Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare condition that causes fluid to build up throughout your body, triggering sudden and repeated serious swelling. This is the most common type and happens ...

Angioedema most often affects the lips, eyes, tongue, throat, arms, and legs. It is the swelling of the lower layer of tissue just under the skin or mucous membranes, where fluid builds and vessels ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic disorder that causes episodes of severe swelling throughout your body. It is caused by abnormal immune responses. But unlike allergic swelling ...

Dr Ruchi Gupta attended the AAAAI/WAO conference in San Diego, where she explored key updates in anaphylaxis, angioedema, and chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU). A major highlight was the ...

Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare disease characterized by localized and self-limited angioedema (AE) attacks. A local increase of bradykinin (BK) mediates AE attacks in HAE, however ...

6 Hereditary angioedema typically presents as recurrent episodes of nonpitting, nonpruritic edema affecting 3 main areas: subcutaneous tissue (face, upper or lower extremities, genitals ...

14 One support of this “cyclooxygenase theory” is the demonstration that pretreatment with leukotriene-receptor antagonists can block NSAID-induced urticaria and angioedema reactions. 14 In addition ...