Laboratory Findings in Acute Ordinary Urticaria in  AL-Ramadi City

A. Kubaisi, Thamir; A. Al Mashhadani, Noor; A Al Daraji, Hanadi

	Laboratory Findings in Acute Ordinary Urticaria in AL-Ramadi City
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 34-36
Authors
Thamir A. Kubaisi; Noor A. Al Mashhadani; Hanadi A Al Daraji
Abstract
Background: Acute urticaria is a vascular reaction of the skin characterized by appearance of wheals for less than six weeks duration. Objective:: to evaluate the blood count, blood film and differential, renal function and liver function for the patients complaining of acute ordinary urticaria for more than one week. Paients &methods: A total of 45 patients with acute ordinary urticaria were seen between October 2008 and June 2009 in the Department of Dermatology and Venereology and Laboratory Department in AL- Ramadi Teaching Hospital, Anbar, Iraq. Detailed history was taken from each patient regarding all points related to the disease. Complete blood count, blood film, liver function test and blood urea were done for all patients in this study. Results: The Age of Patients, ranged between (13-65) years with mean ± SD of (32 ± 13) years. They comprised 23 female and 22 male with female to male ratio of 1:1. Disease duration ranged between (7-17) days with mean ± SD of (9±2.1) days. All Patients showed elevated number of eosinophiles in blood film. Six (11%) patients had haemoglobin less than 12 g/dl. ESR were elevated in 3 patients(6.5%). Other laboratory tests were within normal value. Conclusions: The laboratory studies for a patient with acute ordinary urticaria is not mandatory. And the eosinphiles may play a role in the pathogenesis of the disease
Keywords
Ordinary urticaria; Laboratory studies; Ramadi city

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