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  2. Can stress cause a rash? Experts reveal links between ... - AOL

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    When a stress rash manifests as hives, it looks like raised, itchy bumps on the skin that may be red or pink. Hives can be a collection of individual bumps or connected, making one large bump.

  3. Flushing (physiology) - Wikipedia

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    Flushing is to become markedly red in the face and often other areas of the skin, from various physiological conditions. Flushing is generally distinguished from blushing, since blushing is psychosomatic, milder, generally restricted to the face, cheeks or ears, and generally assumed to reflect emotional stress, such as embarrassment, anger, or romantic stimulation.

  4. Here's Why Stress Is Messing With Your Skin and How to Calm ...

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  5. Hives - Wikipedia

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    Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red and/or flesh-colored, raised, itchy bumps. [1] Hives may burn or sting. [2] The patches of rash may appear on different body parts, [2] with variable duration from minutes to days, and do not leave any long-lasting skin change. [2]

  6. Goose bumps - Wikipedia

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    The formation of goose bumps in humans under stress is considered by some to be a vestigial reflex, [4] though visible piloerection is associated with changes in skin temperature in humans. [5] The reflex of producing goose bumps is known as piloerection or the pilomotor reflex , or, more traditionally, [ 6 ] horripilation .

  7. Dermatographic urticaria - Wikipedia

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    Dermatographic urticaria is sometimes called "skin writing", as it is possible to mark deliberate patterns onto the skin. The condition manifests as an allergic-like reaction, causing a warm red wheal to appear on the skin. As it is often the result of scratches, involving contact with other materials, it can be confused with an allergic ...

  8. Sweat allergy - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The allergy is not due to the sweat itself but instead to an allergy-producing protein secreted by microorganisms found on the skin. [4] Cholinergic urticaria (CU) is one of the physical urticaria (hives) which is provoked during sweating events such as exercise, bathing, staying in a heated environment, or emotional stress. The hives ...

  9. Chronic spontaneous urticaria - Wikipedia

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    Chronic spontaneous urticaria, despite its cause being unknown, is linked to a higher prevalence of autoimmune diseases, and is often worsened by triggers like stress, infections, certain foods, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The hives and angioedema seen in CSU is thought to be linked to the degranulation of skin mast cells.