Have you had trouble finding a doctor to treat your hives? If your answer is yes, I imagine what you went through. Not only do I imagine, but I connect immensely: It's like seeing my own story.
Research shows that people living with chronic urticaria can take up to 5 years to reach a diagnosis.*
I went to more or less 8 different doctors before I managed to find one. specialist doctor to treat my skin condition.
The time it takes for a patient to receive a diagnosis of Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) can vary significantly from one person to another.
In some patients, diagnosing CSU can be more challenging as symptoms can be vague or confused with other dermatological conditions.
That's why looking for a specialist doctor is so important.
But the question remains, who is the specialist doctor for treating #uce?
Both the dermatologist and allergist are recommended for this! And today, very different from what happened to me back then, we have many more doctors who are qualified and informed about our condition – thank goodness!
Beyond the specialist doctors spread throughout Brazil, there are also reference centers for the treatment of urticaria, the so-called UCARE. Reference service centers receive a specific audit and become certified as UCARE, sThey are internationally recognized for excellence in urticaria care.
UCARE results in a strong network of urticaria specialists, promoting research on the topic and improving care for the disease around the world.
If you have recently been diagnosed with #uce, the first step is to undergo medical follow-up.
You can imagine, medical monitoring is the beginning of everything! It is necessary to prioritize a constant routine being monitored by a specialist doctor. Specialist doctors are allergists or dermatologists who will be able to take care of urticaria, they are the most recommended for this.
This monitoring is necessary because CSU is a chronic disease and every type of chronic disease needs continuous care.
In this case, the doctor-patient relationship is more than essential! Because through this the patient will be able to explore more about how they are feeling, the results of the treatments and thus have their disease controlled as soon as possible.
What matters is your story and your improvement. Seek medical help and have continuous monitoring: no one is more interested in staying well than yourself!
Let's go together?
*(reference: Maurer M, Staubach P, Raap U, Richter-Huhn G, Bauer A, Ruëff F, Jakob T, Yazdi AS, Mahler V, Wagner N, Lippert U, Hillen U, Schwinn A, Pawlak M, Behnke N , Chaouche K, Chapman-Rothe N. H1-antihistamine-refractory chronic spontaneous urticaria: it's worse than we thought – first results of the multicenter real-life AWARE study. Clin Exp Allergy. 2017 May;47(5):684-692 .)
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