How to treat urticaria?

Urticaria is too common in this season! If you are not careful, you will get nettles. The timing of this question is very appropriate. Today, I will tell you about the treatment of urticaria, especially acute urticaria.

The content of this article is extracted from the Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urticaria (2007 edition).

Treatment principles Urticaria is characterized by itching and rash, sometimes accompanied by abdominal pain, diarrhea and shortness of breath. Western medicine usually carries out antiallergic treatment and symptomatic treatment. In the process of treatment, it is most important to find the inducing factors and eliminate them. On the contrary, if you re-contact, urticaria will recur.

Find out the classification and then treat it! What is urticaria called? Rash? . It is a localized edema reaction caused by the expansion and permeability increase of small blood vessels in skin and mucosa. Therefore, whether it is acute urticaria or chronic urticaria, it must be caused by physical and chemical factors. The main reasons are food, drugs, infection, inhalants and so on. There are also some physical special urticaria, including cold and heat, stress, sunshine, exercise induction and so on.

The most important thing to understand is the stimulation of external environment, such as skin reaction caused by cold, heat, pressure and sunshine. It is recommended to avoid contact again. However, for many patients, it is difficult to completely avoid seizures. Special types of urticaria can be combined with different drugs. Urticaria caused by cold stimulation can be used such as cyproheptadine; Chloroquine can be used for solar urticaria; Stress urticaria can be treated with hydroxyzine.

The first choice of therapeutic drugs is drugs without sedative effect. These drug platforms are not recommended. Please consult a professional doctor. Because sedatives are more effective, they are mainly used to treat more serious urticaria. Vitamin c combined with calcium can reduce vascular permeability, and combined with the above drugs can enhance the curative effect; External use: calamine lotion can relieve itching in summer and emulsion can relieve itching in winter.

Pay attention to the medication time! The administration time should be adjusted according to the occurrence time; After the wheal is controlled, it is advisable to continue to use the medicine and gradually reduce it; When one drug is ineffective, two drugs can be used in combination or alternately.

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