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 ...

Urticaria affects 10% to 25% of the population at some point in their life (Henderson, Fleischer, & Feldman, 2000). It is characterized by short-lived swellings of the skin, mouth, and genitalia ...

Topical treatments such as corticosteroids may be prescribed by your pediatrician to relieve symptoms. Papular urticaria is a hypersensitivity to insect bites, often from mosquitoes, bedbugs ...