If you have ever had a skin allergy due to mast cells and histamines, especially urticaria, then you will  have heard about antihistamines.

A urticaria antihistamine is a drug that counteracts the effects of the histamines that cause urticaria. However the urticaria antihistamines do not treat the underlying cause of urticaria. They just provide temporary relief to the patient from the itching or burning sensation and they are not considered to be a permanent urticaria treatment.

Though they relieve the patient of his itching, you still need to be careful about many things related to urtiacria antihistamines, click here to learn about these precautions in my article.