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2. What are hives? A dermatologist explains

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   Hives are quite common, though, so it’s a good idea to get familiar with them. Hives, or urticaria, are itchy pink welts that could appear anywhere on your skin. Some are bumps as small as a ...

3. Hives - Wikipedia

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   Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red and/or flesh-colored, raised, itchy bumps. [1] Hives may burn or sting. [2] The patches of rash may appear on different body parts, [2] with variable duration from minutes to days, and do not leave any long-lasting skin change. [2]

4. Dermatographic urticaria - Wikipedia

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   As it is often the result of scratches, involving contact with other materials, it can be confused with an allergic reaction, when in fact it is the act of being scratched that causes a wheal to appear. These wheals are a subset of urticaria (hives), and appear within minutes, in some cases accompanied by itching. The first outbreak of ...

5. Autoimmune urticaria - Wikipedia

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   The differential diagnosis for autoimmune urticaria includes other conditions that can cause hives or similar skin reactions. [32] These can include allergic reactions, other types of urticaria such as physical urticaria (triggered by physical stimuli such as pressure, cold, or heat), and conditions such as mastocytosis and mast cell activation ...

6. Physical urticaria - Wikipedia

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   Physical urticaria is a distinct subgroup of urticaria (hives) that are induced by an exogenous physical stimulus rather than occurring spontaneously. [1] There are seven subcategories that are recognized as independent diseases. [2] [3] Physical urticaria is known to be painful, itchy and physically unappealing; it can recur for months to ...

7. Chronic spontaneous urticaria - Wikipedia

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   Chronic spontaneous urticaria, despite its cause being unknown, is linked to a higher prevalence of autoimmune diseases, and is often worsened by triggers like stress, infections, certain foods, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The hives and angioedema seen in CSU is thought to be linked to the degranulation of skin mast cells.