title: [Delayed pressure urticaria: therapeutic response to cetirizine].
abstract: We describe a 39-year-old man who suffered from delayed pressure urticaria for 2 years. His severe symptoms did not respond to antihistamine (H1 and H2) treatment and corticosteroid therapy was given despite severe side-effects. A new, nonsedating antihistamine drug, cetirizine, relieved most of his symptoms, enabled him to be weaned from corticosteroid therapy, and restored his former quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Allergy and Clinical Immunology Unit, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tadmor
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rubinow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shalit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017332:Cetirizine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure / Q000009:adverse effects; D014581:Urticaria / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D017332:Cetirizine