Allergy to cold occurs in both children and adults.
Allergy in the cold or frost is manifested by redness, rashes, in some cases it can lead to more serious consequences.
For example, the Journal of Emergency Medicine described a case that happened to a 34-year-old patient. After a cold shower, his blood pressure dropped sharply, which led to hypoxia.He was urgently hospitalized in the intensive care unit.
The doctors managed to find out that the cause of such a sharp deterioration was an undiagnosed allergy to cold.
Why are children allergic to cold?
Most often, allergies are hereditary, transmitted from parents to children.
Sometimes it is provoked by autoimmune diseases and other diseases that affect the blood. A sharp drop in temperature in a child with such an allergy causes a jump in histamines in the body, which provoke a reaction.
A child may experience symptoms within 1-5 minutes after the cold has affected the body.
Cold allergy symptoms:
- skin rashes, redness, muscle pain, loss of consciousness, decreased pressure.
Be sure to visit your doctor for therapy.
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