For most modern people, such health troubles as allergic diseases are familiar firsthand - these human diseases can occur at almost any age and regardless of gender. In some cases, allergic diseases can "simulate" the clinical picture of other pathologies of different human organs, but help will be effective only if specific anti-allergic treatment is carried out.
Allergic diseases - their features and manifestations
Everyone should be well aware that these pathological processes can manifest themselves as acute allergic reactions or proceed chronically, but in any case, the production of specific antibodies in the body begins only after the initial exposure to the allergen. Accordingly, at the first contact of a person with an irritant (regardless of age), no characteristic manifestations will arise. At each subsequent encounter with an allergen, the severity of symptoms can vary from minor rhinitis and skin rashes to very serious edema of the larynx or anaphylactic shock - conditions that pose a danger to the patient’s life if failure or timely delivery of medical care.
Any allergic diseases (including auto-allergic inflammatory processes) can occur only if a malfunction occurs in the activity of the body's immune system. In this case, an increased amount of specific proteins is produced in the cells, which, when connected directly with the molecules of the allergen substance, cause the formation of circulating immune complexes. They stimulate the production of inflammatory and allergy mediators , such as histamine, prostaglandin and serotonin, by the body’s cells. Under the influence of such processes, an allergic rash occurs in the child - a condition that can occur at any age, starting from the first days of the baby's life.
What allergies can occur to
It should be noted that intolerance to one or another product (substance) can be expressed by states that are somewhat different in origin, but their manifestations may seem the same. Allergic diseases occur when ingested, on the skin and mucous substances of an allergen, and the severity of manifestations may not depend on its dose. Intolerance to one substance or another occurs when there are no enzymes in the patient's body (or their insufficient activity), therefore, the degree of manifestation of negative symptoms and their dynamics directly depend on the dose of the provocative substance.
It is no secret that intolerance and allergies can occur, in principle, to any organic or inorganic substance, but for an allergic reaction to occur, it must be combined with protein substrates in the patient's body or outside it, otherwise the so-called incomplete allergy is formed (temperature burn). The cause of an allergy can also be those chemicals and medicines that are prescribed for its treatment and prevention. That is why any medicine intended for the treatment of allergic diseases should be prescribed after a thorough and comprehensive examination of the patient and only by a qualified doctor, preferably an allergist, immunologist, rheumatologist or therapist.
How to beat an allergy
The only way to prevent the occurrence of allergies in principle may be to completely eliminate the contact of the susceptible organism with potential allergens. But this condition is often impossible, therefore, under the supervision and as prescribed by a doctor, specific treatment is carried out, which consists in the administration of a diluted allergen in slowly increasing amounts in the interictal period.