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 ...

Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD You can be allergic to water. However, it is an extremely rare condition. Aquagenic ...

Other CIndU subtypes are cholinergic urticaria, contact urticaria, and aquagenic urticaria. The duration of chronic urticaria varies significantly by subtype, with a median of 1-4 years to ...

Allergic skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis and chronic spontaneous urticaria, are among the most prevalent and ...

If your treatment plan is not working, contact your dermatologist for suggestions. So few people worldwide have aquagenic urticaria that it is unknown if it will resolve on its own. Can someone ...

Cholinergic urticaria (also called cholinergic angioedema ... CU hives pop up within 6 minutes of contact with a trigger. They last about 30 minutes to an hour or two before they fade away.

Douglas Powell, MD specializes in the treatment of allergic contact dermatitis, dermatitis, and urticaria/hives. He is board certified in dermatology and is a member of the American Academy of ...

Contact urticaria from spices is relatively common. [10,11] The immunologic variant is IgE mediated and is treated with avoidance and antihistamines. The mechanism of the nonimmunologic variant is ...

We only know of about 100 cases of aquagenic urticaria. As you may guess by looking at the name, contact with water causes it. Those with this condition often develop red, itchy skin when they ...

We report two cases of contact urticaria from curcumin. These cases are mediated by two different mechanisms of contact urticaria: nonimmunologic and immunologic (immunoglobulin-E mediated).