INTRODUCTION In spite of the impact on quality of life, little attention has been given to chronic urticaria. OBJECTIVE To describe the morbidity and features of urticaria and compare the results with the other allergic diseases included in this study. RESULTS Urticaria is the fourth most prevalent condition after rhinitis, asthma and drug allergy. Despite this position, the number of patie...

limited evidence has been obtained concerning the beneficial effects of autologous serum therapy in treatment of skin disorders particularly chronic urticaria. in the present study, we have assessed the effect of this treatment method in patients with chronic urticaria (cu). this randomized single-blind controlled trial was performed on fifty consecutive patients with chronic urticaria. the pat...

Introduction Urticaria and angioedema lasting more than 6 weeks have been designated as chronic urticaria (CU). It encompasses two major subtypes: chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) (previously known as chronic idiopathic urticaria) (CIU) and chronic inducible urticaria. CSU has been defined as wheals and/or angioedema that are endogenous and independent of any external physical stimulus. It a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequencies of serum antithyroglobulin and antimicrosomal autoantibodies in female patients with chronic urticaria, and the association between thyroid autoantibodies and chronic urticaria, if any. STUDY DESIGN Non-interventional, case-control analytic study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY This study was carried out by the Department of Physiology, Dow University of ...

BACKGROUND Chronic urticaria severely affects quality of life. To date, no gold standard has been established to measure the burden of suffering, which often correlates poorly with the skin symptoms observed in patients with chronic urticaria. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of psychological factors on the course of urticaria. METHODS Health-related quality of life was assessed in 95 pa...

Acupuncture has long been used to treat urticaria in the Asian world. Acute urticaria can be easily and effectively treated with acupuncture. L111 (Quchi), Sp10 (Xuehai), Sp6 (Sanyinjiao), and S36 (Zusanli) are the 4 acupuncture points most commonly prescribed. Chronic urticaria is a challenge for medical therapy. There are at least 6 kinds of acupuncture methods developed to overcome this chal...

The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Nursing care on patients with pressure urticaria. Delayed Pressure Urticaria is considered a rare disease,with clinical diagnosis different from classical urticaria, with possible systemic manifestations. Therefore, it is frequently underdiagnosed, even by specialists. In this article, the case of a patient with a typical history of press...