Listen from Dr. R K Joshi about the overall management protocols that are required to be followed in Acute & Chronic urticaria
What is Urticaria?
Urticaria also known as hives is a common disorder which is characterized by the sudden onset of itchy wheals and/or angioedema. In urticarial the skin of the entire body or only a portion may be affected. The wheals may occur in response to certain stimuli (e.g. cold, pressure, or sunlight) or spontaneously.
Basically wheals have 3 characteristics
How Urticaria is present?
In Urticaria there are wheal formations which are lumpy, erythematous red lumps on the skin which stay only for 2-4 hours on the skin & disappear spontaneously but they do replace by new crop of these lesions so they come & go. In some patients they can be associated with deeper inflammation & reaction which is called as angioedema. When there is involvement of mucus membrane & respiratory tract that leads to severe anaphylactic reaction. This disease starts with few skin lesions to a fatality leading to respiratory choking.