Urticaria
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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