100 Q&A

100 questions about urticaria, answered by our international experts.

If you are a dermatologist or allergologist and would like to answer one of our questions in the form of a video, please contact Sandra Bednareck.

We would like to thank the many patients who attended our urticaria consultations in Berlin and Mainz and who contributed to this guide with their questions. Our special thanks go to the medical staff of our Reference and Excellence Centers for Urticaria who helped to compile the questions and answers for this guide.

What is urticaria and how is it defined?
What are the common causes of acute urticaria?
What role do genetics play in the development of urticaria?
Can urticaria be triggered by medications, and if so, which ones are commonly implicated?
What is the role of histamine in the development of urticaria symptoms?

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