Urticaria en Neuquén. Dra Laura Vega. Trabajo de investigación presentado y publicado en GUF 2016, Berlín, Alemania.

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• Publié par: danielfinzi
• Publié le: 23 mai 2017
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Urticaria in Neuquén, Argentina: Seven Years Experience in Allergy Clinic. 1 2 3 Laura Vega , Marcelo Escobar and Federico Olivero 1- MD, Allergy Specialist, Medical Geography Dept, Geography, Comahue National [e-mail] 2- Biologist, Medical Geography Dept, Geography, Comahue National University 3- Maths Professor, Maths Dept, Comahue National University

Introduction

From May 2009 until December 2015, 197 people consulted for Urticaria in our External Allergy Clinic. Our city, Neuquén with its surrounding area has 500.000 inhabitants. External Allergy Clinic works twice a week.

Material and Methods

All patients had in detail physical examen, in detail anamnesis, and complementary laboratory, such as complete blood formulae, erythrocyte sedimentation, glycaemia, Antistreptolysin (ASO), throat culture for Beta Haemolytic Streptococcus, liver enzymes, arthritis test, anti DNA antibodies, urinary analysis, urine culture and other tests according to urticaria subtypes.

Statistical analysis: GNU-PSPP Statistical Program was utilized, psppire 0.7.9 version. The chi square test was employed for each one of variables in the spontaneous urticaria cases, (87.33% of patients). A P value ≤0.05 was considered significant.

Results

Spontaneous Urticaria and Other

We could not find any significancy for searched variables.

Prevalent urticaria was spontaneous.

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Spontaneous and Other Urticarias

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Spontaneous urticaria was Acute and Chronic Urticaria is considered chronic when lasts 6 weeks or more. 120 96 100 76 80 60 40 20 0

Spontaneous urticaria, acute and chronic were accompanied with angioedema in different % Acute Spontaneous Urticaria: with and without Angioedema 60 54 50 40 30 22 20 10 0

Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: with and without Angioedema 90 79 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 17 10 0

Female sex was prevalent in both, acute and chronic spontaneous urticaria.

Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Sex Acute Spontaneous Urticaria : Sex

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Chronic and acute urticaria by age:youngest patient, 2 years old, oldest one, 79 years old.

Spontaneous Urticaria by age , % chronic and acute : 0-9, 10-19,20-39, 40 and more (years) 100%

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Acute

 Skin simultaneous disorders: Psoriasis, other co- existent urticaria subtypes, atopic dermatitis, allergy to mosquito stings, dry skin, recidivant lousy.  Other co-morbidities: Bronchial Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Type II Diabetes;  Infectious diseases:urinary infections at the same time, and some weeks after the chronic spontaneous urticaria: Type A Hepatitis Malignancies: Chronic spontaneous Ma A li u g t n o a i n m ci m e u s n , it A y: utoimmunity and retroviral infection urticaria: dev C e h l r o o p n i i n c g s b p e o t n w ta e n e e n o 1 us and 3 years in patients having suFered Linfoma: 58 years old, Chr u o rt n i i c c a o ri r a: Acute Spontaneous Urticaria : female. Arthritis:- female, 6 years old ; Leukemia: 17 years old, -female, 24 years old female. Coeliac Disease: -female, 2 Colon cancer: 52 years old, years old male. Type 1 diabetes:- female, 10 years old Retroviral infection: Chronic fatigue syndrome:- Acute spontaneous female, 56 years old urticaria: HIV AIDS: - male, 52 years old