Symptomatic dermographism: a systematic review of treatment options

Symptomatic dermographism: an inadequately described disease

Background: Symptomatic dermographism is the most common form of physical urticaria with a prevalence of 2–5%.However, its clinical picture has rarely been described. Objective: To understand more of patients’views about the practical aspects of their condition, its...
Symptomatic dermographism: a systematic review of treatment options

Physical urticaria

Abstract The physical urticarias are a heterogeneous sub- group of chronic urticarias in which wheals can be repro- ducibly induced by different specific physical stimuli such as cold, heat, pressure, vibration, or sunlight. Physical urti- carias comprise up to 25 %...
Symptomatic dermographism: a systematic review of treatment options

How to approach chronic inducible urticaria

Chronic inducible urticaria (CIndU) is a group of chronic urticarias characterized by the appearance of recurrent wheals, recurrent angioedema or both, as a response to specific triggers. CIndU includes both physical (symptomatic dermographism, cold and heat...