{"id":1139,"date":"2017-06-05T06:57:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T06:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/dermatology\/urticaria\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"urticaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/dermatology\/urticaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Urticaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Differential diagnosis<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Acute\n<ul>\n<li>Allergies &#8211; foods, medicines<\/li>\n<li>Viral infections<\/li>\n<li>Physical stimuli &#8211; rubbing, chemicals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Chronic\n<ul>\n<li>Autoimmune<\/li>\n<li>Inducible<\/li>\n<li>Idiopathic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Others\n<ul>\n<li>Pemphigoid &#8211; blisters<\/li>\n<li>Eczema &#8211; dryness<\/li>\n<li>Dermatitis Herpetiformis &#8211; Coeliac disease, bowel symptoms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Data gathering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; mouth swelling, breathing problems<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; itchy, red, raised areas &#8211; self limit within minutes to hours<\/li>\n<li>Examine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods &#8211; FBC, U+E, LFT, TFTs, ESR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Explanation<\/li>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Lifestyle &#8211; avoid overheating, stress, alcohol, caffeine, medicaitons (NSAIDs, ACE-I)<\/li>\n<li>Medications &#8211; topical menthol 1%, antihistamines (high dose, sedative), PO steroids, immunosuppressants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Followup \/ Safety-net\n<ul>\n<li>Refer to dermatology &#8211; prick testing, IgE testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differential diagnosis Acute Allergies &#8211; foods, medicines Viral infections Physical stimuli &#8211; rubbing, chemicals Chronic Autoimmune Inducible Idiopathic Others Pemphigoid &#8211; blisters Eczema &#8211; dryness Dermatitis Herpetiformis &#8211; Coeliac disease, bowel symptoms &nbsp; Data gathering Red flags &#8211; mouth swelling, breathing problems Others &#8211; itchy, red, raised areas &#8211; self limit within minutes to hours &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/dermatology\/urticaria\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Urticaria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":442,"menu_order":181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1139\/revisions\/1708"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}