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 ...

Recent advances in the treatment of chronic urticaria have dramatically improved symptom control. However, standard doses of second-generation, histamine type 1 (H1)-receptor antihistamines leave ...

The mainstay of treatment for urticaria is oral antihistamines as they reduce itch, wheal duration and numbers. Management is better achieved by taking antihistamines daily, not just when the ...

The following is a summary of “Off-label use of biologics in urticarial vasculitis: a European retrospective cohort study,” ...

Novartis is just months away from filing for approval of oral BTK inhibitor remibrutinib as a treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria – also known as chronic hives – after reporting long ...

Treatments for exercise-induced urticaria may include antihistamines, as well as other medications used to treat asthma and acid-reflux. You may also need to make lifestyle changes to reduce your ...

Sanofi and Regeneron have reported disappointing results in a trial of Dupixent in people with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) who don't respond to the only approved biologic treatment ...

This ongoing, prospective study examined quality of life in patients with 4 common CIDs: atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurative, and chronic urticaria. Among the findings ...

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 ...