associated with general medical conditions
Last reviewed 01/2018
General medical conditions in which urticaria may be a prominent features:
- systemic lupus erythematous - in early stages, urticaria may be the only clinical abnormality, with wheals persisting for an unusually long time - 2-4 days
- viral hepatitis - may begin with urticaria
- Still's disease
- rheumatic fever
- hyperthyroidism
- leukaemia, lymphoma
- infection e.g. dental abscess, sinusitis, streptococcal pharyngitis
- contact urticaria - in atopic individuals - lesions develop only on the actual sites of contact eg. with dog hair or saliva, or on the lips when ingesting food
- hereditary angio-oedema - an autosomal dominant inheritance - lack the enzyme C1 esterase inhibitor. Affected individuals suffer attacks of wheals accompanied by abdominal colic and glottic oedema
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)