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UK
/ˌɜːtɪkˈeəɹiə/
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NOUN
- 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
How To Use urticaria In A Sentence
- Although alcohols have been considered for decades to be the safest antiseptics available, there are rare accounts of urticaria syndromes and allergic contact dermatitis associated with alcohol.
- Most of the cases diagnosed as pemphigus by the inexperienced are examples of bullous urticaria, bullous erythema multiforme, and impetigo contagiosa. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
- The most common symptom in urticaria pigmentosa is pruritus, which may be treated with [H.sub.1] receptor antagonists.
- The eyelids often undergo extreme inflammatory and dropsical swelling in urticaria (nettlerash, surfeit) and in the general inflammatory dropsy known as purpura hemorrhagica. Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- These lesions included papular, urticarial, purpuric, pustular, and eczematoid changes, such as papular urticaria.
- Nettle rash (also known as hives or urticaria) is characterised by a lumpy, itchy rash with red spots.
- Complications include rupture of the cyst into the peritoneal cavity, which results in urticaria, anaphylactic shock, eosinophilia, and implantation into the omentum and other viscera.
- I was diagnosed with urticaria pigmentosa and take antihistamine tablets, but is there anything else to help my condition improve? The Sun
- Histamine, which is released by mast cells in persons with urticaria and other allergic reactions, classically is associated with pruritus.
- Overall the incidence is 155 cases per 100,000 population, a frequency similar to urticaria or peptic ulcer.