There are many different types of hives -- urticaria -- with many different causes. In most cases, these puffy, red, or skin-colored bumps and wheals appear suddenly due to an allergic reaction to ...

The mainstay of treatment for urticaria is oral antihistamines as ... If possible, it is best to avoid all antihistamines in pregnancy, although none has proven teratogenic. If one is used ...

If your urticaria is related to an autoimmune condition, you can still use many of the same treatments that are typically ...

Urticarial vasculitis represents 5% to 10% of cases of chronic urticaria, characterized histologically by the presence of vasculitis on skin biopsy. Clinically it tends to last longer than ...

In another top story, results from the randomized BEACON trial revealed that adults with moderate to severe chronic spontaneous urticaria saw ... through 16 weeks of treatment, with responses ...