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Author: Everytip.com Today, there are approximately 44 million people in the United States of America
suffering from allergies and the numbers are increasing. Allergies are caused by
hypersensitivity in the body's immune system. The triggers could range from
natural environmental factors like pollen, dust, mites, or mold to external
factors that your body comes into contact with, such as food and chemicals in
food.
Just as the cause of allergies can be varied, its signs and symptoms could
also differ greatly. Some symptoms, like itching and swelling of the throat and
nose discharge, are only mildly inconvenient. Others are uncomfortable, such as
difficulty in breathing, diarrhea, and vomiting. But in extreme cases, allergies
could cause unconsciousness, anaphylaxis (collapse due to allergies), and
sometimes even death.
Treatment and Allergy Relief: One form of allergy relief or
treatment for people with allergies is injections of small amounts of the
substances they are allergic to. The method is called immunotherapy and it is
based on the concept that once the immune system gets used to these substances,
it will no longer overreact when they see them entering the body's cellular
structure. But such allergic relief treatment can take time. With each allergy
relief injection, the dose is increased, until the patient becomes
hyposensitized (less allergic) to the allergens because then, the body becomes
more tolerant of these offending substances. As a result, relief from allergy is
at hand and the symptoms, including sneezing and watery eyes, plus the need for
medication, are reduced or disappear.
Who Should Get the Allergy Relief Shots?
The obvious answer would be those people who very clearly have allergic
reactions to certain types of food or environmental factors. "Shots work
extremely well in patients that clearly have allergic symptoms, either allergy
in their nose like allergic rhinitis or bronchial asthma, where outdoor
allergens like tree, weed and grass pollens seem to be a major cause," says
Stanley P. Galant, M.D., an allergist in Orange County, California, and a
clinical professor and director of pediatric allergy at the University of
California, Irvine. He further adds that allergy relief shots don't have quite
the same effect on patients with allergies to molds, house dust mites
(microscopic insects that feed on human skin cells found on furniture, bedding,
and carpets), and animal dander (tiny skin flakes animals continually shed) as
those allergic to outdoor allergens. However, with the standardization of
extracts for cat dander and dust mites and overall better preparations have
helped increase the odds. Immunotherapy, however, is not used as an allergy
relief unless skin tests or blood tests have been conducted and the exact
culprits have been identified. John Yunginger, M.D., a member of FDA's
Allergenic Products Advisory Committee and a pediatric allergist at the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, says, "You have to show that (the patients) have
IgE antibodies to the allergens in question." IgE, or immunoglobulin E, is an
antibody that the immune system produces the first time it is exposed to an
allergen. The next time the allergen is produced, massive amounts of these IgE
released by the immune system are what triggers the allergic reaction.
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