Keywords: Chronic inducible urticaria; cold urticaria, cholinergic urticaria, contact urticaria, delayed pressure urticaria, immunoglobulin E, mast cells, patient-reported outcomes, provocation ...

Aquagenic urticaria can be confused with other types of urticaria, such as cold and cholinergic urticaria. Cold urticaria occurs after exposure to cold temperatures, while cholinergic urticaria is ...

Urticaria affects 10% to 25% of the population at some point in their life (Henderson, Fleischer, & Feldman, 2000). It is characterized by short-lived swellings of the skin, mouth, and genitalia ...

Management of urticaria de pends on its cause. Aggravating factors should be identified from the history, and triggering stimuli for physical urticaria avoided. Simple cooling lotions, as 0.5% to ...

Neurones of one system, described and illustrated by us in the rat brain 1,2, contain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) throughout their length and are believed to be cholinergic, releasing ...

Acute urticaria (hives) is a common skin condition that affects up to 20% of people at some point in their lives. It can transition into chronic urticaria for up to 8% of the population. Hives tend to ...

Dr R Spiller, Division of Gastroenterology, C Floor, South Block, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. Email:Robin.Spiller{at}nottingham.ac.uk These guidelines were compiled by a ...