ALLERGY OR INTOLERAN CE DISCOVERED COCKROACH ALLERGIES OVERVIEW

PROTEINS SECRETED BY THE ANIMAL'S SKIN AND SALIVA CAN CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO SOME PEOPLE. ANIMAL ALLERGIES MIGHT T AKE TWO YEARS OR MORE TO DEVELOP. THE SYMPTOMS CANNOT ACTUALLY SUBSIDE UNTIL MONTHS AFTER THE ANIMAL CONTACT. CONGESTION AND SNEEZING ARE INCLUDED IN THE SYMPTOMS AS WELL AS ITCHY AND WATERY EYE S. NOT BEING EXPOSED TO ANIMALS WHICH CAUSES ALLERGIES IS PART OF THE TREATMEN T.

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ANTIHISTAMINES, DECONGESTANTS AND NASAL STEROIDS ARE MEDICATIONS THAT MAY BE HELPFUL. CHRONIC ALLERGY SYMPTOMS MAY USE IMMUNOTHERAPY. SIMILAR SYMPTOMS CAN BE CAUSED BY COCKROACHES. TREATMENTS CAN BE THE SAME.

DANDER ALLERGIES CAN BE PREVENTED BY NOT ALLOWING THE PET TO GO INSIDE THE BEDROOM. WEEKLY WASHINGS OF PETS SHOULD BE DONE. PETS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED ON UPHOLSTERY. PREVENTION OF COC KROACH ALLERGY CAN BE DONE BY MAKING SURE TRASH IS CLEANED.

FOOD ALLERGIES

NEARLY EVERYONE CAN BE AFFECTED BY FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCES. OFTENTIMES, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT NOW THAT THEY HAVE ALLERGIES. WHEN THEY EAT FOODS THAT GIVE THEM UNWANTED REACTIONS, THEY WONDER.

ONE THIRD OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION CLAIMS THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES OR THEY JU ST CONTROL THEIR FAMILY DIET BECAUSE A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY IS BELIEVED T O HAVE ACQUIRED FOOD ALLERGY. ON THE OTHER HAND, FOOD ALLERGIES HAVE AFFEC TED 5% OF THE CHILDREN POPULATION. FOOD ALLERGIES AFFECT ABOUT 4% OF THE TEEN AND ADULT POPULATION.

THE PERCEPTION OF THE PUBLIC TO THE PROBLEM AND THE CLINICALLY PROVEN CASES OF FOOD ALLERGY ARE ALTERED. THIS IS BECAUSE THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION OF THE DIFFERENCE OF FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCE. A FOOD AL LERGY IS DEFINED AS THE HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION OF THE BODY TOWARDS AN ALLERG EN. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRIGGERING OF THE ALLERGIC RESPONSE TO FOOD ALLERGIES BUT NOT IN INTOLERANCE. FOR EXA MPLE, MILK ALLERGY AND LACTOSE INTOLERANCE MAY SHARE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. HOWEVER, THE FORMER IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN ADVERSE REACTION OF THE BODY DUE TO MILK , AND THE FORMER IS THE INABILITY TO ABSORB OR DIGEST MILK.

LATEX ALLERGY

PEOPLE WHO HAVE LATEX ALLERGY WILL DEVEL OP ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO PRODUCTS MADE OF LATEX, ESPEC IALLY LATEX GLOVES. HOWEVER, LATEX ALLERGY MAY OCCUR IF THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH LATEX CONDOMS AND MEDICAL DEVICES. DURING AN ALLERGIC REACTION DU E TO LATEX, SYMPTOMS WILL APPEAR. THESE ARE EYE TEARING AND IRRITATION, COUGH, WHEEZING, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND ITCHINESS OF THE SKIN OR NOSE. ALLERGIC REACTIONS CAUSED BY LATEX CAN EITHER BE MILD OR SEVERE.

SKIN RASHES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE MILD SYMPTOMS AND MAY DISAPPEAR WITHOUT TREATMENT. ANAPHYLAXIS, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THE MOST SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. A PERSON IS EXPERIENCING ANAPHYLAXIS WHEN HE IS HAVING DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING, DEVELOPMENT OF HIVES, AND GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS.

