Flowers, blossoming, release to the will of myriad cells of pollen, which fly through the air and freely penetrate the lungs of man.
Moreover, flowers on trees are the most adapted to the so-called self-pollination, and therefore the allergy to flowering trees more often affects the respiratory tract and mucous membranes of a person than the allergy to meadow flowers.
Causes of flower allergy
The most common cause of flower allergy is anemophilous plants that spread their pollen with the help of wind. And, it should be noted that in our latitudes the flowering of trees begins in the month of April.
Just from this time, allergies and begin to have health problems.
The greatest danger among flowering trees is represented by:
- birch;
- alder;
- poplar and some other flowering trees.
Of the flowering meadow plants, the most dangerous are:
- ambrosia;
- dandelion;
- chamomile;
- sunflower;
- quinoa.
The allergy to birch blossoms begins around mid-April and lasts about a month( until mid-May).
Birch pollen, judging by the opinions of visitors to Internet forums, delivers people the most trouble.
Here, listen to the review on the topic: an allergy to blooms and allergies.
Svetlana:
I'm on the first trimester of pregnancy.
I started a strong flower allergy, and I went to the allergist doctor. There I was recommended to three days prick preexisting to get rid of the attack.
I now constantly think about the health of my future baby.
Will it hurt the predisposition?
Doctor Petrovsky AV:
Dear Svetlana!
Injection of prednisalone - emergency( urgent) therapy. Especially if you have a first trimester of pregnancy.
If an exacerbation threatens your( and your child's) life, then such treatment is fully justified.
A softer therapy offers the use of diazolin, an external treatment of an advantant and a special diet.
Symptoms of flower allergy
Allergy to flowering( pollinosis) usually occurs in parallel with acute respiratory infections.
You can say that all the main symptoms are on your face.
Symptoms include:
- dry cough;
- is a common cold;
- redness of the skin.
This type of allergy has not been sufficiently studied, however, it is capable of hitting any person.
Treatment of allergy to bloom
Unfortunately, the positive results of treatment of allergies are not yet known.
You can only reduce the manifestation of the disease and stabilize the body.
Before the season of flowering plants should be used anti-allergenic and antihistamines, which today in pharmacies there is a huge amount. However, do not try to select a medicine for yourself, because if you choose the wrong one, you will be in even greater danger than before.
The optimal choice of drugs can be carried out only by your doctor, taking into account your individual characteristics.
In addition to drug treatment, you can use the method of hyposensitization, that is, a constant increase in the dose of the causative allergen, starting with small doses, and ending with the maximum dosages. In this case, it is possible to lower the sensitivity of the organism to the allergen( to pollen) and significantly reduce the manifestations of the disease.
Prevention of allergy to flowering
During the flowering period it should be strongly discarded:
- use of cosmetics;
- smoking;
- alcohol.
Get rid of the window collection of dried flowers.
You should limit yourself to eating.
Take preventive courses at polyclinics and make preventive vaccinations.
If you like to travel the world, then do not forget to take with you the appropriate document of allergic, which can be useful to you for saving your own life.
Stay healthy!
Video: Allergy to flowering
Allergy to plant blooming is perhaps the most common of all allergies.