and nothing can kill the buzz of spring like an allergy or a bacterial infection.
Allergic rhinitis In the spring trees and grass start to produce pollen to which many people are allergic.
The most common symptoms of allergic rhinitis (also called hay fever) are stuffy and runny nose watery and itchy eyes sneezing wheezing and cough.
There's really no good way to cure or prevent allergies but the symptoms can be controlled.
With allergies there are really good treatments and there's no need to suffer said Dr. Andy Nish president of Allergy
and Asthma Care Center in Gainesville Ga. 9 Weirdest Allergies His first recommendation to people with allergies includes avoiding the outdoors on high pollen days changing clothes
when getting home and keeping windows closed Nish said. Then there are medications to ease allergic reactionssuch as nasal steroids
and antihistamines Nish said. For people who have tried to avoid triggering their allergies but haven't seen improvement
and for those who are allergic to a number of allergens some doctors may recommend trying immunotherapy
and allergy shots Nish said. Eye allergies Another type of allergy to pollen affects the eye
and is called allergic conjunctivitis allergy. In this condition the membrane lining the eye and the inside of the eyelid becomes inflamed.
Doctors recommend staying away from pollen lubricating the eye and taking allergy medicine for relief.
Worsening of asthma & other health conditions Spring allergies can worsen an existing asthma or sinus problem Nish said.
Inhaling pollen can trigger asthma attacks and increase inflammation of the airways in people who have asthma.
Similarly people with sensitive sinuses can be irritated by pollens. Some people may develop eustachian tube dysfunction in
which the narrow tube that runs from the middle ear to the back of the nose gets blocked because of inflammation
Diarrhea or loose bowel movements also is caused by many factors most commonly by viruses bacteria or an allergic reaction.
What is Hay fever and Why Do You Have It? This article was published originally at The Conversation.
Hay fever or seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis to give it its official name is caused when our bodies produce allergic antibodies to the proteins in tree and grass pollens.
The antibodies then sit in the immune cells we have on all surfaces of our bodies in contact with the outside.
and sore eyes that make hay fever a misery In the longer term airways can become inflamed and blocked causing permanent nasal stuffiness snoring lack of sleep and susceptibility to infections and sinusitis.
Hay fever especially to non-sufferers can sound like a trivial disease. But it can wipe out weeks of useful functioning in the summer is the fifth most common cause of lack of sleep in the pollen months
which has resulted in theories that this allergy epidemic has been driven by environmental changes: fewer infections in childhood living away from environments such as farms
which seem to inhibit the development of allergies and modern changes in diet and lifestyle (for example overheated poorly ventilated homes).
Some years are worse for hay fever sufferers than others. This partly reflects the overall amount of pollen floating about but also individual circumstances:
which can lead to acute outbreaks of hay fever. The curious thing about hay fever is that it s a disease that some people seem to grow out of
while others don t and scientists don t yet understand why this is. Typically children who are susceptible to hay fever may start off with eczema in childhood
and then develop food allergies when they start to eat solid foods then develop hay fever as school children then asthma in their teens.
Sometimes these diseases fade away as the person grows up but sometimes they persist Sometimes they also develop for the first time later in life.
It is known not why these problems sometimes go away and curiously it is not because people stop producing the allergic antibodies.
Because of this development pattern people with hay fever are at greater risk of developing asthma. Because the susceptible cells line the lower airways as well as the nose patients with hay fever
and asthma often find that their asthma is worse during the pollen months because histamine release in the airways causes them to constrict.
This seasonal#or pollen#asthma can be quite severe. When treating asthma it makes sense to treat any associated hay fever as well
since having a blocked nose all the time bypasses the nose s natural filter function and allows more pollens and other irritants into the airways
Nevertheless there is no good evidence that neglecting hay fever treatment causes#asthma: the diseases are simply more likely to occur together.
The first line of hay fever treatment is with antihistamines to counteract the histamine your body produces.
Although there is not yet an absolute cure for hay fever it can be managed so if you re showing symptoms it s worth seeking advice from your GP
or an allergy specialist so that you can get out and enjoy the sunshine. Chris Corrigan lectures for Glaxosmithkline and Allergy Therapeutics and consults for Novartis Stallergenes and Allergy Therapeutics.
