Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Allergic diseases



Allergic diseases which are caused by exposure to allergens of the environment are bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, hay fever, allergic hives and giant hives, atopic dermatitis, anaphylactic shock, serum sickness, exogenous allergic alveolitis, allergic contact dermatitis. Allergens can be different in different age groups, also changes the manifestation of allergy. Children have so-called atopic march, which is typical for the transition of various forms of allergies from one to another. If children are exposed with skin manifestations (atopic dermatitis), growing up, they will have allergic rhinitis and bronchial asthma.

Allergic Hives and Giant Hives
Allergic hives is characterized by itchy rashes all over body, reminiscent of gnat’s bites or reactions to “burn” nettle. Blisters occur quickly and also quickly pass. This is the reaction of skin vessels. Allergic hives is often manifested by food and drug allergy. It may be accompanied by Giant Hives – a disease during which lips, cheeks and ears rapidly swell.
Mechanisms of the development of acute hives and giant hives are often the same. It should be noted that in many cases, hives can be non-allergic and can be a symptom of other diseases.
High fever, allergic rhinitis
In the period of flowering of plants kids swell, inflame, have running eyes, gummy nose, and nasal voice. They constantly sneeze; there is a profuse watery nasal flow allocation. Sometimes it’s difficult to breathe.
Atopic dermatitis
During this disease itchy rash appears on the skin face, torso, and limbs. The child becomes troublesome, whimsical. Without adequate treatment the rash stays long. The skin becomes dry and rough. Significant role in the development of atopic dermatitis has played a food allergy, and infection. This disease makes suffer the whole organism.
Recently, in the overall structure of allergic diseases atopic dermatitis is dominant.
Allergy to medicines
Drug allergy is related to side effects of drugs. Any drug may serve as an allergen. The most common allergic reactions are in antibiotics penicillin row, sulfanilamide, local anesthetics (Novocain), multivitamins.
Bronchial asthma
Bronchial asthma is a disease in which allergic reactions occur on the mucous membrane of bronchi. The initial manifestations of asthma is a dry troublesome cough, whistle noisy breathing. With progression of the disease appears breathlessness, attacks of suffocation. The primary role in the development of asthma plays everyday epidermal allergens. The most severe manifestation of bronchial asthma is asthmatic status, which may even lead to death.

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