Category Archives: Environmental allergies

Dust mite allergy to children

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Any advice especially for children, playing on the floor or on carpet or piece of handling toys and soft toys are more in contact with the powder and then become the most at risk.

If your child has a bear inseparable, soft toys aside for special treatment to be carried out every 10-15 days: put it in the freezer 24 hours, then leave at room temperature for about an hour and then gently lavatelo: low temperature kill mites because dust that are then removed by washing (De-mite). The same treatment can be given periodically to other receptacle and then dust mites.
Toys (preferably items in plastic or wood), books, newspaper and various Trinkets (all objects where the dust accumulates): keep them closed as much as possible in drawers or closets.

The boy with allergic to dust mites should avoid jumping on the bed and “to battle” with the cushions.
Furnished the bedroom of the child with simple furniture, possibly surface smooth and regular in shape, which can be easily cleaned thoroughly every day.
Discard upholstered furniture with wool, feathers or vegetable materials and use appropriate covers and Copricuscini.
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Respiratory allergies – The sport as therapy

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The quality of life was defined according to the World Health Organization as “the subjective perception that the individual has its own position in life, in the context of its culture and a set of values in which he lives, including in relation to its objectives, expectations and concerns. Covers a broad spectrum concept, which can be modified in a complex perception of their health and physical psicoemotiva, the level of independence from social relations and interactions with its specific environmental ” .In fact, the vast majority of patients allergic believes that his condition will significantly affect their QoL and complains limits posed by the disease to the conduct of its activities, even daily, as do some sports, eating outside the home, go to the movies or go out with friends.
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Pollen allergies – treatment

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Allergies, taken together, are the result of a hypersensitive response of the immune system against foreign agents, allergens, which can be represented by very different substances: pollen, dust, spores, mold, but also certain types of food, some materials, mites and other insects. Depending on whether the allergen is ingested, inhaled or there is direct contact, the allergy manifests itself in different ways. In particular, from pollen allergies affect the respiratory and characterized by a certain seasonal and anniversary this year, as determined by the cycle of plants that produce and put into different pollen types, large quantities of which come in the airways. Normally, this event has no consequences, while in people allergic to the pollen and release of their ‘migration’ cause allergic rhinitis, commonly called Hay fever, and in serious cases can lead to real attacks’ s asthma.
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Asthma in pregnancy

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Occurring in pregnancy of important changes affecting various concentrations of female hormones.
Asthma in childhood affects more males. In contrast, during puberty more women develop asthma for the first time. Although we do not know exactly what happens, it is clear that hormones play an important part in asthmatic disease.

During pregnancy many changes occurring hormone and, in parallel, many women also reported changes in their asthmatic disease: for most of them asthma improves, not to give up more disturbances in a few cases, however, reportedly worsening.

In the latter case there is a clear indication to adjust drug therapy in order to obtain a good control of respiratory function: So, do not worry about taking medicines needed thinking that might hurt the fetus: the child will stay course better if the mother breathes well! Moreover, it is almost always to use drugs in spray formulation, which are safe for the fetus.