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Urticaria: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis

Specific antigen sensitivity (e.g., foods, food additives, Hymenoptera venom)
Physical agents
   Pressure, mechanical irritation, vibratory, water (aquagenic)
   Cold
   Heat
   Light (e.g., sunlight)
   Cholinergic urticaria
Atopic conditions (e.g., allergic rhinitis, asthma)
Drugs
   Opiates, barbiturates
   Antibiotics (especially penicillin, sulfonamides)
   X-ray contrast media
   NSAIDS, aspirin
   Thiazides
   Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
d-Tubocurarine
   Azo dyes
   Quinine
   Curare
Transfusion of blood or blood components
Infections
Bacterial (Campylobacter enteritis)
   Fungal (candidiasis)
   Viral (Hepatitis B, infectious mono, Coxsackie)
   Protozoal, helminths
Vasculitis
   Lupus erythematosus
   Rheumatoid arthritis
   Sjögren's syndrome
   Serum sickness
   Hepatitis B, acute
   Cryoglobulinemia
Mastocytosis (urticaria pigmentosa)
Occult malignancy (especially lymphoma, carcinoma)
Contact urticaria
   Plants (nettles)
   Animals
   Ammonium persulfate (hair bleaches)
Pregnancy, premenstrual
Angioedema (hereditary and acquired)
Emotional stress
Idiopathic

References

1. Bolognia JL, Braverman IM: Skin Manifestations of Internal Disease, p. 322. See Bibliography, 1.
2. Austen KF: Diseases of Immediate Type Hypersensitivity, pp. 1864–1868. See Bibliography, 1.
3. Habif TD: Clinical Dermatology, pp. 735–737. St. Louis: Mosby, 1996.

Book Source Details

• Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
• Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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