Abstract:
Chronic urticaria (CU) and angioedema are widespread cutaneous diseases that have a negative impact on the quality of life. They are easy to diagnose, but difficult to treat due to the varying severity of the disease, refractoriness to antihistamine and corticosteroid treatment and the presence of other comorbid illnesses that are the primary cause of the skin lesion. Besides, not all specialists are familiar with normative acts of consensus statement of the management of CU and are not able to select individual and correct tactics of management and/or diagnosis in the absence of national clinical protocol in Republic of Moldova. The purpose of this article is the laconic description of the main methods of management of various clinical forms of CU and drug remedies, based on evidence-based medicine in the light of current European clinical consensus recommendations.