Saturday, September 6, 2008

Skin Allergy and Suggested Remedies

Have you ever wondered how someone could develop a skin allergy? The solution requires a little work and commitment, but the pain and suffering you can avoid will easily make up for it. Let's first look at what may be the root cause of the dermatitis problem, dust mites showing interesting results. The feces from dust mites have two enzymes that are designed to break down human skin cells for the dust mites to feed on. Proteins in the feces called "Der f1 and Der p1" are the enzymes that break the skin down and have shown to cause powerful allergic reactions in some people more sensitive to other allergens, such as those produced by cats or dogs. They also found that repeated exposure to these enzymes create worse reactions over time, including dermatitis reactions. It gets worse! It seems the more you're exposed to dust mite feces, the better your chances of developing sensitivity to other allergens. That being the case, it stands to reason a good line of defense is to reduce your exposure to dust mite feces. The way to do that is to vacuum more often.

Vacuum your carpets at least once a week and get them steam cleaned twice a year. Throw away feather pillows and find out which types of hypo allergenic pillows are the most comfortable. IF your carpets are old, replace them with vinyl, hardwood or tile. Replace old fabric furniture with leather. To carry this idea to its logical conclusion, consider re-building your immune system for protection against dermatitis. If the dust mite feces break you skin down and make reactions worse over time, then it stands to reason that rebuilding your body will protect you and reduce skin allergy reactions, or eliminate them all together.

Prescription medications will not cure your skin allergy problem! Prescriptions have one single active ingredient (anti-histamines) that controls allergies, and can only be seen as a temporary solution. Thousands of people seeking skin allergy treatments and other diseases have found long lasting and even permanent relief from skin allergies with this natural source. Mangosteen (not related to Mango) can work wonders for your skin allergy problems by using it topically and internally.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Asthma Allergy- Causes and Remedies

Asthma happens to be one of the most common allergy types experienced by young and adults alike. In most cases, Asthmatic patients suffer from inflammation of lungs caused by its hyper-responsiveness to allergic and sometimes non-allergic stimuli. It is witnessed through heavy panting and short breadth. But this may not be true in all cases. Sometimes asthmatic conditions could be characterized by subtle responses like mild cough and cold.

Causes of Asthma

asthma causesThe chronic ailment of the disease stems out of swelling of the bronchial tubes. Mucus is produced within the tubes and the muscles outside the tube tighten. This comes in way of natural breathing process and patients suffer difficulty while breathing.

Though Asthma is primarily a problem caused by inflammation of lungs, other external factors have a contributing role which further instigates the disease. External factors like dust mites, mold, weeds, grass pollens and even bird feathers can further propagate the disease. Interestingly, Asthma may also be propagated by non-allergic conditions. Extreme cold, strong perfumes and exposure to smoke can also further trigger the disease among asthmatic patients.
But it should be borne in mind that a condition which seems to be allergic to one may be perfectly fine for another. This may be attributed to difference of immune system among individuals. An individual with poor immune system is more likely to fall pray to allergic conditions to an individual with comparatively better immunity system.

Suggested Remedial Measures

Asthma treatment varies widely depending on the propensity of the disease among individuals. There are two popular types of medications applied on asthmatic patients viz, controller medication and rescue medication.
While controller medications are generally prescribed for patients with common asthmatic symptoms, rescue medications are prescribed to individuals with severe night time cough. Some of the widely used rescue medications include albuterol, xopenex, epinephrine and the like. Off late, Xolair too has emerged as a popular asthmatic treatment for treating severe asthmatic disorders. It is a form of treatment where over production of allergic antibodies are blocked.
In extreme cases, medical practitioners recommend immunotherapy where allergic injections are injected so as to make one’s immune system more consistent against allergies.

Allergy advice Guide- an effort to eradicate allergy

Being a medical sales professional, I seem to take pride about my knowledge on drugs.
I don’t even feel it necessary to pay visit to a doctor for minor ailments and illnesses…I treat them on my own.It was a few days back that my son Sam complained about itching at the back of his ears and quite naturally I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to make use of my expertise in medical field. I tried to resolve the issue with some quick relief stuffs manufactured by the company where I work but somehow it didn’t work.But I was not to give up. I further tried my hands out with skin ointments and this time it deteriorated. I was in a fix!

The matter didn’t leave much choice but to consult a specialist. After careful analysis of the matter the doctor said that Sam had been suffering from Eczema medically known as Atopic Dermatitis. I remembered some of my distant relatives too suffered from this and there is no reason why Sam couldn’t get affected by this. The doctor further explained that in most cases. Eczema stems out of consumption of allergic dishes like egg, milk, wheat, soy and peanuts. Regular scratching and contact with woolen fibers further propagates the disease and other body parts too get affected. I was a bit stunned!

Eczema is only one kind of allergy that affects the skin. Likewise there are a few thousands causes that can propagate stringent allergic conditions. This amused me and I was curious to know about it. I realized that we often fail to analyze the root causes of allergic conditions and end up treating it in an improper way. My blog is an effort to bring forth such issues which are trivial but not negligible on any ground. Some of the deadly allergies include nasal or sinus allergy, food, skin, and also insect allergy. I would try to discuss about causes, symptoms and remedial measures of each of these.So check back for more information about all kinds of allergies and their suggested preventive measures…and do away with chronic allergic ailments forever.