(BPT) – If you’ve had hives, you know how challenging they can be. But you may not know that there is more than one type of hives, or urticaria, and that treatments are available. A brief episode of ...

This informational guide, part of PS's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

Pictures of hives, also known as urticaria, can help you to identify these raised, red, itchy bumps or welts. Causes include stress, infections, food or latex allergies, medications, and environmental ...

The intense itching. The sleepless nights. The unpredictability. All the things you’ve tried to get rid of your hives -- or at least to calm the itch a bit. If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic ...

Chronic urticaria (CU) is a dermatological condition characterized by recurrent wheals (hives), angioedema (deep tissue swelling), or both, persisting for over 6 weeks. 1 Unlike acute urticaria, which ...

Adolescent boys with chronic urticaria show better stress management and disease control than girls, linked to higher resilience and optimism. Eosinophil counts correlate with poorer disease control, ...

"A lot of times, patients want to know if something they're doing is causing the hives," said Jenny Murase, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, and director of Medical Dermatology ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dupilumab improved chronic spontaneous urticaria among patients whose disease did not respond ...

Hives, or urticaria, can occur for many reasons, such as exposure to an allergen or a physical trigger, like pressure from tight clothing. It may also indicate an infection or another underlying ...

New research is helping shed light on the ways chronic inducible cold urticaria (ColdU) can affect the daily lives of ...