What is the treatment for hives?

Wheals are actually what we often call urticaria. This is a skin disease that is more common in babies. There are many causes of wheals, such as medication, seafood allergies, bacterial infection, etc. After the patient develops urticaria, the skin will have obvious discomfort symptoms, such as local edema, itching, small papules, erythema, etc., which are more common. Parents should pay more attention to their children's skin conditions. If any abnormal phenomena occur, they should find out the cause in time and then provide relevant care and treatment. Common treatment methods include drug therapy, nursing therapy, etc.

Treatment of urticaria

Symptoms of urticaria include itchy skin or various red spots. If the patient does not pay attention to treatment in time, more consequences will occur. Therefore, we must pay attention to it in our daily life, and at the same time learn various prevention and treatment methods.

Since the causes of urticaria vary, the treatment effects are also different. The specific treatment measures are as follows:

1. General treatment

1) Eliminate the cause: For each patient, efforts should be made to find the cause of the attack and avoid it; if it is caused by infection, the infected lesions should be actively treated; if it is caused by drugs, the allergic drugs should be discontinued; if it is caused by food allergies, after finding out the allergic food, do not eat this food again.

2) Avoid inducing factors: for example, for cold wheals, you should keep warm; for acetylcholine wheals, you should reduce exercise, sweating and mood swings; for contact wheals, you should reduce the chance of contact.

2. Drug treatment

1) Antihistamines: H receptor antagonists have strong anti-histamine and anti-other inflammatory mediator effects, and are effective in treating various types of urticaria. Doxepin is a tricyclic antidepressant that is particularly effective for chronic urticaria and has fewer adverse reactions. Doxepin is a better choice for patients with urticaria who are not responding to traditional antihistamines.

2) Drugs that inhibit mast cell degranulation and reduce histamine release: Metabuterol sulfate is a β2 adrenergic receptor stimulator that can increase the concentration of cAMP in the body, thereby inhibiting mast cell degranulation; ketotifen inhibits mast cell degranulation and prevents the release of inflammatory mediators by increasing the concentration of cAMP in the body; sodium cromoglycate can block the binding of antigens and antibodies and inhibit the release of inflammatory mediators; quinolones reduces the release of histamine by stabilizing the mast cell membrane.