Montelukast: Chronic Urticaria

Paradoxical exacerbation of chronic urticaria by H1-antihistamines and montelukast.

Histamine is the main mediator of urticaria and H1-receptor antagonists represent the treatment of choice in all patients with chronic urticaria. Leukotriene receptor antagonists as montelukast have also been used in patients with chronic urticaria unresponsive to H1-antihistamines alone. We report a patient with chronic urticaria whose disease was paradoxically exacerbated by H1-antihistamines...

Oral montelukast monotherapy is ineffective in chronic idiopathic urticaria: a comparison with oral cetirizine.

operators, and data-entry typists have been reported to have these occupational marks. Years of repeated low-level friction on hands result in a condition known as chronic hypertrophic dermatosis of palms. Some special examples include ‘pulling boat hands’, rower’s rump, surfer’s or athlete’s nodules, fiddler’s neck, Garrod’s pads, harpists fingers, guitar nipple, cellist’s knee, flutist’s chin...

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...