Add-on montelukast in antihistamine-resistant chronic idiopathic urticaria

Effects of Helicobacter Pylori Eradication on Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria

Background: Chronic idiopathic urticaria is defined as urticaria, which lasts for more than 8 weeks and has no apparent etiology. The aim of this study was to examine the causal role of Helicobacter pylori infection in chronic idiopathic urticaria. Methods: Fifty-six patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria and a negative response to skin prick test for common aeroallergens were selected. The...

Beneficial effect of sauna therapy on severe antihistamine-resistant chronic urticaria.

Chronic idiopathic urticaria treatment.

Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is a common skin condition that affects 0.1-3 % of people in the USA and Europe and accounts for nearly 75 % of all chronic urticaria cases. Up to 40 % of patients who have chronic urticaria for more than 6 months still have urticarial wheals 10 years later. The therapeutic management should first be oriented towards palliation of symptoms. A 2 % solution of e...

Usefulness of a short course of oral prednisone in antihistamine-resistant chronic urticaria: a retrospective analysis.

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of corticosteroids in antihistamine-resistant chronic urticaria (CU) is widely accepted although large studies on their use in this disease are lacking. OBJECTIVE To assess the proportion of patients with antihistamine-resistant CU that respond to a course of corticosteroids. METHODS We studied 750 adult patients with CU and prescribed a course of oral corticost...

Oral montelukast monotherapy is ineffective in chronic idiopathic urticaria: a comparison with oral cetirizine.

operators, and data-entry typists have been reported to have these occupational marks. Years of repeated low-level friction on hands result in a condition known as chronic hypertrophic dermatosis of palms. Some special examples include ‘pulling boat hands’, rower’s rump, surfer’s or athlete’s nodules, fiddler’s neck, Garrod’s pads, harpists fingers, guitar nipple, cellist’s knee, flutist’s chin...