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Chronic spontaneous urticaria causes

The trigger for chronic spontaneous urticaria is usually not known.1 What is known is that allergy is not a cause, and like other forms of urticaria, mast cells are activated by your immune system in response to a perceived threat. They then release histamines and other chemicals into the area, which cause the red, itchy hives.2

Although there is no known trigger there are several causes including:3

  • Autoreactivity/autoimmunity - this is where your body produces autoantibodies (antibodies that recognise certain substances within your body as foreign) that activate mast cells even though there is no external threat; it occurs in approximately 50% of people with chronic spontaneous urticaria
  • Automimmune disorders – there is a strong association between chronic spontaneous urticaria and other autoimmune disorders such as thyroid autoimmune disease
  • Autoallergy – this is where a specific allergy antibody recognises something within your body which then activates the mast cell.3
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References

  • Asero R et al. F1000Research 2017; 6:1095.
  • Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy. ASCIA Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU) Guidelines. 2015. (accessed 9 October 2018).
  • Zuberbier T et al. Allergy. 2018; 73:1393-1414.
There are effective treatments for hives and itch. For some of these treatments you need to be in the care of an immunologist or dermatologist.

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