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What is Aquagenic urticaria? The rare condition which causes red, itchy hives when exposed to water is estimated to affect 100 to 250 people worldwide. The allergy was first reported in 1964 ...
Aquagenic urticaria differs from aquagenic pruritus, in which contact with water evokes intense itching without visible hives or rash. [18] [19] [20] Once known as a separate, rare disease, aquagenic urticaria is now considered a subtype of general urticaria. [21] The first case was reported by Walter B Shelley et al. in 1964. [22]
The Southerner specifically suffers from aquagenic urticaria, a variant of hives that causes a rash to break out following exposure to water. This affliction is extremely rare with only 37 ...
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Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 are characteristic signs or symptoms of the Coronavirus disease 2019 that occur in the skin. The American Academy of Dermatology reports that skin lesions such as morbilliform (measles-like rashes, 22%), pernio (capillary damage, 18%), urticaria (hives, 16%), macular erythema (rose-colored rash, 13%), vesicular purpura (purplish discolouration, 11% ...
Aquagenic pruritus is a skin condition characterized by the development of severe, intense, prickling-like epidermal itching without observable skin lesions and evoked by contact with water. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The most recent COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the XEC variant, Russo says. “The most recent version of the vaccine seems to be reasonably well-matched,” he says.
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