THE PREVALENCE OF COLD URTICARIA AND ITS CLINICAL FEATURES AMONG STUDENTS
The article describes the results of the study, the aim of which was to investigate the prevalence of cold urticaria and its clinical features among students. In the first phase, a survey was conducted with students of the SSMU. Next, the students, which according to the results of the survey had cold urticarial suspected, for the confirmation of the diagnosis underwent a cold test with an ice cube. In the study the diagnosis of cold urticaria was confirmed in 2.8% of students-mostly females. Further, these students with cold urticaria underwent a more detailed study of history. Analysis of the data showed that the average age of the onset of the disease was 17.0±0.12 years, the clinical picture was dominated by a localized form of the disease, and among the factors provoking symptoms of CU, in the first place was low air temperature.