Basophils in Chronic Urticaria

Acupuncture in the treatment of chronic Urticaria

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...

Psychological status in patients with chronic urticaria

 Abstract Background: Chronic urticaria (CU) is a common dermatological disease that induces a substantial burden on individuals’ life. Also if one’s self-image changes (which usually happen in patients with dermatological diseases), it leads to anxiety or other various symptoms. We aimed to compare the psychological scales in patients with CU with non-dermatological individuals with the purpos...

Chronic urticaria.

Chronic urticaria in children.

Chronic urticaria (CU) in children often is caused by physical triggers. It also can be associated with autoimmune disease, especially thyroid autoimmunity. Functional autoantibodies against FcepsilonRIalpha have been reported in children with CU but have not been studied in a systematic fashion. The autologous serum skin test has been proposed as a surrogate test to define the presence of thes...

Strongyloidiasis and chronic urticaria.

Introduction Strongyloides stercoralis (Bavay, 1876) is an important cosmopolitan helminth parasite. Human infection varies in regions throughout the world, being heavier in the tropics (Pessoa, 1972). The disease (Cochin China diarrhoea) varies also from mild intestinal discomfort to severe malabsorption syndromes and invasion of the peritoneal cavity and abdominal organs. Fatal cases have bee...