Why Urticaria Treatments Are Not As Simple As We'd Want Them To Be

By Johnson Aimee


There are some five factors that make urticaria treatment a rather challenging undertaking in most cases. Although many people do not know what urticaria is, they are actually more familiar with its common name, which is 'hives'. And in fact at that level, it turns out to be a condition that many people have simply learnt to live with, after successful treatment became impossible to get.

Urticaria treatments become even more of a challenge primarily because of the fact that no specific causative agent could be identified as the cause of the condition. This is the first factor. Often, it is blamed to be one of those conditions that are difficult to figure out because it came out of a physiological malfunction. If only it were caused by one specific bug or pathogen, then it would be a matter of tracking down that bug and getting rid of it. That is a huge challenge, but a manageable one. Things are not as simple or straightforward when it comes to conditions that basically involve autoimmune reactions.

The fact that the condition called urticaria has multiple triggers is also another factor that makes its treatment difficult. There are cases where it seems to be manifesting when the predisposed folks are exposed to specific allergens. But it could also be triggered by causes other than allergies or allergy-related. One person can have urticaria and you would have a hard time finding out what causes the urticaria. You cannot expect to manage the condition and cure it if you don't know what is triggering the urticaria condition in the first place. This condition does not have universal treatments either. The key here would be to control those triggers, which is why it is important to first identify what they are exactly.

Third on the list of factors that prove urticaria treatments to be a challenge is how one person can be faced with more than one or two triggers for his urticaria condition . Identifying the trigger does not automatically mean you will be able to put a handle on it. It could be that once you were able to manage one trigger, there would be another one to take its place. Throughout the whole process, it would look as though the person would remain to have a tendency for urticaria. When it comes to the specific triggers, they can change ' even for the same person.

The fourth factor that makes the treatment of urticaria a rather challenging undertaking is the fact that it is a condition that can be misdiagnosed. When you think about it, this does not apply to urticaria alone. Erroneous clinical diagnosis is a stumbling block in all medical conditions.

Lastly, after being subjected to repeated and prolonged treatments, the body could actually start to resist the treatments and cease to become effective, thereby making the urticaria difficult to be healed or cured. Although a trigger has been identified in a patient and it has been managed, the manageability could only be for a limited period of time only.




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