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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Urticaria & Angioedema
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Diagnostic Procedures, Treatment, Medications, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, Prognosis, When to Refer, References,
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Topics Discussed: angioedema; urticaria.
Excerpt: | |  Eruptions of evanescent wheals or hives
Itching is usually intense but may on rare occasions be absent Special forms of urticaria have special features (dermographism; cholinergic, solar, or cold urticaria) Most incidents are acute and self-limited over a period of 1–2 weeks Chronic urticaria (episodes lasting > 6 weeks) may have an autoimmune basis |
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