ALLMedicine™ Cholinergic Urticaria Center

Apr 15th, 2021 - Cholinergic urticaria is a common disorder that has been associated with anaphylaxis. We report the events, workup, and eventual second dose vaccination of a patient at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, who had immediate anaphylaxi...

Jul 13th, 2020 - To examine the effectiveness of omalizumab on disease activity and quality of life in patients with cholinergic urticaria (CholU). Further, a systematic review of the literature was performed to identify all studies of use of omalizumab in CholU. ...

May 24th, 2020 - Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) decreases affected individuals' quality of life because they must avoid stimuli including exercise and hot bathing. Although case reports have indicated that regular sweating activities are effective for CholU with hy...

Apr 3rd, 2020 - Cholinergic urticaria (CholU) was described first by Duke1 in 1924. CholU is a skin disorder characterized by highly pruritic wheals, 1-2 mm in size, with surrounding erythema. CholU is a chronic inducible urticaria, and usually appears after swea...

Mar 16th, 2020 - Background Cholinergic urticaria is one of the physical urticarias brought on by a physical stimulus. Although this stimulus might be considered to be heat, the actual precipitating cause is sweating. The definition and diagnostic testing of choli...

Jun 13th, 2017 - The differential diagnosis for EIA includes cholinergic urticaria, idiopathic cold urticaria, mastocytosis, cardiovascular disorders, food allergy exacerbated by exercise, and angioedema. Cholinergic urticaria is a form of physical urticaria that ...

Apr 10th, 2015 - Any activity that raises core body temperature in a patient with CU can induce onset of lesions. One case report described a patient who experienced symptoms while undergoing hemodialysis, which resolved when the dialysate temperature was decrease.