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ArticleThe journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice

Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria: Systemic Complaints and Their Relationship with Disease and Immune Measures.

Judy C Doong, Kris Chichester, Eric T Oliver, Lawrence B Schwartz, Sarbjit S Saini

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34 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Emerging IgE and non-IgE targeted therapies for chronic urticaria.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2026
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  6. Systemic Treatments for Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Anti-IgE and Beyond.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2026
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  8. Resolution of Chronic Urticaria in a Vegan Patient With Vitamin B12 Supplementation: A Case Report.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2025
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  9. Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Etiology and Pathogenesis.Immunology and allergy clinics of North America · 2024
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  14. Genetic Variants Leading to Urticaria and Angioedema and Associated Biomarkers.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice · 2023
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  15. The prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and cobalamin deficiency in patients with chronic urticaria.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2023
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  19. Biologic drugs in chronic spontaneous urticaria.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Judy C DoongJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Kris ChichesterDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Eric T OliverDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.
Lawrence B SchwartzDivision of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
Sarbjit S SainiDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md. Electronic address: ssaini@jhmi.edu.

Funding

Role of IgE Bearing Cells in Chronic Idiopathic UrticariaR01AI116658 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI SAINI, SARBJIT SINGH · 2016 to 2018
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI116658
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with chronic idiopathic urticaria (CIU)/chronic spontaneous urticaria sometimes report systemic complaints (SCs).

objectiveWe sought to determine the frequency and characteristics of SCs among patients with CIU, as well as the association of SCs with disease measures, basophil histamine release, and serum tryptase.

methodsAdult patients with CIU were recruited from a university allergy clinic. Patients completed a disease symptom survey and underwent blood sampling for subsequent basophil histamine release and serum tryptase measurement.

resultsA total of 155 patients with CIU were surveyed, with 103 reporting SCs with concomitant hives as follows: joint pain or swelling (55.3%), headache/fatigue (47.6%), flushing (42.7%), wheezing (30.1%), gastrointestinal complaints (26.2%), and palpitations (9.7%). Patients with SCs (CIU-SC) were compared with those with no SCs (CIU-NSC). Both groups had similar demographic characteristics (average age in 40s, majority female and white) and basophil histamine release profiles. CIU-SC had significantly greater disease duration (51.5% CIU-SC vs 30.8% CIU-NSC had >4 years duration), emergency department visits (41.7% vs 23.1% had >1 visit in the last year), CIU-related work absences (65% vs 27.5% had >1 day), oral corticosteroid use (84.5% vs 59.6%), quality-of-life impairment (76.1 vs 59.2 SkinDex score), and serum tryptase levels (5.1 ng/mL vs 3.9 ng/mL).

conclusionsDespite similar demographic characteristics and basophil profiles as patients with CIU-NSC, patients with CIU-SC have features of greater disease burden (work absences, emergency department visits, and corticosteroid use), quality-of-life impairment, and baseline serum tryptase levels.

Indexed as

AdultArthralgiaBasophilsChronic DiseaseFemaleFlushingHeadacheHistamineHumansImmunoglobulin EMaleMiddle AgedQuality of LifeTryptasesUrticariaHistamineImmunoglobulin ETryptasesChronic idiopathic urticariaChronic spontaneous urticariaHistamineQuality of lifeSystemic complaintsTryptase

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PMCPMC6377705

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