Causes of urticaria

The cause of urticaria is very complicated, but mainly due to local factors, being sensitive to irritating factors (sudden heat, cold, some foods, pollen, bacteria, fungi, helminths or due to increased secretion of choline). In addition, urticaria can be inherited. The occurrence of urticaria is caused by a hypersensitivity reaction between the antibodies available in the body when it encounters a foreign antigen. 

Symptom

Urticaria usually has 2 types, acute and chronic.

Acute urticaria usually occurs suddenly and appears on any part of the skin or mucous membranes of the body. The first appearance of papules is pink or red, edematous and very itchy. Itching is the most typical symptom of urticaria and it is the itching that makes patients very uncomfortable, especially young children (scratches a lot, fusses, stops feeding, stops eating, sleeps poorly...). The itch is very intense, the more you scratch, the more it itch. 

Not only that, chronic urticaria often occurs consecutively several times a week, a month or a year. Chronic urticaria has many different forms such as ring-shaped, streak-shaped, hemorrhagic, and vesicular.


The principles of treatment

When urticaria is suspected, it is advisable to seek medical attention as soon as possible for identification, treatment and prevention of complications. Using antihistamines, especially synthetic antihistamines, the treatment of allergic diseases, especially urticaria, is much more effective. However, which type to use for which subjects requires a specialist doctor's prescription.

Source: Life & Health Newspaper.