Clinico - etiological study of chronic Urticaria and the role of autologous serum skin test in the diagnosis of chronic idiopathic Urticaria
Journal Title: Perspectives In Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Urticaria is a common pruritic skin disorder that affects 15 to 25% of individuals at some point of their life time. It is one of the most frustrating problem to the affected victim because it produces severe physical and emotional distress. Likewise, it poses a serious therapeutic dilemma to the attending dermatologist because of its chronicity and refractory nature of lesions to the treatment Material and Methods:A total number of one hundred patients of either sex with history suggestive of chronic urticaria reporting to the out patient clinic of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology (DVL) department during the period of two years from April 2009 to March 2011, constituted the subjects for the present study. Results: The patients were in the age group of 11-65 years with maximum number (33%) being in the 21-30 years age group. Females (66%) outnumbered the males (34%) in the series. Majority of the patients (53%) belonged to the urban area and were literate (91%) . Duration of the disease varied from 6 weeks to 5 years and the most commonly observed was from 1-2 years. 58% of the patients had only Urticaria and the remaining 42% had Urticaria and angioedema Conclusion: From the present study, it is concluded that the etiology is not clear in large number of patients and hence labelled as chronic idiopathic urticaria. Autologous serum skin test (ASST) constitutes one of the important screening test for autoimmune urticaria.
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Swetha Reddy
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