He has received funding from the Medical Research Council the Wellcome Trust Asthma UK Glaxosmithkline Allergopharma and various other charities
#9 Myths About Seasonal Allergies Like pollens that can spread quickly through the air myths about seasonal allergies also seem to circulate widely.
I hear allergy myths all the time said Dr. John Costa medical director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice in Boston.
To clear the air of these common misconceptions here are nine allergy myths that may be making the rounds.
Everybody has allergies. Only one in five Americans has allergic rhinitis which in spring is rose also known as fever
and in fall is called hay fever Costa said. While there has been a rise in the incidence of seasonal
and food allergies in the United states over the last 20 to 30 years people who don't have any allergies don't really worry about getting them he said.
And they often have no clue how miserable people with seasonal allergies feel Costa said.
Myth: If you didn't have seasonal allergies as a child you won't develop them as an adult.
The body comes in contact with new things all the time and can become highly allergic to them at any time.
There is nothing innately harmful about tree pollen for example but some people's immune systems look at tree pollens
If you didn't have allergies as a kid it can happen to you as an adult he said.
If you had them as a kid allergies can gradually and unpredictably go away. Myth: Eating local honey helps relieve seasonal allergy symptoms.
It's true that bees collect pollen from plants Costa said and honey has pollens in it from the local area.
and weeds that cause seasonal allergies are very light and stay airborne for a long time. The pollen in bee honey comes from flowers
They are the wrong kind of pollens for causing seasonal allergies Costa said. Myth: Scientists can accurately predict a bad pollen season.
Moving to a different geographic area could ease seasonal allergies. Moving is of little benefit to the seasonal allergy sufferer Costa said
because pollens are shared actually over large areas. Ragweed in New england is the same as ragweed in Texas
and people who are allergic to grass pollen may just be miserable everywhere because this type of pollen is incredibly cross-reactive he said. 8 Strange Signs You're Having an Allergic reaction Myth:
Flowers are a common trigger for seasonal allergies. It's rare for flower pollen to contribute to seasonal allergies Costa said.
Flower pollens are relatively heavy and fall to the ground rather than lingering in the air. In contrast pollens from trees (such as birch oak elm maple and cottonwood) grasses and weeds are very light
and stay airborne for a long time he explained. Unlike with tree and grass pollens you can control your exposure to flowers Costa said.
Topical nasal steroids are usually best for people with seasonal allergies he said. They work by reducing inflammation in the lining of the nose.
You only need to take allergy medication when you start feeling terrible. Allergies are an inflammatory response
and their effects can last for weeks. It makes more sense to use allergy medications on a consistent basis to maintain control over moderate to severe allergies Costa explained.
People should know their allergic triggers and their seasons and then use medications regularly when those pollens are suggested in the air he.
Myth: Allergy shots are not worthwhile. Over the last 20 years allergy shots have become more sophisticated
and fine-tuned Costa said. The shots are given typically to people with the most severe symptoms.
In 2014 we have a much better chance of using the right dosages of allergens than we did with your grandfather's allergy shots he said.
The FDA has approved recently daily tablets that dissolve under the tongue as an alternative to allergy shots
but they are only available for ragweed or grass pollens. Follow Live Science@livescience Facebook & Google+.
#Got Allergies? Avoid These 7 Mistakes Misery loves comfort and with approximately 50 million Americans plagued by seasonal allergies there are plenty of people feeling miserable and seeking comfort
when pollen is in the air. But in an attempt to relieve their sneezing stuffy or runny noses and itchy eyes allergy sufferers might make a few mistakes.
The good news is that seasonal allergies are said totally treatable Dr. Clifford Bassett medical director of Allergy
and Asthma Care of New york. The key is to have a plan in place. Bassett described seven common mistakes that people with seasonal allergies make so you can know to avoid them.
Mistake 1: Spending unwisely on over-the-counter medications When people with allergies feel lousy they may head to the drugstore and try a variety of products such as antihistamines nasal sprays and eye drops.
