Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine
Chronic urticaria (CU) is a debilitating disease that considerably affects health-related quality of life. CU symptoms affect a wide range of daily activities, from personal care to sleep/rest, work performance, and social relationships. Physical and emotional functioning is subjectively impaired be...
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| description | Chronic urticaria (CU) is a debilitating disease that considerably affects health-related quality of life. CU symptoms affect a wide range of daily activities, from personal care to sleep/rest, work performance, and social relationships. Physical and emotional functioning is subjectively impaired beyond the severity of the actual disease symptoms. Chronic autoimmune urticaria is caused by anti-FcεRI and less frequently, by anti-immunoglobulin E autoantibodies. Chronic autoimmune urticaria has been found to be associated with autoimmune thyroid disease. A 38-year-old woman having more severe and difficult-to-control urticaria which was a diagnosed case of autoimmune urticaria by AIIMS, New Delhi, underwent vamana (therapeutic emesis) therapy and got satisfactory results. Assessment was done on UAS7 score which reduced from 42 to 0 after 3 months medication. Similarly, CU-Q2oL score reduced from 110 to 24 and Dermatology Life Quality Index score from 30 to 1. This is important because it was a rare case which was not responding to parenteral steroids and cyclosporine. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1402028b5f8a4707b1e245e93c969da42022-12-22T04:14:01ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAncient Science of Life0257-79412018-01-01381202510.4103/asl.ASL_195_17Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporinePushpa SharmaBrahmanand SharmaChronic urticaria (CU) is a debilitating disease that considerably affects health-related quality of life. CU symptoms affect a wide range of daily activities, from personal care to sleep/rest, work performance, and social relationships. Physical and emotional functioning is subjectively impaired beyond the severity of the actual disease symptoms. Chronic autoimmune urticaria is caused by anti-FcεRI and less frequently, by anti-immunoglobulin E autoantibodies. Chronic autoimmune urticaria has been found to be associated with autoimmune thyroid disease. A 38-year-old woman having more severe and difficult-to-control urticaria which was a diagnosed case of autoimmune urticaria by AIIMS, New Delhi, underwent vamana (therapeutic emesis) therapy and got satisfactory results. Assessment was done on UAS7 score which reduced from 42 to 0 after 3 months medication. Similarly, CU-Q2oL score reduced from 110 to 24 and Dermatology Life Quality Index score from 30 to 1. This is important because it was a rare case which was not responding to parenteral steroids and cyclosporine.http://www.ancientscienceoflife.org/article.asp?issn=0257-7941;year=2018;volume=38;issue=1;spage=20;epage=25;aulast=Sharmaasstautoimmune thyroiditiscaupañcakarmaśītapittaudarddavamana |
| spellingShingle | Pushpa Sharma Brahmanand Sharma Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine Ancient Science of Life asst autoimmune thyroiditis cau pañcakarma śītapitta udardda vamana |
| title | Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine |
| title_full | Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine |
| title_fullStr | Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine |
| title_short | Effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria: A nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine |
| title_sort | effect of vamana in chronic autoimmune urticaria a nonresponding case to steroids and cyclosporine |
| topic | asst autoimmune thyroiditis cau pañcakarma śītapitta udardda vamana |
| url | http://www.ancientscienceoflife.org/article.asp?issn=0257-7941;year=2018;volume=38;issue=1;spage=20;epage=25;aulast=Sharma |
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