Natalya Maltseva, a specialist at the city center of allergology and immunology at the City Clinical Hospital No. 52 in Moscow, told the Moscow Talk radio station that there was an increase in the number of people with hypersensitivity to cold in the world.

“An increase in the incidence has been recorded, and all over the world, not only in our northern country. People in Africa also get cold urticaria due to their demographics, ”she said.

According to Maltseva, in case of allergy to cold, the human body reacts to a low temperature or a cold object with which it came into contact. The uniqueness of this allergy lies in the fact that it can manifest itself even in the summer.

The most common symptom is urticaria, which appears as blisters on the skin. In the case of a more severe course, signs of angioedema - swelling of the skin - may appear. The least common is dermatitis and runny nose.

Earlier, the infectious disease doctor, chief physician of Invitro-Siberia, Andrei Pozdnyakov, said that seasonal allergies can be easily confused with COVID-19.

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