chronic urticaria is defined as a skin disease with central induration (wheal) and erythema formation around it (flare) that appears at least twice a week and remains at least for 6 weeks continually. the incidence of urticaria in children is about 0.1-3%. most cases of chronic urticaria occur in children between 6-11 years. autoimmune and allergy immaturity is one of the reasons of lower incid...

Urticaria is a disorder characterized by rapid onset of localized swelling of the skin or mucosa, called wheals or urtica. According to frequency and duration, urticaria can be divided into acute and chronic type. Chronic urticaria is any type of urticaria occurring every day or twice per week, lasting longer than 6 weeks. Chronic urticaria is a common disorder and estimated prevalence is 1% of...

We report a case of chronic idiopathic urticaria associated with nodular goiter and Graves disease. The urticaria resolved with normalization of the thyroid function.

Urticaria, one of the most common dermatological disorders across the globe is characterized by itchy wheels with or without angioedema. The incidence of Urticaria in children is about 0.1% to 6% Chronic Urticaria is defined as a daily occurrence of spontaneous wheals, angioedema, or both for >6 weeks. The etiology of chronic Urticaria is multifactorial in children and it can be explored in 20%...

of the evidence on off-label doses of cetirizine for chronic urticaria ( hives) to. If higher than standard doses of antihistamines are to be considered, . Double-blind crossover study of high-dose cetirizine in cholinergic urticaria. Zuberbier T(1), Münzberger C, Haustein U, Trippas E, Burtin B, Mariz SD, Henz BM. Nov 10, 2011 . Urticaria (hives) is a common disorder that often presents with s...

Sir, Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU) is defined as the occurrence of wheals on most days for more than 6 weeks in the absence of any known causative or triggering agents (1). Most cases of chronic urticaria are classified as ‘idiopathic’, despite intense efforts to determine any aetiological factor, and require long-term treatment with H1-receptor antagonists, which are the first-line approa...

Chronic urticaria is defined as episodic or daily hives lasting for at least 6 weeks and impairs quality of life. Two main subtypes include chronic idiopathic (spontaneous) urticaria and inducible (physical) urticaria, but some patients have urticarial vasculitis. "Autoimmune chronic urticaria" implies the presence of histamine releasing or mast cell activating autoantibodies to IgE or FcϵRI, t...

In general population about 15-20% of subjects have suffered from one episode of urticaria-angioedema syndrome in their life. The etiology of his condition is various and multifactorial. In children the principal cause of acute urticaria is infection, while physical factors are the main agents of chronic urticaria. All those conditions which lack an etiology are named chronic idiopathic urticar...

helicobacter pylori, the most important cause of gastritis and peptic ulcer, has recently been associated with several extradigestive diseases. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection and effects of bacterium eradication in 50 patients affected by idiopathic chronic urticaria. helicobacter pylori was assessed by serology or biopsy and urease test or 1...

We have analysed the relationship of blood eosinophil count and serum eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) levels in patients with acute and chronic idiopathic urticaria. The ECP levels and eosinophil counts were measured in the peripheral blood of 15 patients with acute urticaria, 25 with chronic idiopathic urticaria and 10 normal healthy subjects. Blood eosinophil counts and serum ECP levels inc...