Hives are red, swollen lumps or welts that appear on your skin. Although hives are usually itchy, sometimes, they burn and sting too. Usually, hives appear when your skin is irritated. They can appear small, like mosquito bites, or wide-ranging, spanning through several inches of your skin...
Hives and angioedema are reactions of the skin to histamine and other chemicals such as bradykinin, leukotriene C4, and prostaglandin D2. These chemicals act on blood vessels and other tissues to produce the clinical signs of hives and angioedema. This process is often, although not always, due...
Red welts on your skin Itchy skin Welts that move around the body Hivesare red, itchy welts on your skin. They usually last for less than 24 hours and then show up in a different area. They can be very itchy and frustrating. There are many causes of hives. They include an allergic r...
Depending on how your body handles the bite, you could experience anything from no sensation tointense itchiness. That’s why a mosquito bite can lead to swollen welts in people that have amosquito biteallergy, and insignificant red bumps in others. ...