The treatment of urticaria mainly includes the following categories:
1. Treatment based on the cause: If the cause of urticaria can be found, such as allergies, it can be detected through allergen testing, or Specific allergens in life, try to avoid allergens in future life. Patients become allergic to certain medicines and should avoid them in the future. Some other chronic infections, such as chronic pharyngitis, and even some chronic gingivitis, may cause urticaria, and these causes can be treated;
2. Symptomatic treatment: The vast majority of urticaria is treated symptomatically. The pathogenesis of urticaria is local edema and itching caused by factors such as the release of histamine. Drugs can be used to prevent the release of local cytokines. The most commonly used are anti-allergic drugs, whose scientific name is antihistamines. After treatment with anti-allergic drugs, most urticaria will be controlled, and some acute urticaria may also be cured. The treatment of chronic urticaria may require patients to take medication for a long time, and the medication may even be doubled, or replaced with different medications. The vast majority of urticaria can be well controlled with some treatment.