Urticaria may be acute or chronic. As opposed to acute urticaria, chronic urticaria is defined by recurrent episodes occurring at least twice a week for 6 weeks (Grattan, Sabroe, & Greaves ...

Short-term prophylactic antihistamine treatment prior to trigger exposure is also useful in patients with chronic inducible ...

Cholinergic urticaria (also called cholinergic angioedema or heat bumps) is a reaction that results in tiny hives surrounded ... on an as-needed basis. Other treatments for CU include leukotriene ...

Every year, on October 1st, is World Urticaria Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about urticaria, commonly known as ...

Novartis is just months away from filing for approval of oral BTK inhibitor remibrutinib as a treatment for chronic spontaneous urticaria – also known as chronic hives – after reporting long ...

3 While second-generation H1-antihistamines are standard therapy for both acute and chronic urticaria, some patients need additional treatment to find relief. A new study investigates whether ...

A little over a year ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with an itchy scalp. I didn’t give it much thought, assuming ...

From the perspective of society, treatment with levocetirizine was cost saving, with a net gain of €91.93 per patient per month. Conclusion: Treating chronic idiopathic urticaria with ...

Sanofi and Regeneron’s blockbuster drug Dupixent successfully treated patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria ... After six months of treatment, those on Dupixent had an 8.64-point reduction ...

“Patients with uncontrolled chronic spontaneous urticaria experience debilitating itch and hives that appear without ... Overall rates of treatment emergent adverse events (AEs) were 53% for ...