COLD ALLERGY

Cold Urticaria is an allergy to the cold. Not good if you are Canadian. According to Karen Binkley, a Toronto allergist and clinical immunologist at St. Michael’s and Sunnybrook hospitals cold Urticaria is a condition where people will get hives when exposed to the cold. However, she adds, “It’s not really that common. I would probably see a few cases per year.”

The cure – not to be glib, keep warm.

Photo – by Matthew Henry