ALLERGY DEFINITIONS, TREATMENTS, AND MANIFESTATIONS

VACCINE ALLERGY OVERVIEW

EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT SO COMMON, VACCINE ALLERGY CAN STILL CAUSE SERIOUS CONDITIONS SUCH AS ANAPHYLAXIS. PRIOR TO MAKING A DECISION ABOUT VACCINATING YOURSELF OR YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, THINK A BOUT THE THREAT TO YOUR HEALTH IF YOU FOREGO VACCINATI ON. KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE IS V ERY MINIMAL RISK IN DEVELOPING AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO VACCINES. MUMPS AND MEASL ES ARE COMMON TO CHILDREN. THAT IS WHY MOST SCHOOLS REQUIRE THEIR STUDENTS TO GET VACCINATED. PARENTS MAY ALSO PLAY THEIR ROLE BY ENSURING THE PROTECTION OF THEIR CHILDREN FROM THESE LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS.

IN THIS CASE, WHAT CAN BECOME POTENTIAL TRIGGERS THAT MAY BE ACQUIRED IN THE VACCINE? EGG PROTEIN AND GELATIN ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE MAIN INGREDIENTS IN VACCINES. IN FACT, FLU AND YELLOW VACCINE CONTAINS EGG PROTEIN. VARICELLA, JAPANESE ENCEPHALITI S, MUMPS, MEALSES, A ND RUBELLA VACCINE C ONTAINS GELATIN. THIMEROSAL, A PRESER VATIVE IN SOME VACCI NES, HAS CAUSED ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. THUS, IT HAS BEEN EXCLU DED FROM THE VACCINES WHICH ARE LICENSED IN THE UNITED STATES.

DRUG ALLERGY OVERVIEW

ONE MUST BE CAUTIOUS IN TAKING DRUGS BECAUSE SOME MAY CAUSE ADVERSE EFFECTS. THE INSTRUCTIONS ON SOME DRUGS ARE STATED CLEARLY. HOWEVER, IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THE EVI L EFFECTS OF THESE DRUGS ARE SOMETIMES UNPREDICTABLE. THERE ARE ONLY FEW ALLERGIC REACTIONS THAT PROVIDE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. HOWEVER, HAVING MULTIPLE SYMPTOMS LIKE SWELLING, TROUBLE BREATHING, ITCHING, RASH AND HIVES CAN ACTUALLY MAKE YOU MISERABLE.

ACCORDING TO SOME PATIENTS, THERE ARE SOME COMMONLY USED MEDICATIONS THAT ARE ALLERGENIC THAN OTHERS. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS, PENICILLIN, ANTIBIOTICS IN GENERAL, AND ASPIRIN ARE CONSIDERED DRUGS THAT GIVE SIDE EFFECTS. ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS, WHEN TAKEN WITH PENICILLIN, MAY GIVE EFFECTS THAT ARE THE SAME WITH AN ALLERGIC RESPONSE. HOWEVER, THIS CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT IGE BEING INVOLVED. DRUGS SUCH AS VANCOMYCIN, INTRAVENOUS X-RAY DYES, PACLITAXEL , MORPHINE AND ACE INHIBITORS ARE KNOWN TO PROVIDE THE SAME SYMPTOMS FELT IN AN ALLERGIC RESPONSE.

PET ALLERGY EXPLAINED

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT PET ALLERGY IS CAUSED BY THEIR PETS FUR. RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT PROTEINS IN THE SALIVA A RE ALLERGENS. THE FUR CONTAINS THE PROTEINS AS THE ANIMAL LICKS ITSELF. SKIN AND URINE ARE THE SOURCES OF PROTEINS THAT CAUSE ALLERGIES. WHEN THE PROTEIN-CARRYING SUBSTANCE DRIES UP, THE PROTEINS CAN SOAR IN THE AIR.

CATS TEND TO HAVE MORE ALLERGENS THAN DOGS DO. LICKING THEIR BODIES MORE, PEOPLE HOLDING THEM MORE AS WELL AS PEOPLE SPENDING THEIR TIME MORE ATTENDING TO CATS ARE JUST A FEW REASONS . GUINEA PIGS AS WELL AS OTHER RODENTS HAVE BECOME POPULAR PETS. URINE OF THE MANY RODENT MAY TRIGGER HYPERSENSITIVITY TO SOME PEOPLE.

POLLEN ALLERGY EXPLAINED

POLLEN GRAINS ARE FINE MULTI-CELLULAR ORGANISMS FROM PLANTS, WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO CARRY PLANT SPERM CELLS. POLLEN GRAINS ARE TRANSFERRED VIA THE AIR. NOT ALL RELEASE D AND TRANSFERRED PO LLEN GET TO REACH OTHER PLANTS. SOME OF THESE GRAINS CAN BE ACCIDENTALLY INHALED AND CAUSE POLLEN ALLERGY, WHICH IS A KIND OF SEASONAL ALLERGIC RHINITIS. HAY FEVER IS ANOTHER T ERM FOR THIS CONDITION.

POLLEN GRAINS ARE POPULAR ALLERGY TRIGGE RS. IT IS EASY TO PREVENT EXPOSURE TO VISIBLE ALLERGENS (I.E. ANIMALS, FOOD, M EDICINES). IN THE SAME MANNER, IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO STAY AWAY FROM DUST AND INSE CTS. IF YOU ARE INSIDE A HOUSE WITH CLOSED DOORS AND WINDOWS, HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ESCAPE AIRBORNE POLLEN.

FOOD ALLERGY GUIDE

A LARGE PART OF THE POPULATION IS SUSCEPTIBLE OF HAVING FOOD ALLERGIES OR FOOD INTOLERANCES. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEY HAVE ALLERGIES. THEY ARE JUST LEFT WONDERING WHY THEY ARE EXPERIE NCING UNWANTED ALLERGIC REACTIONS.

BECAUSE FOOD ALLERGIES ARE HEREDITARY, ONE OU T THREE INDIVIDUALS SAYS THAT HE MODIFIES HIS DIET SINCE ONE MEMBER OF TH E FAMILY IS BELIEVED TO HAVE A FOOD ALLERGY OR THEY ACTU ALLY HAVE A FOOD ALL ERGY. ON THE OTHER HAND, FOOD ALLERGIES HAVE AFFEC TED 5% OF THE CHILDREN POPULATION. FOOD ALLERGIES AFFECT ABOUT 4% OF THE TEEN AND ADULT POPULATION.

MOREOVER, PEOPLE ARE OFTEN MISTAKEN WITH THE DIFFERENCE OF FOOD ALLERGIES AND FOOD INTOLERANCES. THIS AFFECTS THE DIFFERENCE OF CLINIC ALLY DIAGNOSED FOOD ALLERGY AND THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE PROBLEM. A FOOD ALLERGY IS DEFINED AS THE HYPERSENSITIVE REACTION OF THE BODY TOWARDS AN ALLERGEN. FOOD INTOLERANCE AND FOOD ALLERGY MAY HAVE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. HOWEV ER, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR TH E SYMPTOMS OF ALLERGY TO FOOD. ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS IN THE CASE OF TWO DIFFERENT PERSONS HAVING EITHER MILK

ALLERGY OR MILK INTOLERANCE. THE PERSON HAVING MILK ALLERGY EXPERIENCES SYMPTOMS THE SAME WITH THE SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED BY THE PERSON WHO IS LACTOSE INTOLERANT. HOWEVER, THEY ARE ST ILL TWO DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.

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