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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Hives
are an inflammatory |
They
can be small red spots or |
Massage
is systemically contrain- |
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skin
reaction to an allergen |
large
wheals that are warm to the |
dicated
in the acute stage and |
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or
emotional stressor. |
touch
and itchy. They generally |
locally
contraindicated in the |
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subside
within a few hours. |
subacute
stage of hives. By |
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bringing
even more circulation |
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to
the skin, massage would only |
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make
a bad situation worse. |
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