Sunday, 16 September 2012

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

By Johnson Aimee


There are five factors that can be cited for the difficulties faced by patients who are undergoing treatment for the condition known as urticaria. Although many people do not know what urticaria is, they are actually more familiar with its common name, which is 'hives'. Many people actually accept that it is a condition they can live with, naturally, after exhausting all avenues of treatment that are available to them.

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.

As for the third factor, urticaria treatments also become even more difficult, especially in one person, if there are more than one or two triggers applicable to his particular case. Thus, the fact that a trigger has been finally identified doesn't necessarily mean that the condition will be successfully managed. Managing one trigger might not completely solve the problem because there is a risk that another trigger could arise. Throughout the whole process, it would look as though the person would remain to have a tendency for urticaria. A single person could experience a succession of urticaria triggers.

The fourth factor has something to do with clinical diagnosis. If the condition is misdiagnosed, that could lead to difficulties experienced in treating urticaria. Actually, this is a problem in all illnesses or 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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