Friday, February 27, 2009

How to Keep Allergy Symptoms Under Control

By Diana Jackson

Chronic diseases like allergy are an evil we have to learn to live with and try to minimize its effects on our lifestyle. This is why scientists develop symptomatic medication, in order to alleviate symptoms of such ailments. These are not cures, but alleviations.

Since each human body may have a different reaction to various stimulants, there is no such thing as an universal allergy relief. Each sufferer will know what works best fopr him and he will take care to take the medication every time he might be in danger to get exposed to the allergens he is sensitive to.

Allergy is very tricky. It is possible that you don't know you have it until it's too late to live a normal life. Symptoms increase in intensity with each exposure to the allergen substance which triggers your immune system's erroneous reaction.

Almost everything in nature or made by humans can be an allergen. Dust is well known to give skin reactions in many people, as well as molds and mildew. Foods can also initiate an allergic response from the human body. Pollens threaten many allergic persons lives each spring and fall. There is a potential allergen in everything.

In this age when people tend to return to a more natural way of living, there's no wonder they are seeking herbal remedies for anything, including allergy or asthma. Some sufferers have seen improvements, while others didn't. Disease is not an objective experience, but rather a personal one.

Allergic reactions can manifest themselves in multiple ways: airborne allergens will rather give respiratory tract reactions like swelling, sneezing and cold-like symptoms. Contact allergies can give skin manifestations like urticaria, redness, itching or swelling of the limbs. All types of allergy can lead to death by chocking.

Life endangering, massive swelling can be neutered by epinephrine shots. This remedy needs to be administrated immediately, because a couple of minutes are enough to kill an sufferer. The brain cannot live without oxygen and if you can't breathe, it will suffer irreversible damage. - 16004

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