Allergic diseases such as allergic rhinitis, asthma and eczema and hives have become global diseases that affect health today. I’m sure anyone who has had allergies knows what it’s like to have them! Here is a list of allergy prevention and control tips to help you live a worry-free life! Itchy nose and sneezing Allergic rhinitis is an allergic disease of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity, mainly manifested by symptoms such as itchy nose, frequent sneezing, runny nose, nasal congestion, etc. These symptoms can disappear on their own or after treatment, and are often accompanied by symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis such as itchy eyes and tearing. The core allergens of allergic rhinitis, such as dust mites, mold, cat hair and dog hair exist all year round, and allergic rhinitis with dust mites as the main allergen has a high chance of attack. For patients whose cumulative attacks are less than one month a year and whose lives are not affected, the main treatment is medication, nasal spray or oral anti-allergy drugs. For patients with more severe symptoms, cumulative attacks of more than three months a year, the tendency of asthma, such as chest tightness, coughing and wheezing, desensitization treatment should be carried out, and the course of treatment is usually 2-3 years. The late Guan Youbo, a famous TCM hepatologist, has a prescription for allergic rhinitis called “Allergy Decoction”, which is shared with you: 10 grams of Chai Hu, 20 grams of Bai Shao, 6 grams of Cicada, 10 grams of Bird’s Plum and 10 grams of Licorice. 10 grams, one serving a day, decoction with water. 3.Eat Ume plum Ume plum nourishes yin, has a good astringent and tonic effect, and at the same time can be anti-allergic. In addition, most of the allergic rhinitis is related to Qi deficiency and lung and spleen deficiency, so you can take some yu ping feng preparation and eat some yam and barley porridge to nourish the lung and strengthen the spleen at the same time. The in-hospital preparation Yu Cicada Wei Lung Pill of Xiyuan Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a summary of the experience of famous old experts and has a very good effect on allergic rhinitis. Prevention strokes In the past, we thought that diligent changing of household items and the use of anti-mite bedspreads would provide a good barrier effect, but in fact it is not. The survey found that the closest relationship with the mite content is the age of use. The longer the quilt, cotton wool and pillow are used, the more mites there are. If there are people with allergic rhinitis attacks at home, those who use them for more than three years should be replaced with new ones. If you stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time, many people will sneeze frequently, which is due to the stimulation of cold air. Prevention is simple, adjust the temperature up and move around more. Turn up the room temperature and open the windows regularly, and get out of the air-conditioned room every hour to move around. Skin swelling, herpes eat a mouthful of seafood, mosquito bites, more air conditioning, immune system decline may be induced. After being bitten by mosquitoes will be itchy skin, red spots, wind, which is the skin to the mosquito body fluids allergic reaction, generally will soon eliminate; there may be dermatitis or papular urticaria, manifested as skin thickening or the appearance of papules, blisters, difficult to heal quickly. The actual treatment trick 1, do not scratch and hot compress hives “can not scratch, can not be hot”, even if the cold type, do not take for granted that the hot compress will be good. The hives are skin capillary dilation caused by a hot compress will instead accelerate capillary dilation, making the symptoms worse. 2, try rubbing leeks Take a handful of fresh leeks (about 250 grams), wash them, tie them tightly with a wide band, cut off a small section in the root of the leek to reveal its cross-section, and rub this cross-section against the affected area. After rubbing the leek juice, use a knife to cut out a fresh cross-section and continue rubbing the affected area. After rubbing once, rest for 5~10 minutes, and then rub the second time with the same method, 2~3 times a day. Prevention moves away from the water and plants in the place where the elderly morning and evening practice is most likely to be bitten, so should avoid the water and flowers and plants in the place. In the evening when the most frequent mosquitoes, should be avoided in the shade, grass and other long stay. If bitten by mosquitoes, once infected with hives, must not scratch to prevent secondary infection; appear more serious allergic reaction, should go to the hospital dermatology as soon as possible for treatment, targeted use of more potent anti-inflammatory drugs, so as not to cause wound infection and injury. Red and itchy skin There are many causes of skin allergies in summer, but they are mainly caused by ultraviolet sunburn, improper diet or mosquito bites, improper use of sunscreen and other skin care products. Treatment Tips Use some ointment for facial allergies For people with facial skin allergies, you can choose non-hormonal anti-itch and anti-inflammatory drugs, or short-term weak to medium-acting soft glucocorticoids. These drugs are cheaper and more cost-effective. For long duration and recurrent facial skin allergies, you can choose 0.1% pimecrolimus ointment, etc., which has less side effects than hormonal drugs and is relatively safer. If the condition worsens during the use of medication, topical drug allergies and other phenomena, to immediately stop the drug and go to the hospital. Prevention 1, sun protection After exposure to the sun, skin redness, swelling, itching and other performance is the typical symptoms of allergies caused by ultraviolet light. Try to avoid going out in the afternoon when the sun is blazing. Choose to wear a hat or umbrella to protect yourself from the sun during other times. When choosing a sunscreen, try it locally behind your ears or on your wrists. For younger children under the age of 5 or 6, the skin is more delicate, so you can wear a broad-brimmed sun hat, umbrella, long-sleeved clothes and pants and other physical sun protection. 