Papular Urticaria 03552...UAE
A 37-year-old pregnant female had itching on her hands, feet, and abdomen. She was 6 months’ pregnant and was diagnosed with papular urticaria 3 weeks ago. The doctor prescribed corticosteroid skin cream which the patient was reluctant to use. Hence she resorted to herbal treatments such as neem paste, aloe vera gel, and oat meal bath but with little effect. She saw the practitioner on 18 July 2016 and was given:
#1. CC13.1 Kidney & Bladder tonic + CC21.3 Skin allergies…TDS & and in water for external application…BD, in the morning after her bath and at night before going to bed
#2. CC8.2 Pregnancy tonic…TDS
Next day, itching on the hands and feet got aggravated but the patient continued taking the remedy TDS. After two days the aggravation subsided and within that week the itching on the hands and abdomen became 90% better and that on the feet got reduced by 50%.
By the end of the third week on 7 August 2016, the itching got resolved completely. The patient was happy when she noticed that the pain she used to have at the site of her previous caesarean section had also disappeared. Dosage of #1 was reduced to BD for a week and then OD for a month before stopping on 15 September. She was advised to continue #2 till her delivery. A healthy child was born in October 2016. When the patient last contacted the practitioner in 2019 there was no recurrence of itching.