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If, when cold weather comes red spots will appear suddenly ,especially on the face and hands, i don’t have to think this is normal. You might be suffering from cold allergy.

Clinically, this disease is manifested by the appearance of urticarial plates (redness, swelling and itching) on areas exposed to cold, and disappear within 2-3 hours after eliminating incriminated physical agent.

It locates on the hands, forearms, face, but it can spread all over your body. On the face may occur simultaneously episodes of angioedema, with lips swelling (painless swelling resulting from accumulation of serous fluid) , tongue, sometimes accompanied by difficulty breathing.

The digestive manifestations consist in abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting.

How to distinguish an cold allergy from an other Dermatology illness?
We can use the ice test. Place an ice cube on the forearm of the patient and after a certain period of time, we see the reaction. If the skin will redden immediately, the person is not allergic. If you develop any swelling, redness or itching, it will require some blood tests.

If you suffer from this sensitivity to cold, you have to be careful when it is cold outside and cover your hands and face very well, whenever you leave the house. Treatment involves the administration of antihistamine drugs.

1. at home: we recommend

* during the heating season, keep the relative humidity at not more than 50%. The room temperature in the bedroom should not be higher than 18° C, and in the living room not higher than 19-20° C.
* air out all rooms regularly, most usefully during cold and dry weather.
* keep no green plants in the bedroom, and no pets in the home.

2. Bedding: we recommend

* mite-proof covers for mattresses, pillows, and comforters.
* pillows and comforters should be washed regularly at 60° C and thoroughly dried.

3. Cleaning: we recommend

* Wall coverings, heavy curtains, and unwashable stuffed animals should be removed.
* The home should be renovated with a floor covering that can be wet-mopped once a week (parquet, linoleum, tiles, etc.).

4. Vacations: we recommend

* vacation spots above 1200 meters above sea level have few housedust-mites. Vacations in such areas are recommended.

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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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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