Skin Care

Written By Meghan Belnap / Reviewed By Ray Spotts

Certain skin conditions can affect people from all walks of life and cause a variety of unpleasant symptoms. By learning how to recognize these skin conditions, you’ll be able to seek faster treatment for yourself or a loved one to keep the problems from getting worse.

If you’ve ever broken out in hives, you know just how uncomfortable it is. This form of rash, medically known as urticaria, can be unsettling at first, especially if you don’t know what caused it to come on.

Hives can appear on any part of the body. They are red or flesh covered, often round or disc-shaped, and often change shape, move around, disappear and reappear over short periods of time.

Hives, both acute and chronic, are treated with antihistamines, oral and topical. The most effective management is to identify what triggered the hives, then avoid or eliminate the triggers.