Antihistamine Drug for Pruritus of Jaundice

A Woman with Recent Jaundice and Pruritus

A middle-aged woman suffering from jaundice and pruritus that had begun a month previously was presented to a physician.At the first assessment, laboratory findings had revealed a cholestatic pattern and serologic tests for hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) were negative. Normal findings of abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan and endoscopic retrogr...

a woman with recent jaundice and pruritus

Accidental Poisoning with the Antihistamine Drug "Histantin"

Professor Hewer. I will ask Dr. Apley, who looked after this child, to give us the finical history. i PrJohn Apley. Let me first tell you about the family of this little girl, an only ?hild, who died in hospital three days before her first birthday. The father is a man in ftls early thirties, who owns a shop. The mother is a kind and pleasant woman of some ^venty years of age. They live in a sm...

Drug-induced pruritus: a review.

Pruritus is an unpleasant sensation that leads to scratching. In addition to several diseases, the administration of drugs may induce pruritus. It is estimated that pruritus accounts for approximately 5% of all skin adverse reactions after drug intake. However, to date there has been no systematic review of the natural course and possible underlying mechanisms of drug-induced pruritus. For exam...

Impact of drug therapy on brachioradial pruritus*

Few studies have described therapeutic options in brachioradial pruritus. We describe a cross-sectional study of brachioradial pruritus patients treated in an outpatient unit. We reviewed medical records and interviewed brachioradial pruritus patients without indication for decompressive surgery, in order to access the perceptions of intensity of pruritus prior to treatment and response to ther...