Cases of Clinical Application of Abdominal Acupuncture Combined with Body Acupuncture for Treatment of Allergic Skin Diseases / 中国中医药信息杂志

In recent years, the incidence of the allergic skin diseases is increasing as the growing of the pressure, the changes of the environment and other factors. The clinical features of the allergic skin diseases are easily repeated and in long course. It is found that the incidence of clinical allergic skin diseases, in addition to the season, diet and emotional relevant, is also closely linked to the physical deterioration of patients. Therefore, in addition to the emphasis on the treatment of the current symptoms of patients, adjustment and treatment of phsical constitution of patients and improvement of the adaptability of patients to environmental changes should attract attention, thereby reducing the frequency of incidence and alleviating the symptoms. The application of the abdominal acupuncture combined with body acupuncture for the improvement of the symptoms and physical constitution of allergic skin disease patients has obvious efficacy, which should be applied and promoted in clinic.

Common Allergic Skin Diseases in Children / 소아알레르기및호흡기학회지

In allergic skin diseases, cutaneous adverse drug reactions, atopic dermatitis, urticaria, and allergic contact dermtitis are included. Although urticaria and allergic contact dermaitis is less common in incidence compared to atopic dermaitis, both have been considered as representative allergic skin diseases of IgE-mediated and cell-mediated immune responses, respectively. The common causes of allergic contact dermatitis and urticaria in children could be different from those in adult. If allergic contact dermaitis were suspected, patch test would be useful for not only diagnosis but also identification of causative antigen(s).

Analysis of MAST-CLA Results as a Diagnostic Tool in Allergic Skin Diseases

BACKGROUND: Urticaria and atopic dermatitis are representative allergic skin diseases that can be mediated by IgE. Measuring levels of specific IgE can be used to confirm causative agents of these skin diseases. OBJECTIVE: To analyze results from the multiple allergosorbent test chemiluminescent assay (MAST-CLA), which measures specific IgE in the presence of a causative agent/allergen, in IgE-mediated skin diseases. METHODS: A total of 404 patients with urticaria, atopic dermatitis or pruritus were enrolled in the present study. Positive rates of specific IgE as well as total serum IgE from the MAST-CLA were compared. RESULTS: Positive rates of specific IgE were highest in atopic dermatitis patients, followed by urticaria, and then pruritus, with 57.0%, 37.1%, and 20.8%, respectively (p<0.05). House dust mite species were the most common allergens in both atopic dermatitis and urticaria skin diseases. There were no differences in the overall MAST-CLA results between acute and chronic urticaria. The relative positive rate of inhalant allergen was significantly higher in adult than in child atopic dermatitis patients. CONCLUSION: Results from the MAST-CLA showed diversity among the three disease groups, and within each disease group, with different positive rates of specific IgE, a different mean allergen number per patient, and so on. Therefore, we concluded that MAST-CLA could be a useful diagnostic tool for various allergic skin diseases.