2, clothing disinfection + sulfur cream Out of accommodation, inevitably come into contact with some unclean bedding, coupled with incomplete disinfection, some scabies virus is easy to remain in the bedding. Scabies can spread through close contact and is highly contagious. Even if the individual is clean, there is a possibility of infecting scabies. To prevent the spread of scabies and to avoid contamination with other carrying germs, it is best to disinfect clothing after returning from an outing. You can hot iron the clothes with boiling water, or soak them with an appropriate amount of disinfectant. Once infected with scabies, there is no need to panic, in terms of medication, the use of sulfur cream once a day for three days can effectively relieve the condition. Asthma summer hot and humid rain, and this humid climate is a variety of indoor mites, mold-like substances to flourish at the time, mold floating in the air year-round, generally in June to July to reach its peak. This, in turn, is the culprit of whistling disease. Living in a room with mold, the risk of bronchitis and pharyngitis is greater. Treatment tricks 1, with the hair dryer blowing points with the hot air of the hair dryer repeatedly blow to Sanyinjiao points (this point is located in the inner calf, the high point of the inner ankle on 4 horizontal fingers, the inner side of the tibia at the rear edge) as the center of the inner calf, so that the points are stimulated to heat, 3 to 5 minutes, and then massage the above points, can be repeated several times. “Massage + hairdryer blowing points” has the ability to prevent whistling infections, relieve allergic asthma caused by trachea, diaphragm spasm. 2, try food therapy Food therapy is very effective for allergic diseases, especially asthma. Cold asthma: cold hands and feet, stuffy nose and runny nose, white and thin sputum, light tongue. Take one northern melon, remove the seeds and wash it, cut it into small pieces, boil it thoroughly, remove the slag and leave the juice, concentrate it, add 500 grams of syrup, boil the juice for 10 minutes, finally pour in the ginger juice and mix with 500 grams of honey, 1 spoon each time, twice a day, it has the effect of dispersing cold and calming asthma. Heat asthma: coughing and wheezing, yellow phlegm, thirst, red tongue. Take 500 grams of tofu, 500 grams of maltose and 100 grams of raw radish juice, mix and boil, twice a day, it has the effect of clearing heat, resolving phlegm and calming asthma. Deficient asthma: pale face, shortness of breath, weakness. Take 100 grams of yam, 30 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 15 grams of rock sugar, add water and boil it, make snacks and take it, it has the effect of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the kidney and preventing asthma. The main way to remove indoor allergens on rainy days is to ventilate often, keep the air circulating and the room dry, and vacuum the living room frequently to eliminate dust mites. Asthma patients who are allergic to pollen should minimize pollen inhalation. At noon, when the sun is strongest, the release of pollen is greatest. Asthma patients should not go out at this time, and if they do, they must wear a mask. Itchy eyes, watery eyes Allergic conjunctivitis, contact lens people are most vulnerable. Once the sand, pollen, dust mites, etc. are blown into the eyes, they will adhere to the contact lenses, plus people instinctively rub their eyes, causing mechanical friction on the eyeball, which can easily lead to allergic conjunctivitis due to eye infection. Itchy eyes, itchy nose, sneezing and other symptoms are often experienced during the attack. In addition, it is often accompanied by conjunctival congestion, edema, and sticky discharge. Treatment First, cold compresses For treatment, do not rush to use eye drops, but first use cold compresses to relieve symptoms, such as wrapping a wet towel and placing a cold compress on the eye for about 15-20 minutes, several times a day, while rinsing the conjunctival sac with saline. Secondly, eye ointment If the symptoms are very heavy, when cold compresses are not good, you can properly point sodium cromoglycate eye drops, corticosteroid eye drops, etc., 3 to 4 times a day; if the condition is serious or the use of conventional medication is not effective in patients with allergic conjunctivitis, hormonal drops can be used for a short period of time under the guidance of a doctor. Preventative measures A few drops of eye drops after swimming When swimming, you should pay attention to eye hygiene to avoid acute conjunctivitis. The best way to prevent it is to wear swimming goggles with a good seal and try to avoid eye contact with the pool water. If your eyes come into contact with the pool water, you can order a few drops of antimicrobial eye drops after swimming to prevent bacterial and viral attacks, and also to clean the conjunctiva, which has a role in preventing pink eye. Tips: Keep some anti-allergy medication in your medicine cabinet Common anti-allergy medications include paracetamol, Benadryl, loratadine, cetirizine, etc. Children can drink loratadine syrup. It should be reminded that some anti-allergy drugs have a drowsy effect and are not recommended for drivers. Because everyone’s respective allergens are different, this is something that needs to be checked and diagnosed by a doctor, and after the allergens are identified, then targeted treatment is carried out.