Relief For Allergy

Individuals all over the world suffering from allergy seek one important thing- allergy relief. Why shouldn't they when allergy causes so much downtime for people? When people start experiencing symptoms like itchy red eyes, sneezing, coughing, itching and shortness of breath, their daily tasks are interrupted. Some employees become sick or go to work late  because they are looking for allergy relief that would relieve them from the annoying symptoms immediately. In a study published at Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology last 2008; the research titled Rhinitis and Impact on work revealed employees rate of unproductivity reached as much as 11 to 40%. For this reason, people are in desperate need of an allergy-relief that would make their lives easier when allergy attacks.

A recent and widely accepted allergy relief currently offered by health clinics and hospitals are allergy shots popularly known as immunotherapy. The shot includes tiny amount that can cause allergy to a person known as allergens that can make the body develop its immune system to that specific allergen. At a certain point that the body has built  immunity to that allergy, then it does not overreact when an allergy attack happens. According to the Mayo clinic web site, the doctor gives the first few shots that has small amount of allergens. As the body begins to develop tolerance, then the amount of allergens are increased in the succeeding shots. As a result, the body would normally ignore allergens once the person is completely immune.

A typical allergy relief that people always seek out are antihistamines. Usually, antihistamines are over-the-counter medications that can immediately relieve allergy. Antihistamines are regarded as a quick-acting allergy relief since it works as an agent that prevents the actions of histamines. When the actions of histamine are prevented, the body is relieved from allergy symptoms which allows a person to be more productive. There are two levels of antihistamines: first generation and second-generation. The only disadvantage with antihistamines as an allergy relief are the  usual side effects related with its use such as drowsiness and contraindications for people with heart disease according to familydoctor.org.

These days, allergy relief products are available on most drugstores. Nonetheless, seeing a doctor is the most essential part of treatment.