Abstract
Eighty-five patients affected by chronic urticaria (45 females and 40 males) were submitted to intradermal tests with house and storage mites in order to evaluate a possible sensitization to these allergens. The same allergological tests were performed in an 80-subject control group. The results showed immediate cutaneous reactivity to one or more mites in 40 patients (47%) while only 6 positivities (7.5%) were found in the control group. 27 patients, out of the 40 allergic to mites, were submitted to specific desensitizing therapy. 6 of them showed a complete recovery, 20 good results and only 1 slight improvement of clinical manifestations. These data allow us to hypotize that the allergy to mite allergens is an important aetiopathogenetical factor in several chronic so called 'idiopathic' urticarias.
| Translated title of the contribution | Chronic urticaria and mites allergy. Experience of a specific desensitizing therapy |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 187-189 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Giornale Italiano di Dermatologia e Venereologia |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Dermatology