REFERENCES FOR ALLERGIES
NASONEX - Nasal allergy symptoms are characterized by running and itchy noses, sneezing, stuffy noses, and watery eyes.
Puffs - Runny noses with thin watery discharge. Symptoms occur almost immediately or shortly after coming in contact with the allergen.
WebMD - The allergy health center providing details about common allergy symptoms including common allergens such as hay fever. Uticaraia reactions such as hive, eczema, and swelling can be severe resulting in anaphylactic shock.
Medicine Net - Airborne allergens in the form of pollen, mold, dust, and animals can cause severe allergic reactions such as sneezing, coughing, itchy water eyes, and conjunctivitis.
Mayo Clinic - Allergies can involve the airways, sinuses, nasal passage, and skin. Reactions can range from mild to severe resulting in life threatening anaphylactic shock.
eMedicineHealth - Low blood pressure, loss of consciousness, and a rapid weak pulse are signs of anaphylactic shock.
Health Central - Allergic rhinitis is characterized by nasal discharge, sinusitis, and sneezing. Itching burning eyes and vernal conjunctivitis are common symptoms of nasal allergens.
Medline Plus - Food allergies begin at birth and many children grow out of them but some allergies such as fish, peanuts, and shellfish continue into adulthood.
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America -Urticaria is characterized as red, swollen, and itchy bumps or rash on the skin known as hives. Hives are an innate immune response with the release of histamines once you come in contact with an allergen.
Kids Health - Allergies are a responses from the immune system. Allergic reactions are hypersensitivity responses triggered by IgE antibodies that have built up due to an allergen.
American College o Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - Allergic reactions from insect stings can range from hives, itching, swelling, difficulty breathing, or anaphylactic shock. Symptoms of anaplylactic shock include loss of consciousness, low blood pressure, or even cardiac arrest.
Everyday Health - The bite of an insect introduces poisoinues toxins which take immediate action upon the circulatory system. The toxic causes blood vessels to dilate causing an allergic response happen almost instantly.
Family Doctor - Immunotherapy in the form of allergy shots may provide so relief for allergies bu lessening the severity of allergic reactions. Immunotherapy is the induction of a small amount of the allergen to allow the immune system to develop antibodies against the allergen.
Allergy Health Care - Immunotherapy is a vaccine that comes the closest to finding a cure for allergies. Over time immunotherapy will raise the tolerance of a person's immune system to react to allergens.
Allergy Treatment and Symptoms - Avoidance of known allergens is the best and easiest way to prevent allergies. Treatment can be done with medications to treat the various symptoms of allergic reactions, and immunotherapy to build up the immune system to better respond to allergen contact.