Chronic hives
Mast-cell driven urticaria↓
Also searched as Mast-cell driven urticaria.
When hives stop being an event and become a state, the target shifts from avoiding a trigger to calming the cell that keeps firing.
In depth
Hives persisting beyond six weeks, driven by mast-cell activation rather than a passing allergen.
What it drives
It increases Calm under stress.
Pooling observational studies, patients with chronic urticaria had a significantly higher prevalence and severity of anxiety symptoms than controls, establishing that chronic urticaria raises anxiety burden. doi 10.3389/fmed.2020.00039 · PMID 32175322
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