This isn't necessarily a smart or cost-effective way to relieve their symptoms though.
what your allergies are and create an allergy action plan said Bassett a fellow of the American College of Allergy Asthma and Immunology. 9 Weirdest Allergies Mistake 2:
Opening the windows Wind is not a good friend to people with seasonal allergies Bassett told Live Science.
But when the weather gets warm it's tempting to let fresh air and cool breezes into your home or car.
This is a big mistake for people with seasonal allergies because this allows pollens to visit Bassett said.
He also recommended that people avoid hanging laundry on an outdoor clothesline during allergy season.
Waiting too long to take allergy medications Treat allergies at the onset of pollen season rather than waiting until symptoms get more severe Bassett said.
or two weeks before their allergy season typically begins. A proactive approach works better for many people;
Eating foods that aggravate allergies. When some people with pollen allergies eat certain fresh fruits
and vegetables it may result in an itchy mouth or throat. This is known as oral allergy syndrome.
The allergic cross-reaction occurs shortly after the offending food is eaten. It happens because the immune system recognizes a similarity between proteins in some pollens and those in fruits vegetables nuts and spices.
For example a person with a birch pollen allergy may develop oral allergy symptoms after eating an apple carrot peach almond or hazelnut.
Sometimes peeling cooking or avoiding the food altogether during allergy season may prevent symptoms Bassett said.
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and possibly prevent allergies. Do whey protein supplements work? Whey protein supplements can certainly provide high-quality protein in the diet.
Because whey is a dairy product people with milk allergies should avoid whey protein. People who are lactose intolerant should also take caution.
or testicular degeneration in animal tests or according to FDA scientists may trigger an allergic reaction in people with peanut allergies.
In addition the victim seems not to have been allergic to the bees. The bees also stung two other workers who tried to help the man according to Wichita Falls'News Channel 6.)Not-so-killer bees Africanized honeybees
Furthermore people who are allergic to bee stings can experience a severe physiological reaction after just one sting Berenbaum said. 8 Strange Signs You're Having an Allergic reaction Called anaphylactic shock this severe allergic reaction can prove lethal for some people attacked by bees.
and while she said that everyone is likely to experience some kind of allergic reaction to bee venom only some individuals experience anaphylactic shock.
Allergic to bees or not anyone who encounters a swarm of these defensive insects should run away she said.
Additionally avocado allergies while uncommon do exist. Symptoms include a stuffy nose wheezing coughing and edema.
Magnesium is recommended occasionally to ease altitude sickness hay fever Lyme disease asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD. Magnesium applied directly to the skin is said to treat skin infections
whether magnesium supplements could help anxiety ADHD hay fever Lyme disease or multiple sclerosis according to the NIH. Studies are less promising on magnesium's ability to boost athletic performance.
#Oral Allergy Syndrome: 6 Ways to Avoid an Itchy, Tingling Mouth It's not unusual for a person with seasonal allergies to have an itchy nose and itchy eyes.
But it may seem surprising that some hay-fever sufferers get an itchy feeling in their mouths throats
and lips when they start to eat certain foods. This condition is known as oral allergy syndrome (OAS)
or pollen-associated food allergy syndrome and it's the most common form of food allergy in adults.
It occurs because proteins found in some fresh fruits and vegetables are similar to allergy-causing proteins found in pollens such as ragweed birch mugwort and grasses.
Not long after some people with seasonal allergies eat uncooked fruits and raw vegetables as well as some nuts and spices these people's immune systems recognize a similarity between the food and pollen's proteins.
This is called cross reactivity. The thinking in the field is that the pollen allergy is the driver behind the immune response to the food said Dr. Wayne Shreffler director of the Food Allergy Center at Massgeneral Hospital for Children in Boston.
Here are his tips for people with hay fever who may experience oral allergy syndrome. Know your worst foods.
Shreffler said apples peaches plums cherries nectarines hazelnuts almonds and carrots are the most common food culprits of oral allergy symptoms that he sees in his Boston allergy clinic.
He noted that apples are a common offender for people who are allergic to birch pollen as well as foods such as celery pears
and other raw fruits containing pits because these fruits and vegetables are botanically close to birch.
or two foods on the list that might cause oral symptoms in some individuals with birch pollen allergies.
And people with grass pollen allergies might be bothered by tomatoes melons and oranges. Be aware of common symptoms.
