Admission rates for urticaria more than doubled while almost twice as many people were hospitalised for angio-oedema.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Severe allergies 'rising sharply'

Another 18% were admitted for food allergies, with the remaining 17% admitted for angio-oedema - deep swelling underneath the skin, often around the eyes and lips, and sometimes on hands and feet.

BBC: NEWS | Health | Severe allergies 'rising sharply'