Pressure urticaria is a form of hives. It develops several hours after applying sustained pressure to the skin, causing painful swelling. Treatment combines pressure avoidance with medications such as ...

The FDA has approved Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of children (aged 2 to 11 years) with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU).

Discussions at the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting highlighted a rapidly evolving treatment landscape for ...

Chronic Urticaria Awareness Day occurs on October 1 and has been celebrated worldwide every year since 2014. The celebration aims to raise awareness about chronic hives and foster a sense of community ...

Cholinergic urticaria (heat bumps) can occur when a person’s core body temperature rises. Possible causes include exercise, stress, weather, and eating spicy foods. Small, round, itchy papules appear ...

Intracellular histamine content of basophils did not distinguish among rapid, delayed, and late or no responses to omalizumab in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), nor did it predict ...

Chronic urticaria is defined as wheals (hives), angioedema (swelling), or both that have been continuously or intermittently present for at least 6 weeks, 1,2 in contrast to acute urticaria, which is ...

Among infants, most cases of urticaria of unknown etiology are acute urticaria (AU) and self-resolve, even when the cause is not identified. The mean age of the infants at their first visit for ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

Contact urticaria is localized color changes and swelling on the skin that appear immediately after coming into contact with a specific substance. Contact urticaria can result from a variety of ...

Cold urticaria (hives) is an allergic condition that causes red, itchy rashes on the skin after exposure to the cold. If you have this condition, you may notice the skin reaction about five to ten ...