{"id":7020,"date":"2022-08-27T20:30:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=7020"},"modified":"2022-08-27T20:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T20:30:57","slug":"treatment-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/27\/treatment-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The best approach to treatment depends on the cause and whether the issue is acute or chronic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Acute urticaria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If symptoms are mild and occur after exposure to an allergen or irritant, home remedies can usually soothe the itchiness until the rash disappears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Options that a doctor may recommend\u00a0include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>non-sedating antihistamines, such as cetirizine (Zyrtec) or fexofenadine (Allegra)<\/li><li>short-term use of topical steroids<\/li><li>antiseptic creams to prevent a secondary infection<\/li><li>soothing creams to reduce itchiness<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If there are signs of allergy, and the person has swelling in their lips, face, or tongue, the doctor may prescribe an epinephrine auto-injector to carry for use in emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chronic urticaria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A person with chronic urticaria may need to take antihistamines regularly until their symptoms resolve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Omalizumab (Xolair) is an injectable drug that\u00a0blocks\u00a0immunoglobulin E, a substance that plays a role in allergic responses. It can reduce symptoms of chronic spontaneous urticaria, a type of hives with an unknown origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, a\u00a02016 review\u00a0concluded that\u00a0acupuncture\u00a0might help relieve chronic urticaria, though there is not enough evidence to confirm that this is a safe, effective treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chronic hives can lead to severe discomfort, distress, and possibly\u00a0depression.\u00a0Stress, too, can aggravate hives. And having hives can worsen stress. Anyone who feels that hives is affecting their quality of life or mental well-being should speak with a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If tests reveal an underlying disease, such as lupus, the doctor will recommend treatment for this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best approach to treatment depends on the cause and whether the issue is acute or chronic. Acute urticaria If symptoms are mild and occur after exposure to an allergen or irritant, home remedies can usually soothe the itchiness until the rash disappears. Options that a doctor may recommend\u00a0include: non-sedating antihistamines, such as cetirizine (Zyrtec) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[863],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}