Allergies can develop at any point in life. The main causes for allergies are exposure to chemicals, heredity, and hygiene hypothesis. Heredity is a common cause because if one parent is affected by allergies, each child has a 30% chance of developing an allergy. Then if both parents have any type of allergy, the child has 70% of developing an allergy. Also if neither of the parents has allergies the chances of the child developing allergies is still 15%. I hope I didn’t confuse you with all these numbers, regardless of the percentage, your child can still develop allergies at any point in life thanks to the other two factors: chemicals and hygiene hypothesis.
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How do Allergies Develop?
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Natural Cures for Environmental Allergies
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Environmental allergies are the hardest ones to control. Among all the Antihistamines that I’ve tried the only ones that really cured my son were the natural remedies. The advantage of utilizing natural or alternative remedies is because they are good for the body and don’t have any side effects. They strengthen the body and help minimize allergic reactions, or as in my case, completely cure them. On the other side prescriptions and antihistamines are a bit tricky. Once you get started on them you can’t stop, because the second you do all of the symptoms will instantly attack you. It’s a bad cycle and it does not allow the body to naturally adapt to the environment. In severe cases adaptation should be done slowly and with precaution, perhaps all prescriptions doses should be minimized gradually and exposure to allergen must be minimal and scheduled. To overcome environmental allergies one must heal internally first and then expose little by little to allergens such as pollen.
Natural Remedies and Cures for Allergic Asthma
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Natural Remedies for Eczema
Monday, May 11th, 2009Eczema is inflammation of the skin. Eczema causes the skin to become red, itchy, flaky, and discharge liquid or blood. There are different types of eczema and all types of eczema can be cured with natural remedies. Causes for eczema are allergic reactions, weather, diet, stress, poor metabolism, and vaccinations. The most common types of eczema found in kids are:
Atopic Dermatitis: most of the time confused with psoriasis, occurs in people who have food and/or environmental allergies. The rashes usually appear and disappear when in contact with the allergen. On babies it usually appears on the face, neck, ears and torso. Older kids usually have atopic dermatitis in the inner or outer sides of elbows and knees, sometimes on the hands and upper eyelid creases.
Prevent Allergic Reactions
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009Preventing allergic reactions is the most difficult process. Most of the allergy skin tests and blood tests provide results to common food and environmental allergies. As I mentioned in my previous post, keep a diary of everything that your child consumes. If an allergic reaction occurs, after treatment you can review the diary to identify the allergen. Also discuss with your allergist an emergency allergy plan, in case a severe reaction occurs such as an anaphylactic shock. I always keep an emergency allergy kit in the house and in the daycare with instructions on what to do. There’s a form that you can print out and take to the daycare after discussing the dosage with your allergist http://foodallergy.org/downloads/FAAP.pdf This simple form and emergency allergy kit can save your child’s life.