It causes hives that come and go unexpectedly. You probably wonder why you get them and what to do about them. There’s no clear cause of chronic spontaneous urticaria, or chronic hives, but you and your doctor can manage it. “When I diagnose a patient with CSU, the first thing I ...
The pathogenesis of spontaneous CU has long remained a mystery, with food allergy, intolerance to food additives and chronic infections having been indicated as the main causes of the disease. The demonstration of histamine releasing autoantibodies in the serum of CU patients led to consider it of...
Hydroxyzine, a first-generation histamine H1 receptor antagonist used for the symptomatic control of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), was suggested as an alternative treatment option for panic disorder [14]. Additionally, it was reported that panic disorder was treated with the antihistamine ...
BACKGROUND: Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a mast cell-driven disease that is defined as the recurrence of wheals, angioedema, or both for >6 weeks due to known or unknown causes. As of yet, disease diagnosis is purely clinical. Objective tools are needed to monitor the activity of...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is a very common skin condition that causes considerable suffering and is often poorly responsive to drug treatment regimens. Most clinicians accept that multiple factors play a role in the aetiology of CSU, but there is a widespread reluctance to accept a signif...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) comes with gut dysbiosis, but its relevance remains elusive. Here we use metagenomics sequencing and short-chain fatty acids metabolomics and assess the effects of human CSU fecal microbial transplantation, Klebsiella
Chronic spontaneous urticaria, or CSU, is the medical term for chronic hives that have no known cause.1,2 Read on to learn more about CSU. By the Numbers Causes and Symptoms Living with CSU Seek Help from an Allergist If you or someone you know is suspected of having CSU, you can ...
CSU is a chronic inflammatory skin disease driven in part by type-2 inflammation, which causes sudden and debilitating hives and recurring itch. The disease is typically treated with H1 antihistamines, medicines that target H1 receptors on cells to control symptoms of urticaria, but i...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria: from the hunt for causes and pathogenesis to the identification of different endotypes. Summary\nThe hunt for the causes and pathogenic mechanisms involved in chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) has engaged clinicians and scientists for decade... R Asero,A Tedeschi - ...
Chronic spontaneous urticaria (CU) is associated with activation of the acute phase response (APR). Nevertheless, APR-associated proteins have not been well characterized as potential biomarkers of the disease severity. To assess the pattern of complemen