Abstract:

Objective: There is no study in the literature investigating ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) values and thiol disulfide homeostasis (TDH) parameters in acute urticaria patients. This study aimed assessment of TDH parameters and IMA in acute urticaria patients. Methods: The study included a total of 68 cases, with 35 acute urticaria patients and 33 healthy volunteers. Patients who presented to Ordu University Hospital and were diagnosed with acute urticaria between January 2019 and June 2019 and healthy individuals as the control group were included in the study. Serum albumin, IMA, native thiol, total thiol, and disulfide thiol levels were measured, and the results were compared between the groups. Results: IMA values of 0.93±0.09 in the study group were significantly high compared to 0.8±0.10 in the control group (p<0.01). Native thiol (SH) level was 353.66±87.5 in the study group, 393.62±47.7 in the control group (p:0.022), and total thiol (TSH) level was 385.46±86.6 in the study group and 433.53±56.06 in the control group (p:0.008). In the patient group there was a significant negative correlation between SH levels and IMA levels (r=-0.626, p<0.001). Conclusion: In acute urticaria, IMA increases while SH and TSH levels reduce. However, TDH does not change. The lack of change in the balance may be explained by acute urticaria being an acute event and not being a chronic inflammatory process.

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