Dissociation between history and challenge in patients with physical urticaria

• Published in: The journal of allergy and clinical immunology in practice (Cambridge, MA) Vol. 2; no. 6; p. 786
• Main Authors: Komarow, Hirsh D, Arceo, Sarah, Young, Michael, Nelson, Celeste, Metcalfe, Dean D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2014
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Child; Child, Preschool; Chronic Disease; Cold Temperature; Exercise Test; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Photic Stimulation; Physical Stimulation; Predictive Value of Tests; Pressure; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Risk Reduction Behavior; Severity of Illness Index; Time Factors; Ultraviolet Rays; Urticaria - diagnosis; Urticaria - etiology; Urticaria - therapy; Young Adult; Cold; Physical urticaria; Challenge testing; Dermatographism; Urticaria; Delayed pressure; Cholinergic

Physical urticaria is a subtype of chronic urticaria induced by a physical stimulus. To evaluate the consistency between a history of physical urticaria and results of challenge testing. Seventy-six subjects, ages 3 to 77 years old, were referred with the diagnosis of a physical urticaria and were e...