How is urticaria treated in toddlers?

Urticaria in children is treated with a non-sedating antihistamine, such as cetirizine. This is not curative, but often controls the itch and the spread of weals until the urticaria settles on its own.

Is it normal to get hives everyday?

Regardless of what they look like, hives tend to appear and clear within a few hours. Some people have one flare-up and never get hives again. It’s also possible to have many flare-ups. If you continue to get hives daily or almost every day for six weeks or longer, you have chronic hives.

Can you get anaphylaxis from urticaria?

Anaphylaxis. Urticaria can be one of the first symptoms of a severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. Other symptoms of anaphylaxis include: swollen eyes, lips, hands and feet.

How to diagnose acute and chronic urticaria in children?

With chronic urticaria, or in acute cases if there are patient or parental concerns, a limited nonspecific workup including a complete blood count with differential, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and/or C-reactive protein testing, liver enzymes, and thyroid-stimulating hormone measurement can be considered to rule out underlying causes.

What are the treatment options for urticaria disease?

Management of urticaria is focused on treating the symptoms and typically is not altered by underlying etiology. The mainstay is avoidance of further exposure to the antigen causing urticaria. Pharmacologic treatment options include the following:

Is there a presumptive trigger for urticaria?

A presumptive trigger, such as a drug, food ingestion, insect sting, or infection, may be identifiable in patients with new-onset urticaria, although no specific cause is found in many cases, particularly when the condition persists for weeks or months. (See ‘Etiologies’ below.)

How is urticaria an autoimmune skin condition?

Urticaria, an autoimmune condition of the skin, affects an estimated 15% to 25% of the population, most commonly adults aged 30 to 50 years and with a higher frequency of occurrence in women than men. 1 Presenting as defined areas of pruritic wheals on the skin with surrounding edema, urticaria is often accompanied by angioedema. 2