Urticaria And Its Major Causes693388

The various causes of urticaria have been well documented in a number of articles and medical journals and tomes. We will be exploring them. In some of the cases, we will also be sinking deeper and trying to understand how the various things bring about urticaria. Urticaria itself is a condition that goes by the common name of 'hives.' It is basically a skin rash, but what is unique about it is the fact that it presents with (skin) bumps that tend to itch. These bumps are typically raised, relative to the rest of the skin, and they are typically red in color.

We come to learn that the causes of urticaria  can be described as falling into two broad categories. In the first category, we have those that are essentially allergic reactions. And in the second category, we have those that can't be described as allergic reactions.

There are cases where people develop urticaria upon being exposed to certain substances, in the environment or otherwise. Those are the cases where urticaria is said to be presenting due to allergic causes. There are, for instance, some people who will develop urticaria upon using certain medications. Such drug-induced urticaria is, in fact, very common. Some of the drugs used to control day to day pains, as well as some of the more potent medications used in the management of diabetes and convulsions have been known to induce urticaria in some people. Worth mentioning is the fact that there are some medications that are known to induce urticaria as a common side effect. But some of these turn out to be medications used in the management o f life-threatening conditions. Thus, it turns out to be better to have the patients deal with the medications' side effects (including the urticaria in question) rather than the riskier medical conditions they manage.

The second category of urticaria causes we identified is that of non-allergic causes. We have already mentioned that not all cases of urticaria arise as a result of people being exposed to allergens. There are, for instance, some people who have been known to develop urticaria whenever their skin gets scratched. We have even some people who exhibit urticaria whenever their skin gets firmly stroked. Along these lines, we have yet another group of people: those who exhibit signs of urticaria upon having their skins rubbed.

The non-allergic causes of urticaria we have looked at so far are those that entail the skin being put under some sort of rough pressure. But we have a category of people who struggle with urticaria, and who tend to experience the condition when their skins are subjected to temperature extremes. In this particular category, we have two subcategories of urticaria manifestations: those that are cold-induced and those that are heat-induced. There is a rare form of urticaria: that which manifests when the people predisposed to it are exposed to water. Thankfully, there are skin creams developed to deal with this particular manifestation of the condition. Finally, we have people who are known to exhibit signs of urticaria upon being exposed to the sun. This is referred to as solar urticaria.