If you wake up in the morning or if the weather changes, you sneeze continuously, a dozen or even dozens of times each time; if you sneeze and have a lot of clear water-like nasal mucus, change and wash several handkerchiefs or use up a whole roll of toilet paper every day, you may be suffering from allergic rhinitis. Allergic rhinitis, also known as allergic rhinitis, has a prevalence of 10-40% in the general population and is characterized by four major symptoms: itchy nose, runny nose, sneezing, and nasal congestion.
Allergic rhinitis is an allergic disease of the nasal mucosa that occurs at any age, mostly in young and middle-aged people, and often has a family history of inheritance. The World Health Organization classifies allergic rhinitis into two degrees: mild and moderate to severe. Mild allergic rhinitis does not have a major impact on the patient’s life, while moderate to severe has interfered with the patient’s life, resulting in reduced quality of life, lower work efficiency, lower academic performance, affecting sleep and recreation, and causing great distress to the patient.
Allergic rhinitis is clinically divided into two categories: perennial and seasonal. Perennial allergic rhinitis has symptoms all year round. Children often show it by pushing their noses, making faces, and bruising their eyes because they cannot express it. The symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis are more severe, with fixed seasonal attacks every year, making patients suffer. So what exactly causes allergic rhinitis? First of all, it is the atopic individual.
Commonly known as individual differences or allergies, only such people will suffer from allergic diseases and have certain genetic factors. The second is the atopic antigen. It is the substance that can cause allergy in allergic people, mainly inhalable pollen, dust mites, insects, fur, fungi and various chemical substances, and even some foods, such as eggs, milk, fish and shrimp, and cosmetics, can also cause allergy. Again, the allergic person is in contact with the allergen. This means that a person who may be sick may come into contact with something that may cause the disease and thus develop allergic rhinitis. The nose, the “barometer” of human health, it faithfully assumes the function of humidity and temperature regulation, air filtration, sterilization and killing the “enemy”, scientists imaginatively call it the body’s “health guards “. But in life we often ignore the “health guards” of health. According to statistics, only allergic rhinitis patients, there are about 260 million in China, which seriously affects people’s daily life.
At present, there is no cure for allergic rhinitis. However, repeated symptomatic treatment can effectively prevent the onset of symptoms of allergic rhinitis or reduce the frequency of attacks, and several common treatments are introduced.
1, desensitization therapy (immunotherapy) is mainly used for allergic rhinitis caused by inhalation allergens; allergens made of antigens, repeated incremental injection of antigens to improve the patient’s ability to tolerate allergens, to achieve the purpose of breathing allergens again after the onset of no longer, or the onset of symptoms significantly reduced. The therapy takes a long time, and patients generally do not have the patience to insist on the completion of the course of treatment, which may take as little as 3 months or as many as several years.
2, anti-allergy drug therapy such drugs can relieve nasal itching, sneezing, runny nose, such as: paracetamol, kairetan, etc., but most of these drugs have a central inhibitory effect, after taking the drowsy, drowsy symptoms, so the operation and the driver and passenger caution.
3, hormone therapy such drugs mainly to inhibit the inflammation of the nasal mucosa repeatedly, small doses of long-term application can reduce the symptoms, generally with nasal spray, such as: Renolcort, Nesucca and other sprays.
4, reduce the sensitivity of the nasal mucosa treatment such as: microwave, laser, radiofrequency, freezing, such treatment in a short period of time can be good results, later relapse can be treated again, such methods are more common.
5, surgical treatment this method is not as the first treatment method, for the above treatment methods are not effective, consider surgery, but after surgery there are mild to severe complications, such as dry eyes, smell loss, etc.
The aim of allergic rhinitis treatment is to relieve symptoms and reduce the duration of allergic rhinitis. In addition, we should strengthen self-care and prevention, and combine “prevention” and “treatment” to achieve the best results.
When symptoms occur mainly outdoors: Limit outdoor activities as much as possible, especially contact with flowers, plants, decaying leaves and willow, and wear a mask when you go out, or go to a beach with fewer allergens.
When symptoms occur mainly indoors: you can pay attention to the following points: First, pay attention to the details of your life; substances that cause allergy symptoms are called allergens and can be found both outdoors (usually seasonal allergens) and indoors (usually perennial allergens).
