Information about Urticaria

We Have to Know about the Urticaria

• Common allergic reaction
• Angioedema coexists, which involves larger areas and deeper tissues beneath the skin.

Could be dangerous, if the answer is YES for any one of the following questions               

Causes of Urticaria

• Allergy to certain foods like fish, nuts, eggs, and milk
• Direct contact with pollen, animal dander, latex, and insect stings.

Do’s and Don’ts of Urticaria

• Identify the cause and avoid exposure to it
• Stress control

Signs & Symptoms of Urticaria

• Itching, smooth, whitish, and slightly elevated areas surrounded by a red rash occurs in clusters
• Hives are most common on the arms, legs, and trunk.
• In angioedema – burning occurs around eyes and lips, rarely inside the throat, genitals

Medical advice for Urticaria

• If burning is beginning to develop in your throat, or you have difficulty breathing
• If you develop hives after a blood transfusion.
• If you develop hives and symptoms such as a dry throat, cough, nausea, dizziness, abdominal cramps, shortness of breath immediately after an insect bite or drug injection.

Risk factors of Urticaria

• Have a family history of Hives

Treatment for Urticaria

• Antihistamines and ultraviolet light treatments

Self-care for Urticaria

• To relieve the itching soak in a lukewarm bath, or apply calamine lotion or a cold compress to the area.
• Avoid heating or rubbing, which releases more histamines.

Investigations for Urticaria