Online ISSN: 2515-8260

CLINICOETIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF URTICARIA IN CHILDREN AGED 1 MONTH TO 15 YEARS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER - A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY

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Ebin Roshan Paul, Prameela Joji, Asha Zacharia, Anjali Ann Chacko, Varsha V P, Aiswarya Das

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INTRODUCTION: Urticaria is a common condition in paediatric age group with highest impact on quality of life. Despite the ease of diagnosis etiology of urticaria is often difficult to establish even after extensive investigations and follow up. Urticaria Activity Score (UAS) which is a well-established Likert-type symptom intensity scale (0 to 3) measures the disease severity and monitor treatment results. We used UAS score at time of presentation for assessing the severity and monitoring response. OBJECTIVE: To determine the Clinicoetiological profile of urticaria in children and its outcome based on duration of illness and UAS scoring.

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