pressure urticaria

pressure urticaria
a type of physical urticaria with pain, occurring hours after local pressure on the skin, usually on the feet after walking or on the buttocks after sitting; the exact mechanism behind the reaction and why it is delayed is not clear. Called also delayed pressure u.

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