Medically reviewed by Daniel More, MD Pictures of hives, also known as urticaria, can help you to identify these raised, red, itchy bumps or welts. Causes include stress, infections, food or latex ...

The mainstay of treatment for urticaria is oral antihistamines as they reduce itch, wheal duration and numbers. Management is better achieved by taking antihistamines daily, not just when the ...

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 ...