Dr.Shashikala Singhabout 8 years ago

Dermatographia

Dermatographia is a condition also known as skin writing. When people who have dermatographia lightly scratch their skin, the scratches redden into a raised wheal similar to hives. These marks usually disappear within 30 minutes. It can often be confused with an allergic reaction to the object causing the scratch, when in fact it is the act of being scratched that causes a wheal to appear. These wheals are a subset of urticaria (hives) that appear within minutes, in some cases accompanied by itching.