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[Physical urticaria and angioedema in children]
R Signoret1, N Mathias, J Sayag
1C.H.U., Timone Adultes, Service de Dermatologie et Vénérologie, Marseille.
Allergie Et Immunologie
|October 1, 1993
Insights
Determining the frequency of urticaria and physical angioedema in children is challenging. This study found a frequency of 53/1000, with physical urticaria accounting for 36% of cases.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
- Dermatology
- Clinical Pediatrics
Context:
- Urticaria and physical angioedema are common but their precise frequency in pediatric populations remains difficult to ascertain.
- Physical urticaria encompasses various subtypes, including cholinergic, cold, dermographism, mastocytosis, and delayed pressure urticaria.
Purpose:
- To evaluate the frequency of urticaria and physical angioedema in a pediatric cohort.
- To identify the prevalence of different types of physical urticaria in children.
Summary:
- This series reports a frequency of 53 cases per 1000 children for urticaria and physical angioedema.
- Physical urticaria constituted 36% of these cases, with specific subtypes identified such as cholinergic urticaria, cold urticaria, idiopathic dermographism, mastocytosis, and delayed pressure urticaria.
Impact:
- Highlights the significant proportion of physical urticaria within pediatric cases.
- Underscores the importance of etiological investigation for infantile urticaria to guide diagnosis and management.
Abstract:
Urticaria and physical angioedema frequency is hard to evaluate in children. In this series, we keep 53/1000. Physical urticaria is found in 36% of the cases and concerns cholinergic urticaria, urticaria to cold, idiopathic dermographism and mastocytosis, and delayed urticaria to pressure. The authors insist on the interest of the etiologic research in these forms of infantile urticaria.