Cholinergic urticaria
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What is cholinergic urticaria?
Cholinergic urticaria is characterized by a hypersensitive response in the skin as a result of the body increasing in temperature (passively or actively), or the precipitating release of sweat.
Common symptoms reported by people with cholinergic urticaria
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Redness of skin (erythema)
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Nothing reported yet
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Treatments taken by people for cholinergic urticaria
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Data from patients with cholinergic urticaria, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Compare treatments taken by people with cholinergic urticaria
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Perceived effectiveness
for cholinergic urticaria (1 evaluation)
Side effects
constant tiredness
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
cholinergic urticaria
(1)
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- None
Data from patients with cholinergic urticaria, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.
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Who has cholinergic urticaria on PatientsLikeMe?
- 0 new patients joined this month
- 37 say cholinergic urticaria is their primary condition
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 2 | |
| 20s | 20 | |
| 30s | 15 | |
| 40s | 13 | |
| 50s | 4 | |
| 60s | 1 | |
| 70+ | 1 |
| Age at first symptom | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| 0-19 years | 11 | |
| 20-29 years | 5 | |
| 30-39 years | 2 | |
| 40-49 years | 3 | |
| 50-59 years | 0 | |
| 60-69 years | 1 | |
| 70+ years | 1 |
Distribution of sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 33 | |
| Female | 23 |
| Diagnosis status | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnosed | 20 | |
| Not Diagnosed | 4 |
These charts show data from cholinergic urticaria patients who have completed their condition history
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