Hives vs. Eczema — What's the Difference?

Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red, raised, itchy bumps. They may also burn or sting.

A noncontagious inflammation of the skin, characterized chiefly by redness, itching, and the outbreak of lesions that may discharge serous matter and become encrusted and scaly.

Itchy, swollen, red areas of the skin which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.

A non-contagious acute or chronic inflammation of the skin, characterized by redness, itching, and the outbreak of oozing vesicular lesions which become encrusted and scaly.

Plural of hive

(usually) atopic dermatitis

The croup.

(sometimes) dermatitis

An itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs

An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; - called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.

Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages