Cholinergic urticaria

Generality

Cholinergic urticaria is a skin disorder that occurs in response to a hot thermal stimulus and therefore does not depend on allergic causes.

Due to this characteristic, "cholinergic urticaria belongs to the group of so-called" physical urticaria ", that is a set of pathologies (both localized and generalized) that occur in the skin and mucous membranes following physical stimuli of different types (thermal , mechanical or electromagnetic radiation).
It is quite common for patients with cholinergic urticaria to also suffer from other forms of physical urticaria, sometimes triggered by stimuli of the same nature. Therefore, it is not impossible that a patient with cholinergic urticaria could suffer from cold urticaria, pressure urticaria or aquagenic urticaria at the same time.
Treatment of cholinergic urticaria - although in some cases it is not necessary - involves the administration of antihistamines. However, as with many other conditions, prevention remains the best cure currently available.