Physical urticarias and cholinergic urticaria

Physical urticarias are a unique subgroup of chronic urticaria in which urticarial responses can be reproducibly induced by different specific physical stimuli acting on the skin. These conditions include urticaria factitia/symptomatic dermographism, delayed pressure urticaria, cold contact urticari...

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Published in:Immunology and allergy clinics of North America Vol. 34; no. 1; p. 73
Main Authors: Abajian, Marina, Schoepke, Nicole, Altrichter, Sabine, Zuberbier, Torsten, Zuberbier, H C Torsten, Maurer, Marcus
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.02.2014
Subjects:
Humans
Urticaria - diagnosis
Urticaria - etiology
Urticaria - pathology
Cold urticaria
Pressure urticaria
Heat urticaria
Physical urticaria
Cholinergic urticaria
Vibratory urticaria/angioedema
Solar urticaria
Urticaria factitia
ISSN:1557-8607, 1557-8607
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Summary:Physical urticarias are a unique subgroup of chronic urticaria in which urticarial responses can be reproducibly induced by different specific physical stimuli acting on the skin. These conditions include urticaria factitia/symptomatic dermographism, delayed pressure urticaria, cold contact urticaria, heat contact urticaria, solar urticaria, and vibratory urticaria/angioedema. Physical urticarias and cholinergic urticarias are diagnosed based on the patients' history and provocation tests including trigger threshold testing where possible. Treatment is mainly symptomatic. Many patients benefit from avoiding eliciting triggers, and desensitization to these triggers can be helpful in some physical urticarias and in cholinergic urticaria.
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ISSN:1557-8607
1557-8607
DOI:10.1016/j.iac.2013.09.010