Diagnosis of urticaria

Diagnosis of urticaria

Acute urticaria do not need extensive diagnostic procedures. Urticaria activity score is a useful tool for evaluation of urticaria. Complete blood count, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C reactive protein are important investigations for diagnosis of infections in...
Diagnosis of urticaria

Chronic spontaneous urticaria – An autoimmune disease?

The identification of the causes of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is difficult. The recognition of functional autoantibodies against FcεRI and/or against IgE in some patients with CSU led to the concept of autoimmune etiology of the disease. Clinical and...