Skin Allergies

<p>1.Urticaria</p><p>Urticaria is another term for hives. It appears as raised well-circumscribed areas of redness and edema involving the dermis and epidermis that are very itchy.</p><p>2. Angio-edema</p><p>Angioedema refers to swelling that occurs in the tissue just below the surface of the skin, most often around the lips and eyes. It is similar to hives, but hives involve itchy red welts on the surface of your skin, whereas angioedema is a deeper swelling.</p><p>3. Contact Dermatitis</p><p>Contact Dermatitis is a localized skin irritation or rash on caused by direct contact with (e.g.touching) a foreign substance such as a poison ivy, some detergents, metals such as jewelry, cosmetics, etc.</p><p>4.Eczema</p><p>Eczema is a very persistent type of skin allergy. It has a broad range of characteristics: <br>redness, skin edema(swelling), itching and dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing, or bleeding.<br> Scratching open a healing lesion may result in scarring and may enlarge the rash.</p>