Saturday, May 23, 2009

What are Allergies?

Allergy to children is very common. They are usually the ones who suffer from sensitivity to a lot of allergens in the environment. Aside from this, family history is said to be a major cause of allergies to children that they bring this with them until adulthood. Studies show that allergies may be passed on from parents to their children. When one parent has allergies, chances are that the child is going to be allergic, too. Although it also appears that even having parents with no allergy history still poses a risk for the child to develop an allergy. This is because there are other causes of allergies.

By definition, the hypersensitivity to certain allergens is called an “allergy”. An allergic person’s immune system tends to react to usually harmless substances in his surroundings when most people do not. The most common allergens are pollen, animal dander, mold or dust mite excretions. When one of these allergens is present in a place that a person is at, he experiences allergic reactions. Allergic reactions may be by sneezing, coughing, irritation of nose and itching and redness of the eyes.

Families with growing children should avoid living in environment where the children will be exposed to allergens. This is the first step to prevent the children from having allergies. There could be more harmful effects that allergies may bring to young children, thus being extra cautious already plays an important part in preventing allergies.

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1 comment:

  1. it is impossible to eliminate the allergy to whole life as we experience the body how to respond to allergens occur in a variety of symptoms as we identified as allergy

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