REMOVAL OF PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN LATEX I S PART OF THE TREATM ENT OF LATEX ALLERGY. ALLERGIES ARE TREATED SYMPTOMATICALLY WITH THE USE OF ANTIHISTAMINES AND EPINEPHRINE. THERE ARE 2 THINGS THAT YOU MUST DO WHEN YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LATEX ALLERGY. FIRST, ALWAYS WEAR A MEDIC ALERT BRACELET AND BRING AN EMERGENCY EPINEPHRINE KIT WITH YOU ALL T HE TIME.

IF YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH LATEX ALLERGY, YOU SHOULD AVOID PRODUCTS WITH LATEX CONTENT.

SULFITE ALLERGY FACTS

SULFITES ARE A GROUP OF NATURALLY OCCURRI NG SULFUR-BASED COMPOUNDS. THE Y ARE SOMETIMES ADDED TO ENHANCE AND PRESERVE SOME FOOD. STATISTICS PROVIDED BY THE US FDA PUTS SULFITE SENSITIVITY OCCURRENCE AT 1 OUT OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE. THE CAUSE OF SENSITIVITY TO SULFI TES REMAINS UNKNOWN. FURTHERMORE, SENSITIVITY MAY DEVELOP AT ANY AGE.

A MILD OR EVEN A POT ENTIALLY FATAL REACTION TO SULFITES CAN OCCUR. A BAN ON THE USE OF SULFITES ON PRODUCE THAT ARE TO BE EATEN RAW WAS IMPOSED BY THE FDA ON 1986. A LAW B Y THE FDA MANDATES T HE LISTING OF SULFITES ON PRODUCT LABELS BY MANUFACTURERS ADDING SULFITES TO THEIR PRODUCTS. SULFITES ARE USED ON COOKED AND PROCESSED FOODS, BUT NOT ON FRESH ONES. SULFIT ES NATURALLY OCCUR IN WINE AND BEER.

FOR SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS, THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT A REACTION IS TO AVOID FOODS THAT CONTAIN OR MAY CONTAIN SULFITES. INDIVIDUALS WITH SULFITE SENSITIVITY ARE ADVISED TO READ LABE LS ON ALL FOOD PRODU CTS. IF YOU SHOULD D ECIDE TO EAT OUT, ASK TO SPEAK TO THE CHEF AND INQUIRE IF SULFITES HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PREPARATION OF YOUR FOOD.

DRUG ALLERGIES INFO

DRUGS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT GIVE UNWANTED SIDE EFFECTS, SHOULD BE USED DELIBERATELY. THE PO SSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF DRUGS ARE QUITE DIFFICULT TO SPECULATE. THEREFORE , ONE MUST BE REALLY CAREFUL IN TAKING DRUGS ALTHOUGH THE INSTRUCTIONS PRO VIDED ARE CLEARLY ST ATED. EXPERIENCING SEVERAL SYMPTOMS OF ALLERGIES ALL TOGETHER IS REALLY DIFFICULT. FOR EXAMPLE, A PERSON EXPERIENCES SWELLINGS, TROUBLE BREATHING, ITCHING, RASHES AND HIVES ALL AT ONCE.

ACCORDING TO SOME PATIENTS, THERE ARE SO ME COMMONLY USED MEDICATIONS THAT ARE ALLERGENIC THAN OTHERS. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS, PENICILLIN, ANTIBIOTICS IN GENERAL, AND ASPIRIN ARE CONSIDERED DRUGS THAT GIVE SIDE EFFECTS. THE SYMPTOMS OF AN ALLERGIC RESPONSE ARE ACHIEVED BECAUSE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF IGE. BUT, THE INTAKE OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS ALONG WITH PENICILLIN MAY GIVE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. THERE ARE DRUGS THAT R ESULTS TO THE MANIFESTATION OF SIMILAR SYMPTOMS LIKE THAT OF AN ALLERGIC REACTION. THESE DRUGS INCLUDE VANCOMYCIN, INTRAVENOUS X-RAY DYES, PACLITAXEL , MORPHINE AND ACE INHIBITORS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT MORE DETAILS ON ALLERGY SYMPTOMS, DON'T HESITATE TO BROWSE THE AUTHORS WEBSITE.