Allergy, when to resort to self medication?

Allergy, when to resort to self medication?
If the allergy is increasingly frequent, its symptoms are not always sufficiently awkward to consider a basic treatment. Whereas to make in the event of specific or seasonal disorders? The self medication and the council of your pharmacist can enable you to face these momentary nuisances.

All the manifestations of the allergy do not have same gravity. Which are the minor but awkward symptoms which can be treated in self medication? Some brief replies.

Worries related to the allergy
The allergy represents the abnormal reaction of your organization vis-a-vis a foreign element. Whereas there do not exist true attacks, it engages of the “inappropriate” defense reactions which result in ignitions, sneezes, an eczema. The product considered to be dangerous can be very diverse: acarina, pollens, shellfish, or being contained in dust, the hairs of animals.

The allergy can be immediate (as of the first exposure to the allergen, it is the most frequent case) or delayed (during the second exposure to the allergen. These cases are generally reserved for the allergy of contact).

When can one resort to self medication?
On a side, one can be tried to say that vis-a-vis a weak specific embarrassment (nasal flow, salvos of sneeze, small itchings.), self medication can be a solution. Moreover, your pharmacist is an interlocutor health who will be able to direct you towards a doctor in case of doubt;
Other, the coexistence of the allergic rhinitis and asthma, the possible existence of cross allergies (which can handicap the effectiveness of the behaviors of ousting) and the natural evolution of certain allergies plead in favor of a doctor visit, at least initially.
Self medication in question
The drugs high-speed motorboats of the allergy are the antihistamines, some are delivered only on regulation, others are sold freely by your pharmacist. In the form of tablets, they act on many symptoms. It is generally recommended to use them as of the appearance of the first manifestations of the allergy, even in a preventive way if you know that you will be in contact with the allergen.

Will know that all these drugs do not have the same effects exactly. If the traditional antihistamines have some side effects not to neglect (in particular the risk of somnolence), the antihistamines known as of second generation target the release of the allergy best and do not have these awkward side effects.

Beside the compressed forms, one finds eye lotions, adapted to the ophthalmic symptoms of the allergy and in particular to ocular itchings.

Errors not to be made
To avoid very taken of risk, it is necessary to be sure that your symptoms are indeed the reflection of an allergy. A coloured and thick nasal flow could not be allergic and you will have to take other measures. If it is about a food allergy, the visible symptoms such as red plates can be moderate whereas the abdominal pains, unusual nauseas or digestive problems can be more important. If you encounter difficulties of breathing or swellings of the face and neck, it is necessary to consult urgently.

For the children, it is absolutely necessary to consult to draw aside a diagnosis of asthma. Finally for the infants, will never resort to self medication. The consultation in the pediatrist or your general doctor is essential.