How to Control Allergic Rhinitis?
It's the season of allergic rhinitis again. The culprit "pollen" makes people hate itchy teeth, but you may not know that allergic rhinitis is also related to what you eat. If you can't keep your mouth shut, allergenic foods will "add fuel to the fire" and aggravate allergy symptoms.
The root cause of allergies is here
This allergic rhinitis seems to be very difficult to get rid of. It happens every year. Some people are allergic to pollen in spring, some people are allergic to pollen in autumn, and some people are allergic to all year round. Sometimes it’s better to take some medicine, but if you don’t take medicine, it will come back again. Nasal itching, nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose, painful; sometimes tearing, red eyes, burning sensation, itching eyes, ears, throat, hard palate, etc. And the allergies are getting more and more serious. It may have been an allergy in autumn, and then it developed into spring. It turned out to be just sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, and then itchy and tearful eyes.
Allergic rhinitis cannot be rooted out because the current treatment is mostly anti-allergic symptomatic treatment. Allergic rhinitis finds out allergens and avoids contact with allergens is the cure. Some people say I know allergens, but I can't avoid them, pollen is in the air, and I can't avoid allergens unless I don't breathe.
Although pollen is the culprit food, it is also to blame
If you ask the little brother who is in pain without leaving the paper, do you know what causes allergic rhinitis? He will give you a disdainful glance, of course he knows, the pollen that is unique to this season, just look at the pollen forecast, and now is the peak season of wormwood pollen, and the peak season of Humulus pollen should come soon, where is it? They are everywhere, and there is nowhere to hide. I really want to dig a hole and get into the ground.
Yes, 98% of people think that it is caused by pollen, which is also true, indeed pollen is the culprit of allergic rhinitis. But it's a bit unfair to put all the blame on the pollen. What most people don't know is that there is a pusher behind the pollen, and this pusher is food allergy.
Most chronic allergies are combined allergies, as is allergic rhinitis. There are hidden ingestion or other allergens behind wormwood allergy, and 70% of food allergy symptoms are manifested in the respiratory tract. In other words, pollen is only one of the causes of seasonal allergies, and many people often have food allergies at the same time.
This food allergy is very atypical in the non-allergy season, and most people don't feel it at all. In the allergy season, the symptoms of allergic rhinitis will be significantly aggravated when the allergic food is eaten and the allergic pollen is exposed. Therefore, if you can find out the foods you are allergic to and avoid contact in advance or at least during the allergy season, the symptoms of allergic rhinitis will be relieved to a large extent, even to the point where you can tolerate it without taking medicine.
Find out what food allergies can do
Food allergies are divided into acute and chronic. Acute food allergies are easy to identify. After eating a certain allergic food, you can see immediate symptoms, such as swollen lips or rashes after eating shrimp. Chronic allergies, on the other hand, are very insidious and have very diverse symptoms, not limited to rashes and rhinitis. Symptoms often appear hours or even days after eating, and are very atypical and sometimes difficult to identify.
The question is, how do you find out which food you are allergic to? One is to have a pair of sharp eyes, be a caring person in daily life, consider whether it is related to food when you have allergies, and find out the responsible food like Detective Holmes. In addition, allergens can also be found by blood testing for IgE and IgG antibodies of the corresponding food.
Identifying the allergen and avoiding it is a causal treatment that solves the problem at its root. Of course, there is also a lot of knowledge about how to avoid allergens. It is not as simple as the "avoidance of contact" mentioned above. There is also a desensitization treatment for the cause. Desensitization treatment can indeed solve allergic rhinitis in some people, but this method also has certain limitations: first, the allergen is relatively simple, such as only wormwood allergy, then Only need to desensitize the wormwood. However, if the allergen is complex, it is difficult to implement, and the effect will be greatly reduced; secondly, desensitization treatment takes a long time, usually more than 3 years of treatment, during which treatment is required every week, and persistence requires perseverance.