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Urticaria - Coggle Diagram
Urticaria
treatment
ID and eliminate trigger if possible
systemic corticosteroids
antihistamines
if angioedematous/anaphylactic
epinephrine
general
variably pruritic
edematous
can be immune-mediated, or not
causes
challenging to determine what is triggering it
immunological factors
type I
hypersensitivity
type III hypersensitivity
non-immune
cold
heat
sunlight
food
exercise
stress
genetic
drugs
plants
vaccines
insect bites/strings
chemical
everything
history
pruritus may or may not be present
lesions develop rapidly
CS
no age, breed, or sex predilection
localized or generalized
wheals
usually last <24hr
patterns
classical
serpiginous
linear
arciform
annular
papular