Methods of treatment of allergy

Allergies - is the scourge of our time. They occur as an independent disease, and may be accompanied by any other disease that is especially true for long-occurring chronic diseases and intoxications. Allergies can be even on the body's own tissues, in such cases, develop the most severe disease.

What is an allergy and how it manifests itself

Allergy - a heightened sensitivity to different substances (allergens) associated with a change in its reactivity. Allergens may be household (eg, house dust), food (all kinds of food), infectious (certain types of bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and so on), drugs, epidermal (particles cover animal and fish), pollen (pollen) and industrial (any industrial wastes, including in the form of gases).

Allergies can manifest inflammation of the upper respiratory tract (allergic rhinitis) and conjunctiva (conjunctivitis), bronchospasm (asthma), allergic skin lesions (dermatitis), urticaria and angioedema (large, prone to mergers rash, passing in swelling of the lips, tongue and throat ), anaphylactic shock (a severe allergic reaction to the loss of consciousness), and more.

All current treatments for allergies are divided into nonspecific and specific.

Non-specific treatment of allergies

Non-specific treatment of allergy - a treatment that removes any allergy, whether allergic rhinitis and asthma, regardless of what they called an allergen.

Hypoallergenic diet - a diet with the exception of products that can enhance the allergy. It is better if such a diet will be appointed after a preliminary examination, identifying allergic to allergens (ie, it will be a specific diet). But any allergies will benefit the diet with the exception of sharp, smoked, pickled, salty, fried foods, condiments, as well as some products, such as fruits and vegetables red-orange color What color blends orange: bold and calm combination , Citrus, milk, eggs, honey The benefits of honey: tasty recovery , Nuts, mushrooms, chocolate, coffee, cocoa and alcohol.

In order to avoid contact with allergens in everyday life in an apartment should be carried out systematically wet cleaning. The apartment should be the maximum release of extra soft things, books, and clothing store in closed cabinets, use air purifiers, thoroughly ventilate the apartment, do not keep home indoor plants, animals and fish, cleaning the bathroom issue with solutions, prevent the growth of molds every year to change the pillow ( feather pillows should be excluded).

The source of allergies (to infection, toxic products of metabolism, and so on) can be any chronic disease, such as chronic tonsillitis, or tooth decay. Therefore, be sure to identify such diseases and treated.

Drug treatment includes drugs that can block the action of allergic mediators (messenger substances, such as histamine) and reduce its manifestations, such drugs include:

• antihistamines (suprastin, tavegil) - they block the release of histamine;
• adrenal hormones (adrenaline) - causes a rapid narrowing of the blood vessels, thereby prevents or reduces tissue edema;
• theophylline (inhibits the release of mast cell mediators of allergy);
• cromolyn sodium (Intal) - inhibits the release of allergy mediators from mast cells of the bronchial mucosa;
• antileukotriene drugs (zafirlukast, montelukast) - block the action of leukotrienes - substances that are actively involved in the formation of bronchial asthma attack Bronchial asthma ;
• steroidal hormones (e.g., prednisolone) solid removed allergy, but have many side effects, so they are used infrequently and primarily in emergencies (e.g., anaphylactic shock).

These drugs reduce the manifestation of allergy symptoms, regardless of its type. Most often used complex drug therapy, selected individually.

Specific treatment of allergies

Specific treatment is directed at changing the reactivity of the patient with respect to a particular allergen, which was identified in the preliminary survey. That is eliminated rather than suppressed (as in the treatment of non-specific), the main cause of allergy. This process is called desensitization, allergovaktsinatsiey or allergen-specific immunotherapy - Asit.

When the patient is gradually introduced Asit growing dose specific antigen (these are available as sets of antigens). This can lead to a decrease in severity and the complete elimination of hypersensitivity to the antigen. The main thing - it is right to make a diagnosis, that is, to determine to which it is allergic antigen in this patient.

In order to block the action of the antigen is also now administered as an intravenous injection of antibody to him that his tie and removed from the body (an example of a drug of this series - kosolar).

Allergy treatment should be left to professionals - allergist.

Galina Romanenko

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