Publications by authors named "Amanda Rocha Firmino Pereira"

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  • * Out of 191 patients, 118 were confirmed to have chronic inducible urticaria, with dermographic urticaria being the most common type found.
  • * Treatment response showed that 28% of patients benefited from standard antihistamine doses, while others needed increased doses or additional medications; there was also a notable link between chronic inducible urticaria and chronic spontaneous urticaria, particularly in females.
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The fixed drug eruption is a non-immediate hypersensitivity reaction to drug, characterized by recurrent erythematous or violaceous, rounded, well-defined border plaques, which always appear in the same location every time the culprit drug is administered. The usual practice is to avoid the drug involved and to use a structurally different drug. However, there are situations in which there is no safe and effective therapy.

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