Posts Tagged ‘Allergies’
Bleach increases resistance to allergies
According to a study by the Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) and the Municipal Institute of Medical Research (INIM-Hospital del Mar), published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology “, regular use of bleach causes a greater resistance Substances that cause allergies, such as cat allergens or pollens.
However, the researchers caution that this product is also associated with other non-allergic respiratory symptoms when using four or more days a week.
For this study, we analyzed a 3626 people from ten European countries that were responsible for carrying out the cleaning in their homes, who were interviewed to determine how often they used bleach, and the nature of their respiratory symptoms.
In the homes of the participants also measured the levels of mite allergens and cat in the dust of mattresses, to provide data with which to determine the allergic sensitization of individuals.
The chlorine derivatives, such as bleach, are products used in the home to launder, clean and disinfect. Its use, according to the researchers of the study, is widespread in Spain, where 92 percent of the population uses it, unlike other countries like Switzerland, which employs only 17 percent.
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Cold or allergy?, How they differ
It is very common during this time of year the flu symptoms such as nasal congestion, headache, cough and runny nose. But before self-medication, be sure that what is really suffering flu and allergy.
While colds are caused by hundreds of different viruses and are contagious, allergies are immune responses to substances called allergens in the environment.
Both have common symptoms and is very easy to confuse each other. The difference is in the details.
Both colds and allergies cause nasal congestion, runny and sneezing. However, these symptoms are more persistent allergies, as they are reported duration of exposure to the allergen that causes, when it’s flu last between two and 14 days.
In addition, allergy symptoms may appear immediately after exposure to the allergen. The influenza are remarkable few days after infection with the virus.
The flu symptoms may include malaise, fatigue and fever, the fever never cause allergies.
Treatment
A good decongestant combat the symptoms of both conditions, whereas allergies must also be treated with an antihistamine to combat histamines.
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The top 10 of the world’s strangest allergies
In recent years the incidence of allergies has grown exponentially and continues to grow. The appearance of intolerance to certain elements is becoming more frequent and even a few years ago was detected at an early age, it is now common to find in adults and even elderly.
The allergy has become a global scourge that afflicts both young and old profoundly affecting the quality of life of its victims. The statistics are alarming, only in Europe and North America more than 50 million people suffering from allergies and it is estimated that by 2015 one in two people to suffer, so allergists concern has focused on prevention of them.
An allergy is defined as the hypersensitivity of an organism to a particular substance to be inhaled, ingested or touched, causes reactions ranging from excessive itching or irritation to more severe symptoms.
There are widely known as allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, asthma or certain food allergies to eggs or milk. However, there is another group of strange or unusual allergies, such as those described in the top 10 world’s rarest allergies, published on the Internet web site Health.com.
Starting from the least to most rare, the top 10 weirdest allergies according to this publication is:
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