Hives

Introduction: Hives

Hives: Each year about 15% of all Americans experience hives on the skin or angioedema (swelling of the throat tissues) due to allergic reactions. Hives are an ... more about Hives.

Hives: Weals on the skin due to an allergic reaction. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Hives is available below.

Symptoms of Hives

• Red itchy skin weals
• Weals change quickly in size, shape and location
• Multiple hives
• Angioedema - and the symptoms of angioedema including:
  • Swollen face

See full list of 7 symptoms of Hives

Medical Textbooks Online about Hives

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hives?

• Misdiagnosis of Hives
• Underlying causes of Hives (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Hives

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Causes of Hives

• Allergies
  • Allergic reaction
  • Drug allergy
  • Food allergy
  • Food preservative allergy

See full list of 28 causes of Hives

More information about causes of Hives:

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• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Hives (202 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Hives (71 listings)
• Underlying causes of Hives
• Hives as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Hives

Treatments for Hives

• Anti-itch treatments
• Calamine lotion
• Antihistamines
• Oral antihistamines
• Corticosteroids

See full list of 14 treatments for Hives

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Prognosis for Hives

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Statistics for Hives

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Article Excerpts about Hives

Each year about 15% of all Americans experience hives on the skin or angioedema (swelling of the throat tissues) due to allergic reactions. Hives are an allergic reaction often due to food or plants. The reaction is characterized by a raised, itchy area of skin. It can be rounded or flat-topped, but it is always elevated above the surrounding skin. (Source: excerpt from Allergies: NWHIC)

Definitions of 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)

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)