contact urticaria

These wheat polypeptides can cause immediate contact urticaria in susceptible people.

Contact urticaria refers to a wheal-and-flare response occurring on the application of chemicals to intact skin.

Contact urticaria to strawberry.

Allergic contact urticaria to oatmeal.

Occupational allergic rhinitis and contact urticaria caused by bishop's weed (Ammi majus).

Rubber latex currently is the most important source of allergic contact urticaria (see Latex Allergy).

Individuals may have ACD to chemicals added to rubber gloves and have contact urticaria to latex.

Individuals with hand dermatitis, hospital workers, children with spina bifida, and atopic individuals are at increased risk of developing contact urticaria to rubber latex.

PMA can cause Contact Urticaria Syndrome (CUS).

Allergic contact dermatitis, contact urticaria syndrome or hypersensitivity to alcohol or additives present in alcohol hand rubs rarely occur.

Unlike contact urticaria, in which a rash appears within minutes of exposure and fades away within minutes to hours, contact dermatitis takes days to fade away.

Primary cold contact urticaria is a cutaneous condition characterized by wheals, and occurs in rainy, windy weather, and after contact with cold objects, including ice cubes.

Some individuals may have delayed specific contact sensitivity to rubber latex, but contact urticaria to rubber latex is much more common than ACD to latex.

Symptoms range from local symptoms (e.g., oral allergy syndrome, contact urticaria) to systemic symptoms including anaphylaxis (e.g., urticaria, angioedema, gastrointestinal and respiratory symptoms).

Secondary cold contact urticaria is a cutaneous condition characterized by wheals, due to serum abnormalities such as cryoglobulinemia or cryofibrinogenemia are extremely rare, and are then associated with other manifestations such as Raynaud's phenomenon or purpura.

Localized heat contact urticaria is a cutaneous condition, one of the rarest forms of urticaria, where within minutes of contact with heat from any source, itching and whealing occur at the precise site of contact, lasting up to 1 hour.

Contact urticaria Immediate reactions, ie, visible lesions developing less than 30 minutes after exposure, indicate contact urticaria (not ACD), particularly if urticarial in appearance and if associated with other symptoms such as distant urticaria, wheezing, ophthalmedema, rhinorrhea, or anaphylaxis.