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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.

About food intolerance

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The food intolerance are “not allergic allergies.” This definition dates back to 1991, when the allergy Kaplan presented his article that described the existence of states that allergy was not possible to correlate immunoglobulin E (IgE). So the first thing to understand is that traditional allergy and food intolerance are not the same thing.
If a substance to which it is intolerant reaches the body’s defenses (white blood cells, particularly lymphocytes) are diverted from their normal duties to deal all aggressore, thus creating a decrease in general immune defenses.
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Asthma – symptoms and therapy

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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways , which play a role several cells, in particular the mast, the eosinophils the T lymphocytes. In subjects predisposed this inflammation causes recurrent episodes of wheezing breath, difficulty breathing, feeling of chest tightness and coughing.

These symptoms are usually associated with widespread but variable broncoostruzione reversible after therapy with bronchodilators or spontaneously. The inflammation also causes an increase in airway response to many stimuli more or less specific.

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Dust mite allergy – symptoms

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Dust mites are too small to see with the naked eye. Dust mites thrive in warm, humid environments, they eat dead skin cells and they nest in dust-collecting bedding, fabric, carpet and furnishings.

Some symptoms of house dust mite allergies are itchiness, sneezing, inflamed/infected eczema, watering eyes, runny nose, (if asthma), lungs clogging up and hay fever.
House dust mites are one of the most common allergens that trigger asthma.
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