weals come up where clothes or furniture touch, especially when the affected person is hot or upset. A warm shower followed by rubbing with a towel can result in itchy weals all over.

Actually, I am planning to put up some photo's of it but it turned to be faulty few times, maybe overflow, so i will edit next time.

At the time I am writing, the rashes/hives are all over my body, except my face. It was not really distracting and annoying and sometimes I prefer to take very light on this. Yup, as I read another Dermographist blog. Well, it just sometime’s pretty disheartfelt when you do not know what triggers it.

Ok, I already in the mood and my eyes are wide awake to start the job..so babai!

Comments

[Athirah]

cipah! tak tau pun pasal ni?? huhuhuhu..

[aliza]

yup...aku pun x tau...nway, aku ade bace psl terapi ikan...bagus utk kulit...kat pavilion ke mane ntah...x brape sure laa...tp ni yg ko pegi berendam and ikan2 comel tu gigit2 comel jugak kt kulit...

[aliza]

ehh...aku dh check balik...kenko spa n reflexology kt pavilion tu gune ikan garra rufa utk eczema & psoriasis...so, kirenye utk rendam2 kaki je...tggu ko upload gamba dulu laa cipah...

[shsuhaila]

im having short term memory loss.i lost my purse today[ic+licence+few bank card+duet!!] n managed to lodge report. but within an hour i lost the copy of police report.alongggg~sedeyyy~

[cippzzy]

ehh, ko je kot yg xtau? thir n aliza? =))
aliza, aku tau kot psl treatment tu.eh lgpon ms kt ssp jarang sgt jadi..so, I assume (that time) food kt DM is hygienic! tp, skang xtau ah either it is rilly food ke yg trigger

[cippzzy]

dat's not short term memory lost..it is CARELESS!
ape kes?
so cmne?
urghhh..