Device to determine cold contact urticaria and the individual threshold temperature for the patient
The device determines if a patient suffers from cold contact urticaria (CCU) and at what threshold temperature the symptoms occur. Cold contact urticaria is a form of physical urticaria, in which with contact of the skin with temperatures below skin temperature, symptoms like itching, burning wheals and/or angioedema will occur. The device can also detect heat contact urticaria (reaction to contact with temperatures above skin temperature). Cold contact urticaria however is the more frequent type.
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