Anaphylaxislike cholinergic urticaria

1. Darío Antolín-Amérigo, MD⇑

1. Physician in the Allergy Division at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, Spain.

1. Correspondence: Dr Darío Antolín-Amérigo, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Servicio de Alergia, Carretera de Colmenar Km 9,100 s/n, 28049, Madrid, Spain; telephone +34 91-3368000; fax +34 91-3580614; e-maildario.antolin@gmail.com

1. Petruta Cristina Vlaicu, MD

1. Physician in the Allergy Division at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, Spain.

1. Belén De La Hoz Caballer, MD PhD

1. Physician in the Allergy Division at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, Spain.

1. Moisés Sánchez Cano, MD PhD

+Author Affiliations

1. Physician in the Allergy Division at the Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid, Spain.

Cholinergic urticaria (CU) can be defined as itching and whealing associated with exercise, hot showers, sweating, anxiety, or any other condition that increases the body’s core temperature. Cholinergic urticaria might present in a local or generalized form. The latter is characterized by the abrupt appearance of small wheals surrounded by a pronounced erythematous flare reaction beginning over the upper thorax and neck and subsequently spanning practically the entire body. Exercise-induced anaphylaxis should be ruled out.

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1. Canadian Family Physician July 2013 vol. 59 no. 7745-746

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