The most popular and well-established myths about allergies.
In fact, substances that can cause allergies, more than 20 thousand, pollen from weeds until the oil and water, and determine any allergies or not, can only be a doctor.
Treat not necessarily, goes with age, a common cold is not dangerous, bald animals make can Lily do not give good medicines do not exist, cleaning is useless to understand these the most persistent myths about allergies helped us allergist-immunologist Vladimir Bolibok.
MYTH # 1: Long cold is a bad cold
Actually NO. Sneezing and coughing more than two weeks even with a very strong cold cannot be. If the eyes remain red, sore throat, nose breathing medications do not help and the disease torments you for many years and always appears suddenly is likely allergies. Of the disease being treated, of course, different, the doctor will confirm the diagnosis, will prescribe medications and help you identify triggers – irritants.
MYTH # 2: Allergies – hereditary disease
Actually YES AND NO. Inherited not an Allergy, but only a predisposition to it, and cause pathologically hostile reaction of the immune system to innocuous things could be different circumstances. Absolute protection from allergies no, but to ease their condition is to avoid stress, to be more careful during seasonal exacerbations and to stay away from what causes the Allergy, someone from the family members.
Myth # 3: Allergy outgrow
Actually NO. If the Allergy is manifested in the child, the body’s response to stimuli will remain the same and the teenager, and adult. For miraculous recovery often take a powerful resistance to a fully formed immune system. To completely get rid of allergies, unfortunately, can not, and less likely to be disturbed it will probably only old age: in the elderly the immune system is calmer reaction to allergens.
Myth # 4: Treatment for allergies is useless
Actually NO. Treatment can and should: if you take the doctor recommended pills and use drops beforehand as a preventive measure, and not in the midst of the attack of the disease, can significantly improve your condition.
Medicine stepped forward, and in any pharmacy any family, even with children from 4 years can without a prescription to buy spray for local action on day relieves allergic symptoms: itchy nose and eyes, runny nose, nasal congestion, watery eyes and sneezing.
Myth # 5: Funds from allergies cause drowsiness
Actually NO. Modern medicines does not cause any drowsiness or addiction, and their regular intake is much more effective than periodic. The main thing – to observe the dosage, and do not take up a first aid kit with every sneeze. By the way, people’s money – not the best solution, because many plants contain allergens that may not only not corrected, but further aggravate the situation.
Myth No. 6: causes Allergic poplar fluff
Actually YES and NO. Dangerous for Allergy sufferers not fluff, although it also irritates the mucous membranes, and the fact that he carries. Dust and plant pollen, which stick to the fluff, cause hay fever – it is popularly called hay fever, although hay has nothing to do with it. Contrary to the myth, the large flowers are not so dangerous for people with allergies as small, so it is better not to give a wreath of dandelions, a bouquet of lilies – if removed from the inflorescences, stamens, pollen will not, and Allergy symptoms will not appear.
Myth # 7: the Bald cat allergies are not the enemy
Actually NO. Pets cause allergies, not because of the hair, and because protein the protein contained in their saliva and on the skin, so to have a hairless cat is not necessary – he will lick no less than woolly relatives, and also to cause allergies, seizes to the owner. The same goes for any other Pets without fur, but the dog still less irritate the immune system. To get used to the animal, alas, can not – if the Allergy is, it will only improve.
Myth # 8: the Allergy is uncomfortable but not dangerous
Actually NO. Although it is considered that seasonal rhinitis, even strong, will not cause much harm, neglected allergies can even be life-threatening, causing serious consequences such as asthma and anaphylactic shock. Everywhere a particular quantity is and dust, and plants, and other allergens, but prevention and timely treatment can relieve the allergies from serious consequences.
Myth # 9: Cleaning to do useless
Actually NO. Regular wet cleaning, of course, will not cure the allergies, but will greatly facilitate his life: the less in the house dust, the better. To cope with it will not only wash floors, and screen Windows, humidifiers and carefully chosen objects: in the house should be as little as possible, collecting dust like closet.
Myth # 10: Walking after rain is useful
Actually YES. Rain cleanses the air of dust and pollen that cause irritation and allergies in this stop much more comfortable than, for example, in the morning when the concentration of allergens in the air reach a peak. The most dangerous time for people with hay fever is between ten in the morning until four in the afternoon, and if possible, better to stay at home, where stimuli less or not at all.
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