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Cold urticaria (essentially meaning cold hives) is a disorder in which large red welts called hives (urticaria) form on the skin after exposure to a cold stimulus. [1] The hives are usually itchy and often the hands, feet and other parts of the body will become itchy and swollen as well.
It encompasses a spectrum of three clinically overlapping autoinflammatory syndromes including familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS, formerly termed familial cold-induced urticaria), the Muckle–Wells syndrome (MWS), and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID, also called chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous and ...
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]
With viral infections like the flu and COVID-19, “if your symptoms last more than a week, then that’s a good sign that you should see a doctor,” says Dr. Daron Gersch, emergency room medical ...
Acute urticaria. Acquired C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency; Acute urticaria; Adrenergic urticaria; Anaphylaxis; Aquagenic urticaria; Autoimmune urticaria; Cholinergic urticaria; Chronic urticaria (ordinary urticaria) Cold urticaria; Dermatographism (dermographism) Episodic angioedema with eosinophilia (Gleich's syndrome) Exercise urticaria ...
Physical urticaria is a distinct subgroup of urticaria (hives) that are induced by an exogenous physical stimulus rather than occurring spontaneously. [1] There are seven subcategories that are recognized as independent diseases. [2] [3] Physical urticaria is known to be painful, itchy and physically unappealing; it can recur for months to ...
The common cold usually lasts for about a week, starting with a sore throat and a mild headache. While it isn't disabling like the flu, a cold can be really disruptive to your life.
How to avoid cold-like symptoms when you crank up the temperature. Cathy Cassata. October 30, 2024 at 2:00 AM. Dry air produced by heating systems can irritate your nasal passages.