urticaria
skin disease characterized by skin rash notable for pale red, raised and itchy bumps, located in the upper dermis
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Summary
urticaria is a class of disease[1]. urticaria ranks in the top 7% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,668 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3]
- Subclass of: skin disease[4], skin and integumentary tissue symptom[5], disease[6]
- Commons category: Urticaria[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: S98[8]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
- ICD-9-CM: 708.8[13], 708.9[14], 708[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3432[16]
- Different from: urtication[17]
- Health specialty: dermatology[18], allergology[19]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: pheniramine[20], bromodiphenhydramine[21], phenindamine[22], desloratadine[23], cetirizine[24], methdilazine[25], loratadine[26], famotidine[27], clemastine[28], astemizole[29], cyproheptadine[30], fexofenadine[31], azatadine[32], cimetidine[33]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1555[34], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1555[35], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001025[36], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000434[37]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q137705818[38]
Why It Matters
urticaria has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] urticaria is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]