Name
URTICARIA
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CLASSIFICATION : 1. IGE-DEPENDENT - SPECIFIC ANTIGEN SENSITIVITY ( POLLEN, FOODS, FUNGI, DRUGS, MOLDS, HYMENOPTERA, VENOM, HELMINTHS ) - PHYSICAL - DERMOGRAPHISM, COLD, SOLAR, CHOLINERGIC, VIBRATORY, EXERCISE RELATED - AUTOIMMUNE 2. BRADYKININ MEDIATED - HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA - C 1 INHIBITOR DEFICIENCY: NULL(TYPE 1 ) & DYSFUNCTIONAL ( TYPE 2 ) - ACQUIRED ANGIOEDEMA - C 1 INHIBITORY DEFICIENCY: ANTI-IDIOTYPE & ANTI-C 1 INHIBITOR - ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS 3. COMPLEMENT MEDIATED - NECROTIZING VASCULITIS - SERM SICKNESS - REACTIONS TO BLOOD PRODUCTS 4. NONIMMUNOLOGIC - DIRECT MAST CELL-RELEASING AGENTS ( OPIATES, ANTIBIOTICS, CURARE, D-TUBOCURARINE, RADIOCONTRAST MEDIA ) - AGENTS THAT ALTER ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM ( ASPIRIN & NSAIDS, AZO DYES & BENZOATES ) 5. IDIOPATHICOTHER TEST : * SKIN TEST * ASSAY FOR ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IGE IN SERUM
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
ABSOLUTE EOSINOPHIL COUNT, STOOL ROUTINE, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT