Narrow-band UVB combined with antihistamines in the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria
Abstract：ObjectiveTo observe the effect of narrow-band UVB combined with antihistamines in the treatment of chronic spontaneous urticaria.MethodsEighty patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria were randomly assigned into 2 groups: forty patients in therapy group received narrow-band UVB phototherapy, 2 times a week for 24 exposures, and oral antihistamines; forty patients in the control group received oral antihistamines only. The clinical efifcacy of the two groups after treatment and the recurrence of 12 weeks follow-up were compared.ResultsThe symptomatic scores of urticaria in the two groups were signiifcantly lowered, especially in the treatment group(t=46.37,P<0.05). The clinical efifcacy of the treatment group was signiifcantly better than that of the control group(χ2=6.76,P<0.05), and the recurrence rate was signiifcantly lower than that of the control group(χ2=9.83,P<0.01).ConclusionNarrow-band UVB may be an effective and safe complementary treatment for the patients with chronicspontaneous urticaria.
Keywords：UrticariachronicNB-UVBMizolastineCetirizine
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 303-305 )