Allergies : facts and how to overcome it

Allergies : facts and how

Allergies : facts and how to overcome it - Allergies are not bereaksinya the immune system against allergens belonging to the body. An allergen is any substance that causes an allergic reaction in individuals. There are thousands of known allergens that can cause allergy symptoms including respiratory allergies, ingested allergens, and skin contact allergens. Ingested allergens consumed through food and medicine.

Allergy facts

• Approximately 50 million U.s. residents affected by the allergy conditions.
• Cost of allergies in America was more than US $ 10 billion annually.
• Allergic rhinitis (nasal allergies) affects approximately 35 million inhabitants, 6 million Americans are children from him.
• Asthma affects 15 million Americans, about 5 million inhabitants it is the kids.
• Number of asthma cases doubled over the last 20 years.

How To Cope With Allergies

• Keeping humidity room by setting the wind and air circulation.
• Maintain cleanliness of clothes and bed linen changed at least once a week.
• Cleaning the yard and make sure there are no piles of garbage and pools of water that will be a mushroom.
• Consultation with doctors and allergy test to know which allergen-allergen should be avoided. Symptoms that may occur due to allergies are itchiness in the throat:; itching in the mouth; itching in the eye; itching on the skin or other body parts; headache; nasal congestion or runny nose; shortness of breath; bengek; difficulty swallowing; colds and sneeze-sudden sneezing, etc.

Allergy medication depending on the type and weight of symptoms. The purpose is not a cure but treatments to reduce symptoms and avoid a heavier attack in the days to come. Mild symptoms typically do not require special treatment. Symptoms will disappear some time later.

There are many treatments and therapies are available, including acupuncture, to help people cope with the symptoms of allergies. How does acupuncture help treat allergies? Practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) have used acupuncture for thousands of years as a natural healing process to balance the Yin and Yang in the body. The concept is that the body Qi, the vital energy, strength should be free flowing along the meridians of the body without obstruction.

Acupuncture is a natural method of treating disease and involves stimulating and balancing Qi through the points, acupoints located throughout the body. Acupuncture works to overcome the allergic reactions by reducing the body's response to an allergen, strengthens the immune system, and helps to normalize the body's overall function by balancing the body Qi.