Medically reviewed by Jurairat J. Molina, MD Acute urticaria (hives) is a common skin condition that affects up to 20% of people at some point in their lives. It can transition into chronic urticaria ...

Chronic urticaria occurs in about 0.1% of the population (Greaves, 2000). Patients previously classified as having chronic idiopathic or "ordinary" urticaria are now divided into two groups: 40% ...

However, hives aren’t contagious—they cannot be spread from one person to another. Other rash types, such as those due to chronic autoimmune skin conditions like eczema or psoriasis ...

Donor-specific alloimmune responses both pretransplant and de novodevelopment post-transplant are important risk factors for chronic rejection. Autoimmune responses to tissue-restricted self ...

but can now point to a win for rilzabrutinib in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). In a phase 2 trial, rilzabrutinib has been shown to rapidly reduce itch severity and significantly improve ...