Allergies: someone at risk and how to fight it

What types of diseases are what causes it and how to make the life of a person suffering from allergies are more comfortable?

An allergy is not accidentally called a pandemic in modern society. According to the World Health Organization, up to 60% of the population suffer from various kinds of diseases. The origin of this pathology versed scientists around the world, and the statistics continues to be disappointing.

At risk are everything. WHO predicts that by 2050, will be struck by allergies most of the world's population.

Allergies: what everyone should know

Allergy danger can lie in wait at every turn. And it is true! Next, we look at what can cause allergy attacks.

The most common allergen in existence - pollen - cause of suffering about one third of allergy sufferers.

The most common trees are irritants: birch, alder, hazel, acacia, oak, ash, poplar, can cause allergies and some of the grass (timothy, fescue) and weeds (mugwort, goosefoot, plantain, ragweed).

Dust and house dust mites: a speck of dust - it is an element, which can consist of food debris, pieces of dead insects, skin cells human or animal, bacteria, spores, fungi, mold, and even the smallest of living beings - dust mites - all this causes seizures allergies.

Mold: Mold is especially dangerous for people who already suffer from allergies. Approximately 300 species of fungus, which often occurs in the usual bath, can cause an allergic reaction.

Food. Most often, from allergies to foods affects people who already have allergies to pollen. For example, someone who sensitive to birch pollen, often can not eat apricots, peaches, some types of apples or carrots, but the one who has an intolerance nut pollen suffer from allergies hazelnut.

By allergenic products also include protein eggs, fish, seafood, chicken, milk, nuts, certain types of fruit and vegetables.

Animals and birds. Cause allergic reactions could be cats, dogs, horses, birds and small rodents. Allergens contained not only in wool and particles of skin (dander) of animals, but also in the urine, saliva, sebum, therefore regarded as "bald" hypoallergenic animals - mistakenly.

Metal. Allergies to metals - sounds itself exotic. Those who are faced with this problem, it is not time for jokes: swelling of the earlobes, irritation and redness of the skin on the hands, itchy spots décolleté. Metal buckle belt buckle on fashion jeans, metallic money - and they bring a lot of trouble.

Allergy to insects. Frequent causes of occurrence of such allergies are bloodsucking insect bites, zhaleniya bees, wasps and other representatives Hymenoptera, as well as contacts with the "in-house" insects with dust (mikrokleschey, flies, moths, ants, window, etc.) and their metabolites.

Medications: adverse drug reactions are quite common, but only a small portion (about 5%), due to allergy.

Solar allergy: allergy to the sun can be as acquired and congenital. Acquired allergic to the sun (photodermatosis) appears after a long exposure of the skin to sunlight, often in combination with other irritants, such as deodorant, cream, pollen, chlorine in water pool. If the disease began with the birth, the reason is the high content of porphyrins in the blood pigment.

When exposed to sunlight in patients porphyria formation of free radicals which destroy the cells of the skin. Some scholars argue that the sooner patients with porphyria even thought vampires. These people avoid sunlight, and also had mental disorders.

Allergy to cold: physicians have long recognized the existence of this type of allergic reaction.

Manifestations of cold allergy can be caused by a genetic predisposition, worms, taking antibiotics, and the constant focus of infection. From cold allergy often affects the lower leg, hands, face and forearms.

Life without allergies exist?

Yes, not any allergy can be cured, but today, we can help make the lives of people with allergies and intolerances more comfortable and complete.

If you or your family suffer from allergies or food intolerance - join "Life without allergies" - a joint project of the Ukrainian Association of Allergology and celiac Union of Ukraine.

How do you know if you have allergies, how to create a safe space and significantly reduce the number of constraints?

- Listen to special educational programs from leading experts on the waves of "Nashe Radio" in the period from 11.18.19 on 02.29.2020.

- watch for new publications on the project page Facebook

- read on the site weekly Kolobok.ua useful and important information of the project "Life without allergies."

Plan your visit to the exhibition and forum "Living without allergies - EXPO", which will take place on February 29, 2020 at the Olympic NSC, Kiev

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