For "Min" to eliminate people's haggard! People who hate spring may have a sad secret

Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Liu Xinyu

Correspondent Xu Yongyi

Photo/Visual China

Spring patted you and you said: Roll! People who hate spring probably have a poignant secret: allergies.

Sunny day stepping on the green unexpected spring flowers for a long time: ah sneeze!

Heavenly Yin House who wants to suffer from bed mites: Ah sneezing!

▲ It is understood that allergic diseases have become the sixth largest chronic disease in the world

Many people are allergic to pollen or mites but do not know it, for example, it is easy to cause allergic rhinitis, sneezing, runny nose symptoms, how should this be distinguished from the general cold? After eliminating a cold, how do you determine what your allergens are? Do I want to have desensitization treatment? Yangcheng Evening News reporter specially interviewed Lai He, director of the Department of Allergic Reactions of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, who first said that there are three ways to quickly distinguish allergic rhinitis and colds: to see the duration of the disease, to see the color of the snot, and to see additional symptoms.

Sneezing, runny nose, is it an allergy or a cold?

Ms. Guo, who lives on the outskirts of Guangzhou, sneezes and drools every spring when she opens the window, and after going to the hospital for an allergen test, she finds that the culprit is a tree near her home!

▲Common allergy pollens include willow wool, poplar silk, dandelion flowers, kapok and so on

"She was suffering from hay fever, aka 'seasonal allergic rhinitis.'" Lai He explained that plants in nature are divided into two categories according to different pollen transmission methods: insect-borne flowers and wind-borne flowers, and it is often the latter that cause allergies. Like Ms. Guo's home near the tree flower is one of the "wind flowers", its pollen is large, the texture is light, the spring wind blows high and far, if you are allergic to it, it is easy to induce allergic rhinitis. Sneezing and runny nose symptoms will also occur, how can allergic rhinitis be distinguished from the common cold?

▲Especially during the epidemic period, it is more important to pay attention to the difference between allergies and influenza

According to the doctor, first of all, the symptoms of sneezing and runny nose that appear in the cold are all day long, and will not be good or bad in a day;

Second, the nose is clear water-like at the beginning of the cold, and gradually turns yellowish;

Third, in addition to nasal symptoms, colds may also have symptoms such as sore throats. Allergic rhinitis caused by hay fever, such as sneezing, water-like runny nose and other symptoms that stay under allergic trees, once left, these symptoms will obviously improve or even disappear.

Special reminder, not only pollen is easy to induce allergic symptoms, for example, guangzhou is now "back to the south", mites, cockroaches, molds that like humid environments may also be allergens. How do you determine what your allergens are?

Look for allergens to be wary of consumption traps

First reminder: If someone or agency claims to be able to detect all allergens for a single penny (cheap or expensive), beware of being deceived! Doctors said that there are thousands of allergens, there is no way to detect all known allergens, the common types of detection in hospitals are only a few dozen, most patients are allergic to common allergens, such as pollen, dust mites, cockroaches and so on.

▲ Vigilance is not to draw blood, do not prick needles, you can detect thousands of allergens

"At present, there are two main types of effective testing methods in hospitals: skin tests (including skin prick tests and intradermal tests) and blood tests. Each type has its own advantages and disadvantages, such as for people who are not suitable for skin testing, such as people who take antihistamines, younger children, abnormal skin, etc. Blood tests are usually drawn directly. The skin patch test, which is used to detect a patient's contact dermatitis, is another allergic reaction. Lai He said that it is still recommended that people with testing needs consult professional doctors in formal medical institutions and be wary of those who can detect thousands of allergens without drawing blood or needles.

Do you want to do desensitization treatment?

Desensitization therapy (medically known as allergen-specific immunotherapy) is more like attacking poison with poison. "We must first find the patient's allergen, and then make the allergen into a different concentration of preparations, give the patient to take or inject, starting from the dose of the patient does not produce clinical symptoms, gradually increase the dose, reach the maximum dose of the patient to steadily produce symptoms to maintain treatment for a period of time, generally a course of treatment is 3-5 years, through repeated contact, so that the patient gradually tolerates the allergen." Lai Ho introduced.

It is understood that desensitization treatment has three major benefits: first of all, the allergen is no longer allergic, and at the same time, it can produce allergies to new allergens and avoid the development of mild allergic diseases into serious allergic diseases. However, doctors also expressed their understanding of the reasons why some people refuse to do desensitization treatment: one is that the desensitization treatment cycle is long; the other is that desensitization treatment is not effective for everyone.

However, Lai He's many years of consultation found that the vast majority of cases of desensitization failure stemmed from patients not using it according to medical advice. For example, patients who had used 1 bottle of medicine in three weeks used it for 1 month; some patients often did not return to the hospital on time for injections; and some patients stopped the drug without authorization after they felt that their symptoms disappeared on the way. Lai Ho said that if the effect is not good after one year of treatment, it is recommended to find a doctor to re-evaluate the treatment plan, such as whether the diagnosis is correct? Is the medication appropriate? Whether there are several rhinitis at the same time, etc. These will affect the treatment effect, if you ignore these problems, you will hit the desensitization treatment into the "cold palace", which is inevitably a bit arbitrary. But if there is no problem with the above links, then you may be an unfortunate minority, indicating that your immune system is not sensitive to this treatment, and you can also terminate the treatment and choose drug control.

▲ Moisturizing the skin is also a good way to prevent mite allergies

Finally, no matter what kind of treatment method is chosen, doctors recommend that "allergic star people" usually have more artificial control over the surrounding environment, such as allergies to pollen, to avoid contact with pollen, such as trying to avoid allergic trees during the flowering season; for mite allergies, we should often clean up the places where our skin falls more dander, such as cleaning, exposing bedding and usual woolen fabrics, and considering mites like to eat dandruff, usually do a good job of skin moisturizing. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)

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