Posts Tagged ‘Urticaire et réactions anaphylactoïdes’

Alcohol (OH) and the Skin – Urticaria and Anaphylactoid reactions (For professionals)

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Dr Christophe Hsu – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland Urticarial and anaphylactoid reactions reported to occur minutes after alcohol intake. May occur with anaphylactic symptoms reproductible with oral challenge with ethyl alcohol (=ethanol). may have genetic intolerance with defects in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes (Oriental flushing syndromes). Many though develop a reaction after red or white wine intake suggesting […]

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