Urticaria is the skin rash caused by a reaction to a certain food, medicine, chemicals or other irritants. It is also known as hives.
- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA
- CAUSES OF URTICARIA
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF URTICARIA
- DIAGNOSIS OF URTICARIA
- TREATMENTS FOR URTICARIA
- PROGNOSIS OF URTICARIA
- COMPLICATIONS OF URTICARIA
- URTICARIA AND AYURVEDA
- NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF URTICARIA
- PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA
- SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF URTICARIA
- LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA
- AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF URTICARIA
- CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR URTICARIA
- AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR URTICARIA
- COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR URTICARIA
- HOME REMEDIES FOR URTICARIA
- DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR URTICARIA
- YOGA FOR URTICARIA
- RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF URTICARIA
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA
- Itching
- Redness
- Swelling (wheals)
- Most commonly occur in extremities and face
CAUSES OF URTICARIA
- Allergy to certain food items like egg, shellfish, wheat products, peanut
- Certain medications
- Chemicals
- Irritants
- Stress
- Scratching
- Exposure to sunlight
- Pollens
- Insect bite
- Increased body temperature
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF URTICARIA
In urticaria high levels of histamine and other chemical messengers to be released in the skin when exposing to the causative factors. These substances cause the blood vessels in the affected area of skin to open up and become leaky leads to redness and swelling.
DIAGNOSIS OF URTICARIA
· Proper history taking
· Physical examinations
· ESR count
· Liver function test
· Thyroid function test
· Other blood investigations to find out underlying pathology
TREATMENTS OF URTICARIA
· Anti-inflammatory drugs
· Antihistamines
· Anti-itch medications
PROGNOSIS OF URTICARIA
Acute urticaria is typically self-limited and resolves with proper avoidance of triggers.
COMPLICATIONS OF URTICARIA
- Angioedema
- Affects the person’s quality of life
URTICARIA AND AYURVEDA
- In Ayurveda, treatment of urticaria is based on ‘Udarda chikilsa’.
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF URTICARIA
- Virudhahara – unwholesome diet
- Excess vitiation of dosha
- Suppression of natural urges
- Defect in digestion – Agni mandyam
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA
- Skin rashes
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF URTICARIA
Due to the causative factors, doshas become vitiated with the predominance of kapha dosha, resides in the skin and finally udarda is manifested.
LAKSHANA – AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA
- Skin itching – kandu
- Swelling – sopha
- Redness – raga
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF URTICARIA
- Symptoms are manageable with proper ayurvedic management
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR URTICARIA
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR URTICARIA
- Haridrakhanta
- Patolakaturohinyadi kashaya
- Nimbamrita asavam
- Tribhuvana keerthi rasa
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES TREATMENT FOR URTICARIA
Ayurvedic medicines for internal administration for urticaria
- Haridrakhanta
- Patolakaturohinyadi kashaya
- Amritarajanyadi Kashayam
- Arogyavardhini Ras
- Nimbamrita asavam
- Tribhuvana keerthi rasa
HOME REMEDIES FOR URTICARIA
- Cold application
- Bath with anti-itch solutions
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR URTICARIA
- Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like cold and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume easily digestible food items, gruels.
- Avoid irritants
- Avoid wheat products, shellfish etc
YOGA FOR URTICARIA
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and effective in stress-induced urticaria
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
- The practices of shatkriya or yogic cleansing techniques purify the body
RESEARCH PAPERS OF AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF URTICARIA
1. Ayurvedic management of chronic idiopathic urticaria – A case report
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