Hives

Hives: Introduction

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 ... 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
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 7 symptoms of Hives

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Hives: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Hives:

• Angioedema
• Anaphylaxis
• Recurring episodes of hives
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Hives

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Hives?

• Misdiagnosis of Hives
• Failure to diagnose Hives
• Hidden causes of Hives (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Hives

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Misdiagnosis and Hives

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Hives: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Skin Health Specialists (Dermatology):
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  • Dermatopathology
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
  • Dermatological Immunology / Diagnostic Laboratory (Skin Allergies)
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Causes of Hives

• Allergies
  • Allergic reaction
  • Drug allergy
  • Food allergy - cabbage - hives
  • Food preservative allergy
• more causes...»

See full list of 115 causes of Hives

More information about causes of Hives:

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• Drug interactions causing Hives (71 listings)
• Underlying causes of Hives
• Hives as a symptom
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Treatments for Hives

• Anti-itch treatments
• Calamine lotion
• Antihistamines
• Oral antihistamines
• Corticosteroids
• more treatments...»

See full list of 14 treatments for Hives

Latest Treatments for Hives

• Antihistamines
• Ceftirizine
• Diphenhydramine
• Fexofenadine
• Hydroxyzine hydrochloride
• more treatments...»

See full list of 11 latest treatments for Hives

News Archives for Hives

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Prognosis for Hives

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Statistics for Hives

• Medical statistics for Hives
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Hives
• Death and Mortality statistics for Hives
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Hives: Broader Related Topics

• Immune disorders
• Allergic Disorders
• Skin conditions
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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)