Skin Care- All About Allergies
Skin Care- All About Allergies
Eczema the most common skin problem is triggered by allergies. Similarly hives are caused by allergies. It is important to learn about allergies so that we can care for our skin. Most of us have different ideas about allergy. Some of us do not believe in allergy while some of us think that they suffer from allergy with every substance. Most of us are allergic to something. Most of these allergies are harmless but some like eczema can cause lot of distress and skin problems. Let us first discuss about what are allergies.
Allergy- what is it?
When our immune system reacts to something that does not bother most other people, that hypersensitivity is called allergy. Pollen may cause no allergy to you but make your friend’s life miserable with sneezing. In most allergic systems body responds to a false alarm.
Skin Care- common allergens-
Common allergens that may cause a trigger in atopic dermatitis or eczema are-
Pet dander, Dust mites, Pollen, Mold spores, food and medicines etc. Out of the skin care items you use you may get allergic reactions. Many people believe that things they have been using for years, will not cause allergies. In fact, the reverse is true. You may be using a product or eating a food item for years. Suddenly one day, it begins causing allergic reactions. Whenever you get an allergic reaction, analyze what you have been doing since years, apart from new things. Please do not think that what did not cause allergy yesterday, will not cause it today.
This article is only for informative purposes. This article is not intended to be a medical advise and it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult your doctor for your medical concerns. Please follow any tip given in this article only after consulting your doctor. The author is not liable for any outcome or damage resulting from information obtained from this article.
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A Study on Semen Allergies
Many of us suffer from allergies, even this time of year when the weather is getting cold. But here’s an allergy that can be a year round allergy: one to your husband!
In theory you can be allergic to anything that is foreign to your body.
But parents, take caution: this allergy that women can get in response to a man is one caused by sex.
Now, here’s an excuse to break up with someone… you’’re allergic to them! “Allergic to another person?,” says Aileen. “Uh, I suppose it is possible.”
Yes, according to new research, sex can cause a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.
The problem: semen allergy.
Dr. David Resnick, the Director of the Allergy Division, NY Presbyterian Hospital, says, “The local symptoms are burning, itching, discomfort after intercourse, usually a short period of time, usually a few minutes or up to an hour, or someone can have a generalized reaction where they can have coughing, shortness of breathe, hives, rhinorrhea, and it can be very uncomfortable.”
Semen allergy is particularly suspected if symptoms go away with condom use or abstinence.
The researchers say it’s not known how many women may be allergic to their partner’s semen.
“The allergy mainly comes from the prostate gland, there are many different proteins in the prostate gland,” states Dr. Resnick.
In some cases, substances such as certain medications and foods—like nuts, may cause allergic reactions when transmitted through seminal fluid.
“If a women has an allergy to food it is possible for a small amount to get into the semen and the person have an allergic response” says
Approximately 50 percent of women with semen allergy have other allergic diseases, such as skin allergy and allergic rhinitis–so-called “hay fever”.
Most women are between age 20 and 30, and 41 percent experience symptoms with their first sexual intercourse.
The researchers say semen allergy should be considered as a possible diagnosis for women who report symptoms that occur shortly after intercourse.
It can be treated. “We take small diluted amount of semen and introduce it to the vaginal tract over the course of an hour and a half, we start with microscopic amounts and place it in the vaginal tract every twenty minutes and at the end the patients actually receive a full dose of undiluted semen and they are considered desensitized,” says Dr. Resnick.
And then the trick is to yes, have more sex!
“It is very important that they continue to have intercourse at least two or three times per week in order to remain in that desensitized state.”
Now, that’s a prescription!
Because this can be potentially a life-threatening allergy, patients with it have to carry around an epi-pen, and have it available especially when they’re having sex.
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Asthma And Allergies
If you are troubled by both allergies and asthma you might thinking, “if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all”. The fact is that it is estimated that as many as sixty percent of the asthma cases in the U.S. are allergy related. You are not alone. There are many people like yourself who are suffering from the same double barreled malady. The fact is that allergies can induce or agrivate asthma. Both the lining of the nose and throat are susceptible to allergic reactions to molds. pollen and whatever els it is you may be allergic to. You may be suffering from allergy induced asthma and not even know it.
There is hope however. Ongoing research has made en roads into the connection between allergies and asthma. Over the years people who were treating their asthma with strictly asthma medications might have been treating the symptom and not the cause all along. Allergen immunotherapy has been shown to work on people with allergy induced asthma in many cases. For these people desensidation shots have been a blessing and have been successful of relieving them of their suffering by enabling their body to have the allergic reactions that were causing their asthma.
There are a number of medicines available that can help to reduce the inflammation in the throat of the asthma sufferer. The come in all forms from inhalers to pill form to injections and if your type of asthma is allergy induced they can be helpful in bringing you relief from allergy induced asthma. It is possible to have allergies and have asthma be your only reaction. That is, you need not show any other allergic reactions other that your allergy induced asthma. So you may be one of the many people out there suffering from allergy induced asthma who don’t even know that this is the cause of their suffering.
Who is at risk of having allergy induced asthma? If you have a family history of allergies and also have asthma than you are at a higher risk than normal that your asthma is allergy induced asthma. Studies have shown that up to seventy-two percent of people who have asthma also have hay fever. This is not to say that all asthma cases are allergy induced asthma. There are in fact several other forms of asthma that are not allergy induced asthma. Other forms of asthma are exercise induced asthma, and non allergic asthma, triggered by cold air or asthma triggered by gastroesophogeal reflux disease. It is important that you determine what type of asthma you have.
The fact is that there is hope for all asthma sufferers. Ongoing research is developing new treatments for both allergy induced asthma and non allergic asthma. Many research scientists believe that a cure is on the horizon. In the absence of a complete cure though, great strides have been made in the treatment of the symptoms that make those who suffer from the malady miserable. Some have found a combination of treatment strategies to be the answer to their problem. Finding and removing the source of their allergy symptoms is of course the first step if at all possible. Many times this is the solution. The important thing is that you not give up your hunt for help.
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Article by Sven Ullmann, who runs Deserved Health – information on health for you and your family. Read more about popular asthma and allergies.