CONTACT URTICARIA SYNDROME: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

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An easily accessible guide for dermatologists and residents, as well as general practitioners, summarizing the most important concepts that will help physicians identify the signs and symptoms of Contact Urticaria Syndrome in their daily clinical practice Each chapter is laid out in the following format: Concepts, Tools and Algorithms of Diagnosis and Management, a Clinical Case for each entry, and Recommendations Provides a global approach to this syndrome using internationally standardized requirements for diagnosis Part of the Updates in Clinical Dermatology series Contact urticaria is an immediate but transient localized swelling and redness that occurs on the skin after direct contact with an offending substance. It is caused by a variety of compounds, such as foods, preservatives, fragrances, plant and animal products, metals, and rubber latex, and the mechanism by which these provoke an immediate.