BAKSON COMPOUND #3 TABLETS-100TABS

Description

Classification

Acute Spontaneous Urticaria: Spontaneous occurrence of wheals and/or angioedema for a duration of less than 6 weeks.
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria: Spontaneous occurrence of wheals and/or angioedema for a duration of 6 weeks or more. This is also called Chronic Urticaria or Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria.
Chronic Inducible Urticaria: Occurrence of wheals for a duration of 6 weeks or more, which is inducible by physical factors. Also called Physical Urticaria.
Causes:

Urticaria is manifested by exposure to certain triggers, but has no known aetiology until now. Common triggers include:

Pain medication
Insects or parasites
Infection
Scratching
Heat or cold exposure
Sunlight
Stress
Exercise
Alcohol or food
Pressure on skin as from a tight waistband
Symptoms:

Urticaria presents with pruritic or itchy pink-to-red papules and plaques typically with central pallor. These can coalesce and vary in shape and size.

Pressure prone areas like waistline, axilla and groin are most commonly affected but Urticaria can occur on any part. Scratching can result in excoriations, erosions and haemorrhagic crusts.

Associated angioedema occurs in 40% cases and may present with subcutaneous and submucosal oedema affecting non-dependent areas like lips, peri-orbital region, genitals and extremities with discomfort or pain.

Diagnosis:

Proper history taking aims at identifying the triggers and exclude the differentials. Routine blood tests may also be required.

Action of Ingredients:

Urtica Urens: Commonly known as stinging nettle, Urtica urens produces stinging or stinging, burning pains. It helps relieve intolerable itching, stinging pains of Hives/Urticaria & symptoms of Angioedema besides fighting ill effects of suppressed Urticaria.

Nettle rash, worse every year in the same season, and for a suppressed nettle rash. Rheumatism alternates with nettle-rash.

Apis mellifica: Apis acts on cellular tissue of eyes, face, throat, ovaries, causing oedema of skin and mucus membranes. Allergic oedema of face, eyelids, lips, mouth and throat. Indicated for Bee stings, insect bite, nettle rash. Hives, with burning, stinging and itching. Rosy red, sensitive, sore skin. Large urticaria. Skin dry, hot, alternating with gushes of sweat. Nettle-rash in warm weather, when one can’t sweat.