Allergies are the immune system's hyped-up reaction to normally harmless foreign substances, or allergens. When these touch the lining of the nose the mucous membranes become inflamed, setting off symptoms. It takes more than pills to get relief. Some changes and fixes in your house as well as your habits are very important too. Here are some important things to consider:
1. Keep windows closed during allergy season, so pollen stays outside.
2. Cover your mattresses, pillows and box springs if your allergic to dust mites.
3. Use impermeable zip-up cases that trap the allergens. you may also want to remove wall to wall carpeting or plush rugs. Hard floors are less likely to harbor mites.
4. Don't mow the lawn or rake leave yourself - It can stir up pollens and molds,
5. Bathe pets more often during allergy season(if they go outdoors). Dogs and cats who roam through grass pick up allergenic pollen.
6. Consider showering and washing your hair- just before you go to bed. Otherwise pollen from your body and hair falls onto bed linens.
7. Don't wait till bedtime if you've been working outside. Take a shower, wash your hair, and change your clothes as soon as possible.
Considering these things can actually make a big difference to your everyday life.Take care of yourself follow these steps to prevent allergy
Here are some slow motion pictures of why we shouldn't sneeze on public places!
Sneezing, or "sternutation" as it's also called, is your body's way of removing foreign matter from your nose and throat. There are other causes of sneezing, and a lot more to this seemingly simple act than you can imagine.
Sneezing isn't normally a sign that something serious is wrong with your body. It's commonly caused by allergies, irritants such as dust or smoke, using nasal sprays, drug withdrawal, and foreign objects in your nose.
Sneezing is a very big deal in terms of spreading virus, that's why we should cover our mouth when sneezing, or if we can, avoid sneezing in crowded places, to prevent others from being infected.
Preventing allergy specially in our own home is very important for our family's health and well being. Eliminate, as much as possible all the allergens you can, from your home, especially domestic animals and dust mites. Here are some simple home tips to minimize allergic attacks:
- Avoid exposure to cigarette smoke, dont let anybody to smoke inside your house specially if a member of the family has an allergy.
- Don't let an allergic person to have a excessive home exercise
- Don't let an allergic person to experience stress at your own home
- If the dust sensitive person is a child, avoid stuffed toys that accumulate dust. Use only washable toys made of wood, rubber, metal, or plastic and store them in a closed toy box.
- Add an air filter to reduce the levels of allergens in your home.
- Clean the room thoroughly and completely at least once a week, clean the floors, window frames and other parts of the house that accumulate dust. Clean it with a damp cloth, air the room thoroughly.
- Avoid to use upholstered furniture and venetian blinds. because they accumulate dust.
- Use only washable materials on the bed. Wash sheets frequently in water that is at least 130 F. Use Dacron mattress pad and pillows Avoid fuzzy wool blankets that trap dust.
- Keep animals with fur or feathers out of the room. People allergic to dust mites often allergic to cats, dogs and other animals.
- Remove fitted carpets specially shag carpets and replace with hardwood, tile or linoleum floors.
- Repeatedly treat all removable carpets with tannic acid to eliminate dust mites.
In many instances, its hard for us to know if we have allergy in food that we eat or other things that surround us, because allergies also can be known in many ways.
Mild allergies like rash, itchy, watery eyes, and congestion do not spread in other parts of the body.
Moderate allergies like difficultly breathing migraine and itchiness are a symptom that affects other parts of the body.
Severe allergic reactions like vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, mental confusion and dizziness, abdominal pain and varying degrees of swellings that can make breathing and swallowing difficult. Are rare life –threatening emergency in which sudden response of the body to the allergen affects the whole body.
Symptoms of allergies like rashes, hives, joint pain, mimicking arthritis, headaches can be cause too by other health disorder.
The most common food that most people got their allergies are milk, egg, seafood, wheat, nuts seeds, chocolate, orange, and tomato.
Some allergies symptoms can not be seen on babies because their intestine are not that mature, in their seventh month some of the symptoms can be seen.
Migraines are also example of reactions that we get in food that we eat, because it has tryamine, phenethylamine, monosoduim glutamate, and also sodium nitrate. Examples of food that has chemical like this are chocolate, aged cheese, sour cream, red wine, pickled herring, chicken livers, avocado, cured meats and ripe banana.
Migraines cause by allergies can be cured successfully by just taking supplements particularly Vitamin B and niacin.