The following 10 points can help you reduce such allergens. Also take care to reduce the occurrence of mold and mildew. Since cockroach excrement and animal dander are the most common allergens, you should also take care to eliminate cockroaches and handle pets and small animals.
Living details.
1. Close the windows of your car or room during the season when pollen or dust is high;
2, remove allergens, including pets, smoke, and even suspicious flowers or furniture;
3.Use air conditioners with air cleaning filters to remove pollen (but may not filter dust);
4, you can use a thermostat to reduce the humidity in the room, preferably so that the air humidity is reduced to less than 50%.
5.Repair damp basements, air vents and bathrooms, and should remove indoor or balcony flowers and plants;
6, keep the room clean and dust-free to reduce allergens, you can use vacuum cleaners to clean frequently);
7, use non-allergenic bed sheets and bedding in the bedroom, such as the use of mattresses and pillows with good airtightness, and more flexible sheets and pillowcases, and wash the sheets and pillowcases with hot water every week; and pay attention not to sunbathe and sheets outdoors, because mold and pollen can stick to the quilt;
8. Replace the carpet with wooden boards, floor tiles, etc., especially the carpet fixed on the floor should be removed. And do not plant flowers and plants that need constant watering, because the moist soil is conducive to the growth of mold.
9, pack up your small objects, such as books, record boxes, CDs, CDs and shaggy animal toys, etc. These items are very easy to get dust, thus causing allergies.
10, do not take excessive amounts of drugs to reduce the symptoms; if there is acid reflux gas can be noted before bed do not eat and pillow cushion high, and under the guidance of the doctor to take antacids.
Second, control the occurrence of indoor mold and mildew; mold can release spores and thus cause allergy symptoms, widely present in all corners of people’s lives, especially in wet environments, such as basements and bathrooms, general sources of mold include household humidifiers, bathtubs, wet blankets, showers, flowers and plants, old newspapers, garbage bins, etc.
1.Clean with bleach, use bleach or other cleaning agents to clean the above bathroom and garbage bins.
2.If the clothes are moldy, throw them away as early as possible, or handle them as appropriate to remove the mold.
3.Keep dry, carpets should be careful to prevent moisture, and keep books, newspapers and clothing dry and ventilated, food should also be reasonably preserved to prevent mold.
4, rooms and balconies are best not to have shade-loving plants that often need to be watered, the moist soil may hide a large number of mold. Again, thoroughly kill cockroaches and other pests; cockroaches have existed for more than 300 million years, most of them grow in warm and hot and humid environments and are prevalent in offices, family rooms, cockroaches are not just a guy that others hate, and the protein in their excrement is an important substance that causes allergic rhinitis and asthma, especially in children living in crowded rooms and cities.
How to remove cockroaches?
1, carefully check the gutters, cracks in the walls, floor partitions and windows to prevent cockroaches from entering.
2, keep the room dry, cockroaches live in a humid environment, so care should be taken not to have any water leakage, especially in the kitchen.
3, keep the room clean, in a clean, dry environment, cockroaches will feel unwelcome. After eating, the food should be sealed in time, the floor and garbage bags in the garbage will be cleaned up in time, and the dishes will be rinsed first clean with hot water, unclean dishes will attract cockroaches. In addition, the stove and other places should also be cleaned regularly.
4. Use insecticides to eliminate cockroaches when no one is in the house. Finally, stay away from pets. Allergic rhinitis patients are best not to contact and feed pets, contrary to general knowledge, animal hair does not cause allergies, while animal dander, saliva and urine proteins are prone to allergic symptoms, this invisible protein can enter the human eye or lungs and nasal cavity through the air. A cat or dog can produce a large amount of allergenic material each week. Since both cats and dogs can produce dander, there are no allergen-free hairy animals, so.
① For allergic patients, the best approach is to have no contact, or as little contact as possible.
② If you must have a pet, it is best to spend some time with other small animals first to determine if there is an allergic reaction to it, or to feed animals without fur, such as turtles, fish, etc.
③ Clean the animal regularly, you can ask someone without allergic diseases to take a bath for you.
④Clean the animal’s cage. Allergens can be present in the animal’s cage even months after the animal is moved out.