Allergy immune disease. The state when the human body reacts with increased sensitivity to certain factors (allergens), which, in fact, harmless to healthy people and is called allergies.
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Allergy's body in response to such substances produces its own — histamine. It is the histamine and become the cause of all allergic manifestations.
To date, the allergy is quite common — More than 20% of the world's population suffer from this disease. Cause an allergic reaction can anything — what surrounds us is what we eat, then we breathe.
Allergens today include home dust, insects, household chemicals, pollen of plants, animal wool, fruit (more often quitrus), drugs, sun rays.
Who is most often predisposed to allergies?
Scientific research is proved that in 25% of cases, allergies are transferred by inheritance. This chance increases two, three times, if allergies suffer both parents. That is why when a woman is registered with a pregnancy gynecologist asks about the allergies of both parent
to her.
With the onset of spring, the most difficult time comes from allergy. «Although do not come out of the house» — They say, and, in general, they are right. After all, the body's reaction is unpredictable.
Allergy Symptoms
Pollen plants causes an immune response in the body allergy. The whole result of this phenomenon is observed «on the face» — The skin becomes red, the vessels are expanding, a runny nose appears and sneezing. Moreover, such a reaction may arise from any person.
And you should not be surprised and wondering — «why?» Even if you were allergic and not observed. This disease has not yet been fully studied. Allergies can be as suddenly aroused and suddenly leave.
So, if there are such symptoms as a runny nose, tearing (at the same time of the year), if the runny nose lasts more than a week, the night dumpless cough, which is no longer — It is worth consulting a doctor.
Many people who are trying to cope with allergies independently or those who do not respond at all to her. This is motivated by the fact that spring will pass, and allergic will pass. Than dangerous such opinion? The fact is that allergy — This is a slow killer. Indeed, according to research of German specialists, a bronchial asthma is beginning to develop a bronchial asthma.
Another important motivation of the need to appeal to the doctor — Find out allergies if it really. The fact is that the cause of the ailments that a person takes for allergies — Pseudo-Allergy. It can be caused by eating foods rich in histamine (for example, sausages, some types of cheeses). If it is possible to find out the cause of the body's allergic reactions, then it is possible to deal with them right by.
To find out what caused allergies, special studies are conducted in clinics: skin tests are being investigated for specific antibodies, provocative tests are carried out. Modern medicine also proposes to undergo a complete allergic and immunological examination.
Treatment and prevention of allergies
Unfortunately, science is not yet known a tool that would be a hundred percent to get rid of allergies. Therefore, the struggle against allergies is directed mainly to suppress histamines and to prevent allergen contacts. But if it is done professionally, then you can minimize the manifestation of the body's allergic reaction.
Allergic to pollen is manifested only when flowering (dusting) plants occurs. Therefore, suffering allergies to pollen need to be armed with knowledge: when the plant's dusting begins and in what places these plants grow. In order for such information to be always better to start a calendar of dusting.
Tips Allergies
- Try not to leave home in the morning (up to 11 hours).
- Do not go beyond the city where there are a lot of blooming plants.
- Open windows to enhance fine mesh.
- Going out to the street to wear sunglasses.
- Upon returning home rinse the mucous membranes and eye with water.
In the usual life of allergy, it is necessary to abandon cosmetics and detergents based on herbs. Exclude from diet products that are produced from plants causing allergies. Do not keep the bouquets of drunks. Before the onset of the flowering season, spend a special treatment assigned to the doctor. Otherwise, every year the symptoms of the disease will only become more complicated.
If an allergic reaction happened, then you must immediately consult a doctor. Only a doctor can give the right recommendations and appoint a drug to combat allergies. It is necessary to completely eliminate contact with the allergen, do not drink alcoholic beverages, do not smoke, do not do at that time no vaccinations.
If you have to go to another country or city, then it is better to always have a passport of patient allergies. Since the anaphylactic shock may happen in the suffering allergies and if there are no close to close, then with the help of information from this passport, doctors will be easier and faster to provide qualified medical care.
