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What exactly is urticaria and how does is effect your daily life and can it be treated? how does it effect someone with cialiacs(sp) disease?
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Many reasons: urticaria (hives) are pruritic, pink vs pale swellings of the skin.They may be small lesions or large. Can come on acutely and last 2x/week for months) or episodic. Causes include allergic reactions, immune response, systemic disease are only a few. Treatment depends on cause. Life effect=cause.Rare, but celiac disease can present with urticaria & gastrointestinal problems
Answered 4/5/2016
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