A 37-year-old member asked:
What allergies are the most likely causes of urticaria?
2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

Dr. Michael Fisheranswered
Dermatology 33 years experience
Urticaria: Milk, cheese, egg, protein products, wheat, cereals, certain daals as used in india, peas, orange, fish, chicken, etc. Synthetic and natural food additives and artificially-flavored food articles can cause urticaria. However, medications, environment allergens, infections, infestations, emotional factors, autoimmune diseases, systemic and general disease states and idiopathic causes.See allergist.
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Dr. Anlin Xuanswered
Allergy and Immunology 25 years experience
Food allergy: Urticaria is a common presentation of food allergy. The common food allergens r peanut, tree nuts, milk, egg white, wheat, seafood, etc. But any food can cause allergy. Urticaria can also happen w drug allergy, sometimes pollen/animal allergy, but not as often. Sometime urticaria can happen w no obvious reason. See an allergist if it bothers u often, or u suspect it is due to an allergy.
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A 24-year-old member asked:
Which allergies cause urticaria?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

Dr. James Sublettanswered
Allergy and Immunology 47 years experience
Any allergy can.: Urticaria (hives) is due to true allergy only 10% of the time. Any type of allergy can cause the skin rash. Foods & drugs are the most common. Other causes can be physical (direct pressure on the skin; cold; change in skin temperature) or underlying diseases like thyroid or auto-immune disorders, infections, cancer, etc. Urticaria that lasts up tp 4 weeks is considered acute. Longer is chronic.
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Last updated Sep 28, 2016
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