A clinical case of Urticaria acuta on cat epithelium

Acute urticaria is an allergic disease, one of the current problems in dermatologists and allergists, most often a clinical manifestation of food, domestic or drug allergies. Up to 10—25% of the population have experienced an episode of acute urticaria during their lifetime, and 45—50% of children with clinical manifestations of acute urticaria in past medical history have allergic diseases such as diathesis, infantile eczema, allergic dermatitis. An acute allergic reaction of the body can develop to external irritant, coming through contact by enteral, parenteral or aerobic way. Clinically, Urticaria acuta may appear unexpectedly in the form of blisters on unchanged skin and disappear without a trace within hours or days. In children, according to the statistics, the acute form (UA) is prevalent, more often of allergic genesis. Quincke’s edema, in which the process extends to the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract up to mechanical asphyxia, is a severe manifestation of acute urticaria. The described clinical case of Urticaria acuta development demonstrates the importance of careful history taking and comprehensive examination in order to identify the source of sensitization and exclude subsequent contacts with this allergen.