Does your child suffer from allergies? It reacts literally everything suffers, not sleeping at night, and with it, and you? In your home, and her purse was a permanent residence permit an arsenal of special products on the fridge hangs a long list of banned products, and in the shops and cafes you long and carefully analyze composition?
Of course, in this article you will not find a treatment regimen, it may appoint a doctor, allergist. We will talk about how to prevent the development of this disease, to recognize its early signs, and that the mother can do for her baby alone.
Over the past 30 years the number of allergic children has doubled. Causes of allergies huge amount: environmental degradation, harmful products, no breastfeeding, uncontrolled receiving pharmaceuticals, excessive focus on sterility.
Violation of the natural way of life has led to the fact that the immune system, whose mission - to protect the body, suddenly declares war. Why? The mechanism is simple: the immunity of the child has not yet been formed and is just learning to distinguish between dangerous and safe external influences. Specialists have repeatedly been proven that children in rural areas the risk of allergy in times less. And all because without a constant exposure to natural stimuli of the immune system begins to be lazy and chaotic reacts to everything, but in the city of allergens rife. Finally immunity finishes reception of antibiotics "just in case" and for any reason.
Five basic types of allergies
Food allergy. It occurs when consuming products containing histamines, preservatives, antibiotics, flavors, stabilizers, and dyes. Babies often react to cow's milk and mixtures older children - for citrus fruits, eggs, sugar, honey, tomatoes, nuts, red berries and wheat. The first signs of the disease - skin rashes, frequent regurgitation, prolonged cramps, bloating.
Allergies to animals, plants and dust. The cause of allergies to animals can become not only hair, but also saliva, skin cells, urine, as well as dry food for fish. It is believed that the likelihood of an immune response is less, if the child is in contact with a pet from the first day of his life. In response to the pollen of flowering plants occurs hay fever. Are allergic to house dust cause tiny dust mites. All these allergens cause respiratory problems: itching in the nose, runny nose long without other cold symptoms, frequent sneezing, nasal congestion, coughing and watery eyes. If time does not take action, may develop allergic asthma or bronchitis.
Contact allergy.Sources include household cleaning products, cosmetics, insect bites, incorrectly selected diapers and bedding. For example, in the coconut coir mattresses to gain added strength and artificial mixture of a latex adhesive compositions which result in vaporization of formaldehyde with a characteristic odor and chemical sooner or later cause allergy. Skin rashes are always in contact with the allergen zone, most often localized on the cheeks, chin, back, upper arms, buttocks and abdomen. Lack of treatment can lead to eczema.
Drug allergies.Most often it occurs after a course of antibiotics against the background of dysbiosis, if not a combination of drugs and long-term treatment with the same drug. It can cause both local reaction in the form of urticaria, and life-threatening condition - anaphylactic shock.
Cross-allergy. There are occasions when the reaction is caused multiple antigens. For example, the immune system responds to the first flowering of the plants, then - the other, strengthens allergies combination of some plants with food.
Five rules to combat child allergies
Food. If possible, do not miss the baby breastfeeding, remember that mother's milk - the main building material for your baby immunity. Follow the diet during pregnancy and lactation. Prepare food using only fresh foods and avoid canned, smoked and other products with long shelf life - they contain harmful additives. Do not overfeed the child. According to Dr. Komarovsky approach "has not as much as necessary, as much as you like" leads to the fact that the body is unable to digest all of the food and, as a result, gives an allergic reaction. As a rule, the child intuitively he feels, how much, when and what to eat.
Treatment. Do not self-medicate. This also applies to allergies and other diseases, even banal seasonal colds. Only a doctor will be able to choose the correct treatment, taking into account the features of your child and of concomitant disease. Avoid the use of large amounts of drugs at the same time, it significantly increases the allergy of the body.
Home improvement. Make regular wet cleaning, ventilate the room and maintain an optimum humidity level. Do not smoke at home, passive smoking increases the risk of allergies and diseases of the respiratory system. Filter the water in which the baby bathing because tap water contains chlorine, use only the special baby cosmetics, and powders for washing. Get rid of the breeding grounds of dust and harmful microorganisms: heavy curtains, carpets with long pile, a large number of soft toys. Pay special attention to the bedding. Better to give preference to modern hypoallergenic materials, as, for example, down pillows, even when properly care literally living enormous quantity of harmful bacteria, mites and fungi, and poor quality bedding comprises dyes. Allergy well suited mattresses and pillows of polyurethane: The material is completely environmentally friendly and eliminates harmful entity settling. Best of all, if the mattress is CertiPUR mark on the packaging. It ensures compliance with the European standards on the emission of volatile substances.
General strengthening of the immune system. For permanent housing is better to choose less crowded places, such as the city outskirts or near the countryside. Together with your doctor develop a program to improve the immunity of the child - hardening, the correct mode, healthy eating, sport, vitamins and so on..
Take care of the psycho-emotional state and your child. Many allergic and pseudo-disorders, as well as any other illnesses have a psychosomatic nature. Simply put, the cause of the disease is a deep emotional inner conflict, which is reflected on the physical condition. In this case, the source of the disease are the parents: their relationship with each other, to the child. Allergy becomes a kind of way to get emotional discharge and secondary benefits - convenient excuse by the disease than to understand what is happening and to solve the problem. What to do? According to experts, parents (especially my mother) should understand and working through emotional conflicts to achieve reconciliation for the sake of the child's health. Modern psycho-techniques are taught methods of emotional and physical relaxation, along with the baby, how to give him positive emotions and have discharge.
Doctors advise: Do not dramatize and do not write your child allergic for a lifetime, often with age, illness passes. But, of course, do not need to step back, if you see how he suffers. Approach the problem consciously, do not go to extremes and try to find a middle ground! Be healthy!