Realize that some hay fever sufferers are affected not. OAS is pretty common in people with seasonal allergies Shreffler told Live Science.
We really don't know why it affects some people with pollen allergies and not others he added.
For some people symptoms might occur only during their pollen allergy season and they might be able to eat the food at other times of the year without any reactions.
But for others the offending food can trigger symptoms year-round whether it's pollen season or not.
and take an antihistamine to relieve the itchiness Shreffler advised. 8 Strange Signs You're Having an Allergic reaction Try other forms of the food.
Someone with a birch pollen allergy might get oral allergy symptoms from a fresh apple
That's because the food's allergy-causing protein is broken easily down by cooking or processing.
Oral allergy syndrome can occur in kids as young as 3 or 4 but people can also develop the sensitivity for the first time as adults.
whether it's oral allergy syndrome or another kind of food allergy. Follow Live Science@livescience Facebook & Google+.
and poison sumac#acts as an irritant causing an allergic rash on the skin. Its corrosive coating is the reason that cashew nuts are sold not in their shells like pistachios or peanuts.
or otherwise processed Enos said that those with a severe allergy to urshiol (i e. poison ivy) may not want to risk finding out
He has led also research on allergy and infectious diseases at the National institutes of health. The FDA won powers to regulate tobacco for the first time in its 103-year history under legislation passed by Congress in June (see Nature 459,901;
They also indicate that manipulating gut bacteria early in life might reduce allergies and other autoimmune diseases, says Denise Kelly, a gut immunologist at the University of Aberdeen, UK and one of the study's authors.
and how it influences immune function and susceptibility to diseases and allergies, she says. The latest work establishes a strong causal link.
He is collaborating with both the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases to study chronic granulomatous disease, a rare genetic white blood cell disorder,
which suggests that a lack of exposure to microbes in early life can affect development of the immune system and increase susceptibility to certain disorders, such as allergies and inflammatory bowel disease.
and how it influences immune function and susceptibility to diseases and allergies. Although many researchers now accept the hygiene hypothesis,
whereas some other GM CROPS produce unfamiliar proteins that could in theory cause an allergic reaction when eaten, the GM pinto bean produces only small snippets of RNA,
which the mutant flu research could provide immediate public-health benefits, Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, replies:"
including the Influenza Genome Sequencing Project a major initiative run by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases (NIAID) to boost the sequencing of existing isolates.
which can cause severe allergic reactions. But many PLANT DNA sequences could not be pinned to individual species,
of Allergy and Infectious diseases. Fauci was speaking at a meeting of flu researchers in New york city.
One of those animals, a cow, secretes milk that lacks an allergy-inducing protein because researchers accurately blocked its production using the technique of RNA interference1.
For years, researchers tried to remove the allergy-inducing milk protein beta-lactoglobulin from cow's milk
in which writer Caitlin Shetterly explores a diagnosis that her years of sickness were the result of an allergy to genetically modified corn.
or any approved genetically modified food on the market to allergies one of his sources plant geneticist Pamela Ronald told him.
because if the study indicates that there's a 5%greater chance you'll have an allergic reaction
or pesticide allergies that falls within the margin of error or uncertainty. laurenra7 It would be my pleasure to enlighten you and the rest of public.
âÂ#Âoethere has not been one study that links the genetically engineered corn or any approved genetically modified food on the market to allergies.
And note the insistence on fixating only on allergies leaving it to the gullible to extend that to every possible problem!
Very rarely kids may be severely allergic to a vaccine. Allergic reactions generally occur within hours of getting a shot.
The reaction may be bad enough that a kid can't get the rest of the shots in that series
Obviously if there is an allergy or some other related issue then you can't be vaccinated. My girlfriend stopped breathing when she got the pertussis vaccine as child
I am totally for vaccines where allergies allow I don't feel that calling these activist parents crazies will at all help the situation.
and doctors offices due to her stay) but my oldest one is on daily medications to control her asthma and allergies.
Just like with peanut allergies some children react to the increased mercury in their bloodstream
Where did a gluten allergy come from? Where did peanut allergies come from? And quite a few other conditions or allergies that weren't just discovered because the science advanced.
