Chronic urticaria and osteoporosis

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...

Acute and Chronic Urticaria: Prevalence, Etiologies, Diagnosis, and Treatment

 Urticaria is a pruritic skin lesion characterized by rapid onset of blanchable central wheals and marginal flare. Urticaria diseases are categorized on the basis of their duration, etiology, and causes. In this review, a thorough search was conducted in electronic databases such as Scopus, Pubmed, and Google Scholar using the following keywords: urticaria, acute urticaria, chronic urticaria, e...

Chronic urticaria.

The Relationship Between Serum Interleukin-6 Level and Chronic Urticaria

Background: The immunologic profile of chronic urticaria is not only important for diagnostic purposes, but also for therapeutic approaches. This study evaluated the serum levels of Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) and Interferon-ϒ (IFN-ϒ) in patients with chronic urticaria to find a biomarker.Materials and Methods: Forty-one patients with chronic urticaria referring to the...

The Relationship between Chronic Urticaria and Helicobacter pylori Infection

Chronic urticaria is a prolonged disease with unknown etiology and management.in order to determine the association of helicobacter pylori(H.pylori) infection with chronic urticaria,a case-control study was carried out in this regard 95 chronic urticaria patients without any underlying etiology and 190 healthy individuals who were matched for age and sex were evaluated by-anti-H.pylori IgG dete...