Health Condition 1: L508- Other urticaria
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Individualized Homoeopathic Medicines: Intervention will be planned as
administering indicated
homoeopathic medicine
selected on the basis of
homoeopathic principles in centesimal poten
Sponsors
National Institute Of Homoeopathy
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patient of chronic urticaria diagnosed clinically and by blood investigations if necessary 2) Patient of both sexes, all religions and of different socioeconomic status 3) Patient in the age group 15 to 65 years of age 4) Patient able to read and write Bengali/English/Hindi. 5) Patient willing to give written informed consent to participate in the study 6) Patient already undergoing regular conventional treatment for chronic urticaria may be recruited only if the medications are stopped completely 2 weeks prior to the treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled life threatening illness 2) Substance abuse and/or dependence 3) Severe immune-compromised patients 4) Patients having history of severe anaphylactic shock 5) Pregnant women and lactating mothers.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To compare the effectiveness of individualized homoeopathic medicine with empirically selected medicine urtica urens in the management of chronic urticaria using urticaria activity score (UAS7) and chronic urticaria -Quality of life questionnaire (CU-Q2oL.)Timepoint: Baseline and after 4 months | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Biochemical parameters such as Serum IgE , Complete Blood count, ESR level, etc.Timepoint: Baseline and after 4 months | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Prasanta Rath
National Institute Of Homoeopathy
Outcome results
None listed