Urticaria meter

[Urticaria].

ma are cutaneous manifestations of localized edema. They are common skin diseases that typically result from the same pathophysiologic processes. The primary difference between the disorders is that urticaria is associated with localized edema involving the upper dermis, whereas angioedema is associated with localized edema involving deeper layers of the skin, as well as subcutaneous and submuc...

Urticaria

Factitious Urticaria

sensitive as to resent the slightest irritation, appears, perhaps, more surprising than that the gastric mucous membrane should occasionally be subject to intense excitement at the presence of various articles of food. We seem to expect the skin to resist pressure and irritation as one of its functions, and are therefore surprised when the phenomena of factitious urticaria occur. There is no do...

Chronic urticaria.

Streptococcal tonsillitis as a cause of urticaria: tonsillitis and urticaria.

BACKGROUND The primary role of infections in chronic urticaria (CU) is controversial. We hypothesised that streptococcal tonsillitis (ST) could be a primary cause of CU or acute recurrent urticaria (ARU). METHODS Retrospective study of 14 outpatients observed between January 2000 and December 2009, with CU/ARU and clinical and/or laboratorial suspicion of an aetiopathogenic link with ST. Clin...