What is Angioedema?

What is Angioedema?

• Angioedema: Severe and dangerous form of hives with swelling.
• Angioedema: An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs.
  Source - Diseases Database

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Angioedema as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Angioedema: Introduction

How serious is Angioedema?

Complications of Angioedema: see complications of Angioedema

What causes Angioedema?

Causes of Angioedema: see causes of Angioedema

What are the symptoms of Angioedema?

Symptoms of Angioedema: see symptoms of Angioedema

Complications of Angioedema: see complications of Angioedema

Can anyone else get Angioedema?

Inheritance: see inheritance of Angioedema

Angioedema: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Angioedema.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Angioedema.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Angioedema: see treatments for Angioedema
Prevention of Angioedema: see prevention of Angioedema

Name and Aliases of Angioedema

Main name of condition: Angioedema

Hives, Weal, Welt, Wheals, Urticaria Source - Diseases Database

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Angioedema:

• Anaphylaxis
• Allergies
• Allergic reaction
• Urticaria
• Edema
• Tongue swelling
• Angioneurotic edema
• Atrophedema
• Bannister disease
• Bannister's disease
• Circumscribed edema
• Giant hives
• Giant urticaria
• Urticaria gigans
• Urticaria gigantea
• Milton disease
• Milton's disease
• Periodic edema
• Quincke disease
• Quincke's disease

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