Urticaria/Hives: The Search Continues for Causes
'It's a puzzle and we're constantly trying to fit the pieces together'
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'It's a puzzle and we're constantly trying to fit the pieces together'
People with a condition called aquagenic urticaria break out in hives after contact from water.
A woman named Tessa Hansen-Smith regularly shares on social media the details of her rare allergy to water — she breaks out in hives if she comes into contact with it. Here's what to know.
Tessa Hansen-Smith, 25, is raising awareness about aquagenic urticaria, a condition in which people break out in hives after they come into contact with water.
Risk increased with severity of atopic dermatitis across both groups, cohort study shows