(BPT) – If you’ve had hives, you know how challenging they can be. But you may not know that there is more than one type of hives, or urticaria, and that treatments are available. A brief episode of ...

Chronic Urticaria Awareness Day occurs on October 1 and has been celebrated worldwide every year since 2014. The celebration aims to raise awareness about chronic hives and foster a sense of community ...

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BOSTON -- Add-on dupilumab (Dupixent) significantly reduced itching and urticaria in patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) whose symptoms were uncontrolled with H1-antihistamine therapy.

Pictures of hives, also known as urticaria, can help you to identify these raised, red, itchy bumps or welts. Causes include stress, infections, food or latex allergies, medications, and environmental ...

The intense itching. The sleepless nights. The unpredictability. All the things you’ve tried to get rid of your hives -- or at least to calm the itch a bit. If you’ve been diagnosed with chronic ...

Chronic urticaria (CU) is a dermatological condition characterized by recurrent wheals (hives), angioedema (deep tissue swelling), or both, persisting for over 6 weeks. 1 Unlike acute urticaria, which ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Dupilumab improved chronic spontaneous urticaria among patients whose disease did not respond ...

"A lot of times, patients want to know if something they're doing is causing the hives," said Jenny Murase, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, and director of Medical Dermatology ...

Hives, or urticaria, can occur for many reasons, such as exposure to an allergen or a physical trigger, like pressure from tight clothing. It may also indicate an infection or another underlying ...