Artificial urticaria

Artificial urticaria is a common skin disease. Simply put, it is an allergic reaction of the skin surface to the outside world. It is also called skin scratch urticaria. It is widespread and can affect men, women, young and old. Moreover, artificial urticaria can occur alone and sometimes occur together with other urticaria. Patients will constantly scratch the skin with wheals because of the itchiness, which will cause bumps on the surrounding skin.

There are many reasons for artificial urticaria, mainly due to external stimuli, the body's super reaction, and various infections can also cause this disease, such as viral infection, bacterial infection, parasitic infection, etc. The following introduces how to treat artificial urticaria:

1. Antihistamines

First-generation antihistamines are helpful for people whose sleep is affected by urticaria because of their drowsiness and sedation effects. Second-generation antihistamines not only have antagonistic effects, but also can act as inverse agonists and are often used in the treatment of chronic urticaria. The cause of chronic urticaria is difficult to find, the pathogenesis is complex, and antihistamines alone cannot control it. Depending on the condition, H2 receptor antagonists such as ranitidine can be added at the same time, or drugs that stabilize mast cell membranes such as tropanax notoginseng can be added and used in combination. To prevent drug resistance from long-term use of antihistamines, different types of drugs can be used when certain drugs are ineffective. For patients with controlled chronic urticaria, a gradual reduction in dosage or even discontinuation of medication is adopted to maintain remission.

2. Glucocorticoids.

3. Use of immunosuppressants

Due to the high incidence of side effects, it is generally not recommended for the treatment of urticaria. Cyclosporine A can be used to treat autoimmune chronic urticaria. Intravenous immunoglobulin can be used for 5 consecutive days to treat severe autoimmune urticaria. Other immunosuppressants such as methotrexate and cellcept can also be used for autoimmune urticaria.

4. Drugs that reduce blood vessel wall permeability

Such as vitamin C and calcium supplements, which are often used together with antihistamines.

5. Antibiotics

If the disease is caused by infection, appropriate antibiotics can be used.

Of course, artificial urticaria with mild symptoms does not require drug treatment and can generally recover on its own. It is relatively easy to diagnose artificial urticaria, but it is indeed difficult to find out the cause. Only by finding the cause can we stay away from adverse factors and avoid sources of infection so that we can recover. We can also use the above-mentioned drug treatment methods to restore physical fitness faster, enhance the body's resistance, and avoid suffering from artificial urticaria again.