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What is Hives?

Contents
  1. Hives: Introduction
  2. Types of Hives
  3. Prognosis
  4. Complications
  5. Prevalence
  6. Other names for Hives
  7. What causes Hives?
  8. What are the symptoms of Hives?
  9. Organs Affected by Hives
  10. Can anyone else get Hives?
  11. How is it treated?
  12. Hives: Introduction

What is Hives?

  • Hives: Weals on the skin due to an allergic reaction.
  • Hives: 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
  • Hives: 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 - WordNet 2.1

Hives: Introduction

Types of Hives:

Broader types of Hives:

How many people get Hives?

Incidence (annual) of Hives: about 15% Americans each year (NWHIC)
Incidence Rate of Hives: approx 1 in 6 or 15.00% or 40.8 million people in USA [about data]
Lifetime risk of Hives: 10-20% lifetime risk (NIAID)
Incidence of Hives: Each year about 15% of all Americans experience hives on the skin or angioedema (swelling of the throat tissues) due to allergic reactions. (Source: excerpt from Allergies: NWHIC)

How serious is Hives?

Complications of Hives: see complications of Hives

What causes Hives?

Causes of Hives: see causes of Hives
Cause of Hives: Allergic reaction to a particular substances

What are the symptoms of Hives?

Symptoms of Hives: see symptoms of Hives

Complications of Hives: see complications of Hives

Duration of Hives: Weals may last minutes or hours. Usually continue less than a week

Duration of Hives: Half of those affected continue to have symptoms for more than 6 months. (Source: excerpt from Allergy Statistics: NIAID)

Can anyone else get Hives?

Contagion of Hives: Not contagious. They are an allergic reaction not an infection.
More information: see contagiousness of Hives

Hives: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Hives.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Hives.

How is it treated?

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

Organs Affected by Hives:

Organs and body systems related to Hives include:

Name and Aliases of Hives

Main name of condition: Hives

Other names or spellings for Hives:

Acute Urticaria, Urticaria, nettlerash

Weal, Welt, Wheals, Urticaria, Angio-edema Source - Diseases Database

Urtication, Urticaria, Nettle rash, Urtication, Urticaria, Hives
Source - WordNet 2.1

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