urticaria
"I'm 22 years old. I consider myself an extremely healthy individual. I got sick w. a virus. I started to get mild hives. Eventually I felt a lot better but my hives persisted. Saw a few specialists, got tested, lots of blood drawn. My hives were caused by an autoimmune reaction. My hives continued to get worse daily, for over two months to the point where my entire face was swelling. Doctors gave me 4x the amount of antihistamines to take daily,  those did well to control it, but they still lingered. After the first week of my first xolair injection my hives completely disappeared. I continued to take the injection for the next two months& still am.. but I AM HIVE FREE! not one hive!! no side effects! I couldn't be happier with the results"