Sperm allergy – how sperm allergy manifest?


The immune system act in interaction with with unknown substances by producing specific antibodies or by “training” cells able to recognize and act against the antigen.

Sperm, in addition to spermatozoon, contains fluids necessary for the protection and feeding spermatozoon and those fluids that can cause allergic reactions.

Sperm allergy symptoms are: itching, burning sensations, redness, swelling of the vaginal area and / or vulvar. Like any other allergy, in severe cases may appear rashes (urticaria).

In case of infertility situations with uncertain or unknown reasons may also consider sperm allergy.
In these cases it uses artificial insemination using only spermatozoon – the spermatozoon are “chosen” by a process that eliminates other fluids.

Posted in Other allergies at February 8th, 2010. Comments Off.

Allergies protect us from certain cancers

Allergies are something more than a very stiff reaction to immune system in contact with different substances and environmental factors. Allergies can protect us against some cancers, we are by inform researchers from Cornell University, New York.

Not allowing certain substances with carcinogenic potential in some cases, to penetrate the body, allergies keep up away from malignant diseases.

That’s because the allergic reactions acts as a warning system, informing us about the harmful substances that you should avoid.

In addition, previous studies show that a patient’s medical history of cancer is not including too many allergies. In other words, most often, cancer excludes the existence of allergy in the past.

After examining nearly 650 studies conducted over the past 50 years, researchers at Cornell University came to several conclusions.

The first is that allergy sufferers will not have organs affected by cancer that come in direct contact with the external environment – oral cavity, esophagus, colon, rectum, skin, cervix, pancreas, brain.

And here enters into discussion just allergies due that triggers to direct exposure to environmental allergens assault: eczema, hives, hay fever (allergy to pollen), food allergies and those from animal hair.

The second conclusion is that asthma favors the formation of malignant lung tumors. Researchers found that asthma actually obstructes the airways, leaving the lungs to cleanse naturally and blocking any possible allergic reaction and beneficial prophylactic.

Posted in Other allergies at January 30th, 2010. Comments Off.

Cold or an allergy? The Fever makes the difference!


Colds and allergies are pretty common. They can have similar symptoms and same complications: sinusitis, exacerbation of asthma. Therefore, respiratory virus or allergy to pollen?

It seems self-evident: if winter is cold, if spring – allergy. But things are not always this way. Respiratory virosis actually occur all year, as pollen allergies occur not only spring, but in summer or fall too. However, those suffering from chronic allergies know the approximate time they develop symptoms.

In the same time, respiratory virosis take 3-14 days, while allergies, several weeks.

There are actually other signs which makes the difference between them.
For example, virosis, which is an infectious disease, begins in a few days after contamination, while allergies begins suddenly, after exposure to pollen.

While a patient with virosis disease massive transmitted around him, the allergy is not contagious, but presents obvious hereditary influence.

Posted in Other allergies at January 7th, 2010. Comments Off.

The relationship between eczema and stress


When you go to the dermatologist and he will make a diagnosis of eczema, you must have some ideas about this skin disease, for example, whether is or not contagious, if you allowed to bathe in the sea or pool, etc.
Another thing you should think in this case is stress. Stress is the cause of many diseases .

But in eczema case, the stress is not because of triggers, but it contributes to worsen.

In children under 2 years, which obviously have little reason to stress the main cause of occurrence of eczema, (called infantile eczema or atopic dermatitis) are allergic parents .

How to define eczema
It means a rash of allergic skin disease or infection, characterized by lesions, wet or dry, accompanied by itching.

The stress aggravates eczema
Even if doctors believed that the appearance of eczema can be caused by emotional disorders, yet this emotional disorders aren’t at the origin of eczema, but emotional factors like stress can aggravate eczema.

There are processes that can be masters stress, anxiety, or frustration mini so as to eliminate the danger of access to eczema. Stress is known to be a body reaction to all that a change in the normal life of a person, which may be positive or negative. As soon as he crossed an unusual event, the body triggers a process to adapt. Stress can be charged positively or negatively depending on the person or situation that causes it.

If it is perceived positively, it reflects the energy necessary to overcome certain situations, and otherwise it may cause certain physical and psychological disorders.

Eczema is not contagious!
Eczema can’t be contracted from a sick person by touch and can not be shared with others, because it’s not contagious.

Attention when we go swimming
Some believe that chemicals in pools or sea water can aggravate the disease and therefore should apply a moisturizer before and after bathing.

Hygiene is not a factor in the occurrence of eczema

Eczema does not occur due to improper hygiene, but due to an immune imbalance, so it is not true to say that because the rash did not wash!

Eczema does not leave scars.

Posted in Other allergies at January 6th, 2010. Comments Off.