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Diagnosis and Therapy; Torsten Zu A. The most frequent reason ap food whose symptoms cleared on
berbier and Marcus Maurer. pears to be viral infections in the elimination diet.
upper respiratory tract. B. Thyroid autoantibodies are ap
B. Lifetime prevalence ranges from parently associated with chronic
1. Urticaria is characterized by the
12% to 15% or even 23,5%. urticaria.
rapid appearance of wheals and/or
C. Drugs can elicit acute urticaria C. Plasmapheresis has been of tem
angioedema. Indicate features that
both as allergens (e.g. penicil porary benefit in some cases of
specifically define a wheal:
lin) and as pseudoallergens (e.g. chronic urticaria.
A. A central swelling of variable non-steroidal anti-inflammatory D. IgE-mediated food allergy is rare
size. drugs (NSAIDs). in urticaria.
B. An associated itching or some D. ANCA levels correlate with di E. Drugs can elicit acute urticaria.
times burning. sease activity.
2. D.
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