Talk:Urticaria

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Contents 1 Types 2 Treatments 3 Picture 4 Sources 5 Pronunciation 6 add this somewhere somehow

[edit] Types

Pressure also

The layout of this section confuses two orthogonal issues. Urticaria can be acute or chronic. By the definition I'm working from, an acute case is one with a duration less than 6 weeks, and a chronic case is longer than that. Separate from duration, the symptoms can be differentiated based on cause (e.g. physical, contact, infections, etc.). --Ipsuid 01:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Treatments

"The most recently proposed allergen is long-term accumulation of laundry detergent residues in the skin." This sounds kind of quack-ish... is there any evidence of it?

Mwah. It's possible. JFW | T@lk 20:31, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

I spent a few minutes researching in medical journals, and couldn't come up with any studies showing this. I might not have looked hard enough. There is a class of Urticaria that is caused by contact with substances (Contact Urticaria), so it is conceivable that a procedure like this may provide relief for some. But I think that this paragraph may need to be reworked a bit. --Ipsuid 01:10, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I was prescribed prednisone for chronic hives and angioedema by an allergist (after Zyrtec, Tagamet, Allegra, etc. had no effect), and it was the only treatment that seemed to work. Should prednisone / corticosteroids in general be added to the treatment section? I have no formal sources or citations, I'm afraid... --Dirk Gently 16:13, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, I put it there now. Hopefully someone has some sources for all this stuff. (And just for the record, the laundry detergent bit does sound quack-ish.) --Dirk Gently 15:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

How about getting a picture that complies with the description? I don't see any red in the current one. Twilight Realm 01:29, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... do you think this picture (http://www.ceruleantown.com/albums/album32/DSCN1287.jpg) is any better? It is a pic I took, I could upload it here... Emmyceru 14:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and forgot to mention, that was induced by an antibiotic, similar to the picture that is already in the article. Emmyceru 14:48, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

There is a lot of medical information and claims about treatment that should be cited. - Victah 10:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree, these treatments should be cited or removed. The one cited above as 'quackish' has some real red flag pseudo-technical language.

[edit] Pronunciation

How is "urticaria" pronounced?

Assuming my doctor had it right (and that I can remember it from about a decade back), "er-ti-CARE-ear". First syllable as in the word "earth". Second as in "tick", third as in the verb to care, fourth as in the things on the side of your head you hear with. BigHaz 03:45, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I've always heard it to be pretty much the same, but ending in a two-syllable "ia", like it's spelled. Could be regional, though. --Dirk Gently 20:15, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] add this somewhere somehow

Found this chunk in another atricle (Contact dermatitis):

"Contact urticaria is another form of allergic reaction. Its mechanism is classified as Type I allergy, and is different in nature to ACD in the toxins responsible, the toxicolgical mechanism and, more importantly, the time scale overwhich the reaction occurs. As mentioned previously, ACD requires both sensitisation and elicitation, whereas Type I reactions only require a single exposure to the allergen. Contact urticaria manifests itself as small itching wheals (ESCD 2006) which disappear soon after appearing. It has been shown that natural rubber along with other animal proteins trigger this form of contact dermatitis. The molecules associated with this condition are large molecular weight antigens and must therefore usually be aided by some form of previous skin irritation or damage to traverse the skin barrier.

As with other forms of contact dermatitis, the reactions occur at the site of contact with the chemical, and in this way differentiate themselves from other forms of eczema. However, unlike with some other forms of contact dermatitis, urticaria appears to have a genetic aspect to it, with atopic individuals being more susceptible due to their raised allergen-specific IgE plasma levels."

V medical a bit hard to read but could do with more flow and adding whats relevant to the article. whaddya think? relevant anybody? Knowsitallnot 06:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)