Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Pictures of hives, also known as urticaria, can help you to identify these raised, red, ...

Urticaria affects 10% to 25% of the population at some point in their life (Henderson, Fleischer, & Feldman, 2000). It is characterized by short-lived swellings of the skin, mouth, and genitalia ...

Management of urticaria de pends on its cause. Aggravating factors should be identified from the history, and triggering stimuli for physical urticaria avoided. Simple cooling lotions, as 0.5% to ...