Urticaria

Urticaria

WHAT IS URTICARIA?

These are wheal like eruptions characterized by red, itchy, raised areas of skin that appear in varying shapes and sizes, each one characteristically lasts no longer than six to 12 hours.

CAUSES

• Unknown
• Allergic reaction to food, medication or insect sting.
• After physical exercise or exertion

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

• Red, very itchy, smoothly elevated areas of skin often with a blanched center.
• It can change size rapidly and disappear from one place and reappear at other places, often in a matter of hours.
• It flare up suddenly
  
  

It is useful to bring the photograph of the eruptions along because by the time you reach our clinic, the rash may disappear.

TREATMENT

We, a team of doctors at Homoeo Clinic, have been treating the patients with acute or chronic urticaria and achieving very good results.

The treatment for Urticaria may vary from cases to case - some requiring short-term whereas others requiring long term treatment. The duration of treatment depends on various factors such as the severity, duration and extent of the illness, nature of treatment taken for the same and general health of the patient.