Urticaria is a heterogeneous group of disorders, especially acute urticaria and angiooedema can be a medical emergency. This paper summarizes the EAACI/GA(2)LEN/EDF/WAO guidelines, the most recent international guidelines from 2009. Patients with urticaria are often not diagnosed and treated appropriately and the guidelines state that clinicians should always aim to provide complete symptom rel...

BACKGROUND Cholinergic urticaria is a type of physical urticaria characterized by heat-associated wheals. Several reports are available about cholinergic urticaria; however, the clinical manifestations and pathogenesis are incompletely understood. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of cholinergic urticaria in Korea. METHODS We performed a ret...

This evidence- and consensus-based guideline was developed following the methods recommended by Cochrane Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development Evaluation (GRADE) working group. The conference held on 1 December 2016. It is a joint initiative Dermatology Section European Academy Allergology Clinical Immunology (EAACI), EU-founded network excellence, Global Allergy Asthma Network (GA...

Background Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria is considered to be an autoimmune phenomenon in half of the total cases. Autologous serum skin test a simple screening for presence auto-antibodies chronic urticaria. Significant impairment quality life have been observed autologous positive There are limited literatures on spontaneous urticaria, and associated Dermatology Life Quality Index Nepal till d...

carefully for the possibility of filarial infection giving rise to giant urticaria. Though as yet no relationship has been established between filariasis and giant urticaria, one important result of this investigation which lasted over the period 1926 to 1929 was the definite finding of the relationship of urticaria to filarial infection. During this period, we have observed several characteris...

Background: Urticaria is very common and most of the current treatments are only partially successful. Objective: As the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of chronic urticaria has not been studied in Iran, we decided to do this study. Patients and Methods: In a randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial, 40 patients with chronic urticaria referred to skin clinics of Isfahan Univ...

3. Maibach H.J., Johnson H.L. Contact urticaria syndrome. Contact urticaria to diethyltoluamide. Arch Dermatol 1975;111:726-730. 4. Miller JD. Anaphylaxis associated with insect repellent. N Engl J Med. 1982;307(21):1341—2. 5. Von Mayenburg J, Rakoski J. Contact urticaria to diethyltoluamide. Contact Dermatitis. 1983;9(2):171. 6. Vozmediano JM, Armario J, Gonzalez-Cabrerizo A. Immunologic conta...

We present a case of urticaria caused by antihistamines in a patient with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) sensitivity. A 35-year-old man experienced, on 2 separate occasions, immediate generalized urticaria during treatment with ibuprofen and naproxen, respectively. A single-blind, placebo-controlled oral challenge (SBPCOC) with piroxicam was carried out, and resulted in urticaria a...

Background: The etiology of urticaria is recognized only in a minority of cases. Allergies to a wide variety of agents have been suspected, as well as hyper reactivity to food additives or drugs. Recently, autoimmune reaction to immunoglobulin E (IgE) and later to high-affinity IgE receptors on mast cells has been reported. The aim of this study was to show elevated serum IgE levels in the pati...

BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of chronic urticaria is incompletely understood. There is growing interest in the role of the coagulation cascade in chronic urticaria. We aimed to assess the possible activation of the coagulation cascade in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) in relation to disease severity and activity. METHODS This study was conducted on 30 patients with active CSU and 30 appar...