A variety of scores have been developed to monitor a patient with chronic urticaria. A daily urticaria activity score (UAS) monitors wheals and pruritis with a total given for the week.
Parameters:
(1) wheals
(2) pruritis (itching)
Parameter
Finding
Points
wheals
none
0
mild (1 to 9)
1
moderate (10 to 50)
2
severe (> 50)
3
pruritis
none
0
mild
1
moderate
2
severe
3
daily subtotal =
= SUM(points for the 2 parameters for one day)
total score for week =
= SUM(subtotals for week)
Interpretation:
• minimum daily and weekly score: 0
• maximum daily score: 6
• maximum weekly score: 42
• maximum subscore for wheals: 21
• maximum subscore for pruritis: 21
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