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Urticaria & Angioedema Management
Sanjay Ghosh, Saurav Kundu
CHAPTER 1:
Urticaria
Definition
History
Epidemiology
Etiopathogenesis
Histaminergic
Non-Histaminergic
Classification
Quality of Life
Clinical Features
Acute Urticaria (Figs 1.10 to 1.12)
Systemic Symptoms Associated with Acute Urticaria
Triggering Factors of Acute Urticaria
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Chronic Urticaria (Fig. 1.13)
Clinical Features
Triggering Factors of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria
Recognized Association of Chronic Urticaria
Autoimmune Urticaria
Symptomatic Dermographism
Triggering Factor
Clinical Features
Delayed Pressure Urticaria
Clinical Features
Heat and Cold Urticaria
Types of Cold Urticaria (based on cold stimulation test)
Pathogenesis
Clinical Features (Fig. 1.19)
Diagnosis
Prognosis
Solar Urticaria
Pathogenesis
Diagnosis
Cholinergic Urticaria (Fig. 1.20)
Pathogenesis
Clinical Features
Disease Associations of Cholinergic Urticaria
Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis
Exercise induced Anaphylaxis (EIA)
Diagnosis
Vibratory Urticaria
Contact Urticaria
Immunologic Contact Urticaria
Immunological Contact Urticaria: Common Inducers
Non-Immunologic Contact Urticaria
Diagnosis
Urticarial Vasculitis (Figs 1.23 to 1.25)
Types
Clinical Features
Investigations
Differential Diagnosis
Diagnosis of Acute Urticaria
Diagnosis of Chronic Urticaria
Recommended Tests
Clinical Approach in a Case of Lesions with Hives (Fig. 1.29)
Test for Autoantibodies
Additional Blood Tests
Tests for Physical Urticaria
Tests for Contact Urticaria
Diagnosis in Children
Annexure
Urticaria Diet
Patient should be Informed About
Urticaria Activity Score (UAS)
Urticaria Control Test
CHAPTER 2:
Angioedema
Definition
Etiopathological Classification
Pathophysiology
Hereditary Angioedema (Figs 2.1 and 2.2)
Acquired Angioedema
Drugs Causing Angioedema
NSAID Induced Angioedema (Fig. 2.3)
ACE I Induced Angioedema (Fig. 2.4)
Angioedema with Eosinophilia
Episodic Angioedema with Eosinophilia
Nonepisodic Angioedema with Eosinophilia
Clinical Features
Investigations
Angioedema Activity Score (AAS)
CHAPTER 3:
Urticarial Syndromes
Familial
Familial Urticarial Syndromes
Nonfamilial Autoinflammatory Diseases
Nonfamilial Autoinflammatory Diseases
CHAPTER 4:
Management
Acute Urticaria
Acute Urticaria: Differentiation from Anaphylaxis
Treatment of Acute Urticaria
Chronic Urticaria
Monitoring
Quality of Life
Determining the Threshold/Nature of Eliciting Factors
Basic Approach
Avoidance of Triggers
Drugs
Physical Stimuli
Infectious Agents and Inflammatory Processes
Approach in a Case of Urticaria
Algorithmic Approach
Reduction of Functional Autoantibodies
Dietary Management
Role of Specific IgE/Skin Prick Test
Role of Pseudoallergen-free Diets
Inducing Tolerance
Symptomatic Pharmacological Treatment
Advantages of Treatment by Second Generation of Antihistamines
Up-dosing of Antihistamines
Therapeutic Possibilities for Antihistamines Refractory Patients
Omalizumab (anti-IgE)
Cyclosporin
Leukotriene Antagonists
Topical Corticosteroids
Systemic Corticosteroids
Phototherapy
Mycophenolate Mofetil
Treatment of Special Populations
Angioedema
CHAPTER 4:
Bibliography
INDEX
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