When you suddenly develop extreme itchiness together with swelling of your body in patches or lumps, chances are you have hives (or in medical terms, urticaria).
This condition can progress further to swelling of the eyes and face and worse still, go to a very dangerous condition of the patient collapsing within minutes with difficulty in breathing. This is called anaphylaxis or allergic shock.
Fortunately for most patients, they only have transient hives but unfortunately, most do not know the cause.
Generally, most hives are caused by various drug reactions but some are caused by food, in particular seafoods of various kinds, colour additives and eggs.
There is also a kind of hives caused by PHYSICAL means, such as cold, heat or even physical contact. This condition is called Physical Urticaria.
The treatment of urticaria includes the avoidance of the causative factors and the treatment of a superficial fungus which causing the condition.
Lesson: HIVES TREATMENT INCLUDES TREATMENT OF A SUPERFICIAL FUNGAL INFECTION
And my learning continues.
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