Monday, October 18, 2010

Allergic Rhinitis

What is allergic rhinitis?

Allergic rhinitis, often called allergies or hay fever, occurs when your immune system overreacts to particles in the air you breathe you are allergic to them. Your immune system attack the particles in your body, causing symptoms such as sneezing and a runny nose. The particles are called allergens, which simply means they can cause an allergic reaction.

People suffering from allergies generally have symptoms for many years. You have symptoms May often during the year, or only at certain times. May You also get other problems such as sinusitis and ear infections as a result of your allergies.

Over time, allergens May begin to affect Unless you, your symptoms and May not be as severe as they had been.
What are the symptoms of allergic rhinitis?

In most cases, when you’re allergic rhinitis:

* You sneeze again and again, especially after you wake up in the morning.
* You have a runny nose drip and postnasal. The drainage of a runny nose caused by allergies is usually clear and fine. But May it become thicker and cloudy yellowish or if you get a nasal or sinus infection.
* Your eyes are watery and itching.
* Your ears, nose and throat are itching.

Allergens which often cause allergic rhinitis?

You probably know that pollen from trees, grasses, weeds and cause allergic rhinitis. Many people have allergies to dust mites, animal dander, cockroaches, molds and so. Things in the workplace, such as seed, wood dust, chemicals, laboratory animals and can also cause allergic rhinitis.

If you are allergic to pollen, you have symptoms May only at certain times of the year. If you are allergic to dust mites and allergens inside, you have symptoms May all the time.
How is diagnosed allergic rhinitis?

To find out if you have allergies, your doctor will ask questions about your symptoms and examine you. Knowing what you have symptoms, when you get them, and what makes them better or worse may help your doctor if you have allergies or another problem.

If you have severe symptoms, May you have an allergy tests to find out what you are allergic.

* Your doctor May make a skin test. In this test puts your doctor a small amount of allergen in your skin to see if it causes an allergic reaction.
* Your doctor to May laboratory tests. These tests can find substances in the blood or other fluids May means that you have allergic rhinitis.

How is it treated?

There is no cure for allergic rhinitis. One of the best things you can do is avoid what causes your allergies. May You should clean your house often to get rid of dust, animal dander, or mold. May Or you need to stay indoors when the pollen is high.

Unless you have another health problem such as asthma, you take over May-the-counter medications to treat your symptoms at home. If you have another problem, talk to your doctor. Others who also should talk to their doctor before starting self-treatment of the elderly, children and women who are pregnant or nursing.

If treatment at home do not contribute more or consumption of drugs make you sleepy or cause other side effects that bother you, your doctor may prescribe drugs. These drugs can relieve your allergy symptoms with fewer side effects than the medications. May You have to try several drugs before finding one that works for you.

If your allergies bother you a lot and you can not avoid what you are allergic, you and your doctor can decide if you need to get allergy shots (immunotherapy) to help control your symptoms. For allergy shots work, you need to know what you are allergic.

Finding the treatment that suits you best May take a little time.

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