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Allergy to the body
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Allergy to the body is a fairly broad concept, including a variety of diseases and other manifestations. It is impossible to answer the exact question about the methods of treating allergies, since it is first necessary to determine the source that causes the body's allergic reaction.
Allergy to the body is manifested in different people in different ways: someone from head to toe is covered with itchy red or pink spots, someone suffers from a runny nose and an incessant sneezing, and someone suffocates in an allergic attack. Unfortunately, there are cases when people died from allergies.
[What causes allergies on the body?
Allergies can be triggered by exposure to the body of various allergens, which include domestic and book dust, wool of domestic and wild animals, flower pollen, medicinal and cosmetic products, food, etc. Also cause the appearance of allergies may be hypothermia, or, on the contrary, overheating of the body.
The specific causes of allergic reactions to the body are not fully understood. Allergists-immunologists blame the mechanism, called "antigen-antibody" in everything. Neuropathologists believe that the reasons can be covered in diseases of the nervous system, and infectious disease experts believe that the whole blame for infectious diseases to which any person is exposed.
Food allergy affects about 2% of adults and about 10% of children. People living far from civilization breathe fresh, not gassy air, so they suffer from allergies several times less often than residents of large cities and megacities.
Today, such a thing as an allergy, outstrips even cardiovascular diseases. All the fault is the current bad ecology, constant stress, insomnia, a changeable climate, poor-quality food, etc.
Allergy to the body of a child is the result of eating poor-quality products, especially bright sweets that loving parents buy children in unlimited quantities. Also, the baby's allergy may occur in breast milk, especially if the nursing mother was not eating nutritious food.
The disease must be treated immediately, once it has been detected. To do this, you should consult an allergist for testing and passing allergic tests, which will help to establish the true cause of the disease.
How is the allergy on the body treated?
For the treatment of allergies on the body, there is a huge number of all kinds of medications - pills, capsules, ointments, gels, injections. Many people also use alternative medications.
Antihistamines block substances coming out of the cells to fight allergies and manifesting various symptoms on the human body.
Gels contain antiallergic substances, perfectly fighting the symptoms of the disease. Some gels also have a cooling effect - this helps reduce itching with allergies. One of the most famous gels is Fenistil. It has the ability to eliminate allergy symptoms after insect bites, hives, various dermatitis, burns and eczema.
In addition, allergy to the body can be treated and injections. The injections are one of the most effective ways of treating the disease. "Vaccination against allergies" can be done only in the winter. Under the skin of the patient, allergen is introduced in small portions, to which the organism reacts sharply. Procedures are carried out for some time. The procedure allows the body to begin an independent, without the use of medicines, the fight against the "stranger".
Allergy to the human body is the first sign that the immune system has failed. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor to determine the source of the allergy and the purpose of further treatment of the disease.