Don't worry though I won't be sending my un vaccinated feral children to your state ran institutionalized learning facilities to possibly contaminate your pharmaceutical guinea pig state owned children.
This is why I didn't renew. To political and poor writing. No matter what side of the fence you are on how is this article professional?
No because some are allergic. Same with vaccines. We have understood just GB Syndrome but AFTER harm occurred.
I am the only child in my family with food allergies I am allergic to most raw fruits and vegetables most beans and all tree nuts.
I know this is merely anecdotal evidence but I still wish I had received never infant vaccinations.
and makes us have allergies to run for the nearest actual doctor. So you don't like being called crazy probably
The New york times reported insects appearing early and increased pollen allergies in some states. The state of Michigan sustained $500 million in fruit crop damage after an April frost destroyed the early flowerings of trees according to the U s. Geological Survey.
(though everyone can survive on the diet I described unless diabetic or allergic) I'm saying that you can't claim to be poor
Allergies must be wanting dealt with for the day. As we remove ourselves from the natural environment we are getting more allergies.
It's been reported here just as in most other science outlets. But here and now this is talking evolution.
So aren't we seeing common examples of our bodies as evolutionary machines in things like allergies from our choice not to be hanging out in the cow pasture long enough to stay desensitized?
And at the same time they have managed to dump it into our environment anyway slowly poison us all as the fluorosis of our bones teeth organs causes many many medical conditions that we simply write off as unfortunate cases of cancer arthritis allergies old age etc..
I am very allergic to wheat for instance if their is a trace of wheat in barbecue sauce and
#Ticks That Can Make People Severely Allergic To Meat Are Spreading In The U s . But a few hours after dinner Abley started itching like mad.
At the hospital doctors determined he had gone into anaphylactic shock potentially deadly allergic reaction. Fortunately Abley pulled through
And it wasn t just the beef he was allergic to; it was practically all red meat.
Abley is one of at least 1500 people in the United states who suffer allergic reactions after eating meat
But what s even more bizarre is the source of the allergy. The condition called alpha-gal allergy is caused by the bite of a Lone Star tick species traditionally found mostly in the Southern United states
but has spread farther north in recent years. And as the tick spreads more and more cases of meat allergies are being reported.
In one area of Long island New york for example one doctor we spoke with has seen an increase of 200 cases in the past three years p from practically zero in 2011.
The connection between Lone Star ticks and meat allergies in America first came to light in 2008.
At the time Thomas Platts-Mills and Scott Commins both allergy specialists at the University of Virginia Health System were trying to understand why some of their patients had developed a severe allergic reactions to cetuximab an intravenous cancer-fighting drug.
the southeastern United states. So a lab technician Googled for medical conditions that fit geographically with the allergy they were seeing.
Around the same time more and more healthy patients began reporting meat allergies (one of them being Abley.
Like the patients allergic to cetuximab these patients were also predominantly from the Southeast a region crawling with ticks.
and Commins to figure out the allergies were connected nd that the link was alpha-gal sugar.
which makes the tickborne meat allergy so surprising. Moreover the patients of Commins and Platts-Mills weren born t with the condition
and they reportedly showed symptoms much later in life unique trait for an allergy. So the doctors finally asked the question they'd wanted to
Are ticks actually causing this alpha-gal allergy? In a series of revealing experiments they sampled blood from their patients with meat allergies
and combined them with various tick extracts. They discovered that the Ige antibodies in their patients blood samples binded to the Lone Star tick extract;
meanwhile the same antibodies from people without the meat allergy did not glom onto the tick proteins.
Despite identifying the vessel for the mysterious meat allergy Commins and Platts-Mills say many questions remain unanswered about the condition.
As Commins and Platts-Mills struggle to understand the mechanisms behind this allergy the number of cases they re seeing is trending upward nd the allergy is confined no longer to the south.
Dr. Erin Mcgintee an allergist on New york s Long island who s worked with the UVA team has diagnosed approximately 200 cases of this allergy in the area she works.
Meanwhile many of the meat allergy sufferers have had to adjust to a new normal. Abley initially refused to accept his diagnosis experimenting with different meats to see
I d rather have the allergy than leave that
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