NEW YORK — The responsibility for diagnosing and treating chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), for which there is a newly approved drug, should be in the hands of dermatologists who have the skills, ...

It's easy to understand how someone who gets hives for the first time could confuse the sudden appearance of raised, red, or skin-colored bumps with bug bites or other skin conditions, such as eczema.

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Urticaria that results from the pressure of using a dull object to stroke the skin is called “dermatographism,” which literally means the ability to write on the skin. Also referred to as ...

SAN DIEGO — New insight into the roots of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and an expanding toolbox of therapies are transforming the understanding of the disease, a dermatologist told colleagues ...

Over-the-counter antihistamines are a common treatment for hives. Avoiding known triggers is key to managing acute hives.

A research group led by Professor Sungrim Seirin-Lee at Kyoto University Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi) leveraged hierarchical mathematical modeling to analyze the ...