Acute and Chronic Urticaria: Evaluation and Treatment
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dermatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2021) | Viewed by 6934
Special Issue Editor
Interests: urticaria; angioedema; allergic diseases; asthma
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Dear Colleagues,
Urticaria is a disorder that still causes many problems in allergological and dermatological practice. In the pathophysiology of urticaria, various abnormalities should be taken into account. The symptoms of urticaria undoubtedly cause distress for the patients and have a detrimental influence on patients’ quality of life, even leading to the manifestation of emotional disturbances. Pruritus often disturbs the sleep cycle. Previous analyses demonstrated that urticaria patients are affected by psychiatric comorbidities. Recurrent angioedema, often coexisting with wheals, is an important problem in daily practice and emergency medicine and is one of the most important symptoms of urticaria.
Urticaria therapy has seen recent progress, connected not only with the effectiveness of antihistamines in increased doses and with the use of anti-IgE treatment but also with novel therapies. Assessing the response to treatment in CSU patients is absolutely essential for improving the quality of care. Nowadays, we have several tools to assess disease activity, impact, and control.
Additionally, the issue of urticaria in children and during pregnancy and lactation, along with comorbidities, is still not deeply explored.
In this Special Issue, we will focus on innovations and advancements in urticaria pathogenesis and management; we hope to provide more information that will be useful in future research as well as in daily practice.
Prof. Zenon Brzoza
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Urticaria
- Angioedema
- Pathogenesis
- Diagnostics
- Treatment
- Novelty
- Comorbidity