Allergy is a disorder of the immune system. Allergic reactions occur to normally harmless environmental substances known as allergens; these reactions are acquired, predictable, and rapid. Strictly, allergy is one of four forms of hypersensitivity and is called type I (or immediate) hypersensitivity. It is characterized by excessive activation of certain white blood cells called mast cells and basophils by a type of antibody known as IgE, resulting in an extreme inflammatory response. Common allergic reactions include eczema, hives, hay fever, asthma attacks, food allergies, and reactions to the venom of stinging insects such as wasps and bees.
Mild allergies like hay fever are highly prevalent in the human population and cause symptoms such as allergic conjunctivitis, itchiness, and runny nose. Allergies can play a major role in conditions such as asthma. In some people, severe allergies to environmental or dietary allergens or to medication may result in life-threatening anaphylactic reactions and potentially death.
A variety of tests now exist to diagnose allergic conditions; these include testing the skin for responses to known allergens or analyzing the blood for the presence and levels of allergen-specific IgE. Treatments for allergies include allergen avoidance, use of anti-histamines, steroids or other oral medications, immunotherapy to desensitize the response to allergen, and targeted therapy.
The medical specialty concerned with allergies is allergist-immunologist.

Risk factors for allergy can be placed in two general categories, namely host and environmental factors. Host factors include heredity, sex, race, and age, with heredity being by far the most significant. However, there have been recent increases in the incidence of allergic disorders that cannot be explained by genetic factors alone. Four major environmental candidates are alterations in exposure to infectious diseases during early childhood, environmental pollution, allergen levels, and dietary changes.

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   My seven year-old son suffers for cat allergy that is declared as asthmatic fit, and it appears only if somewhere there is a smell of cat. It happens rather rarely 1-2 times per year as we try to avoid this. But doctors say that this is asthma. Please, advise what we should do?

   Application of balsam “Rebirth” is individual in every separate case. In your case it is necessary to strengthen immune system of your child. We recommend using balsam “Rebirth”: one teaspoon diluted in 100 ml of water at room temperature once a day 30 minutes before eating. In the evening it is necessary to wash nasal cavity with the solution of balsam “Rebirth” (1 teaspoon per 100 ml of water).

   Asked by:: Helen

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   I have allergy – nettle rush. I have this disease approximately during 4 years. Now I am drinking your capsules. Can it help me and how long should I drink them?

   Allergy (nettle rush). In general any kind of allergy appears on the basis of low immunity and slagging of the organism, for instance with parasite larva. That is why iodine preparation is the best medicine from parasites, when the body will be cleared of them, the immunity will be improved. Therefore this balsam is effective with all allergic manifestations in the body.

   Asked by:: Shushenskaia Sayan

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