If you ask an allergist if it is possible to cure allergies, their answer will be negative. If you suffer from cat hair allergy, a dust allergy, a house dust mite allergy, a pollen allergy or others; you experience the same symptoms every year, i.e.: rhinitis, skin rash, itch, allergic conjunctivitis. You have to come to terms with the fact that we cannot cure allergies.
But we can treat the allergy. We have an arsenal of drugs for everyday use. Below are some of their components:
available without prescription: cetirizine, loratadine and prescription drugs: levocetirizine, feksofenadine with antihistaminic effect,
glucocorticoids (prescription drugs except hydrocortisone in concentration of 0,5%) - applied locally onto the skin these drugs can reduce itching, as a nasal spray they can relieve hay fever and used as an inhalant they can treat asthma,
pseudoephedrine (available without prescription, in combined products) constricts blood vessels and relieves nasal effusion.
The most effective treatment for an allergy is desensitisation. It is a type of specific immunotherapy or, in other words, a way of “inducing immunologic tolerance” to allergens. Vaccines are applied orally, under the tongue and also as injections. Unfortunately desensitisation must be repeated – usually every 5 years. You can be referred for desensitisation by an allergist.
But we can treat the allergy. We have an arsenal of drugs for everyday use. Below are some of their components:
available without prescription: cetirizine, loratadine and prescription drugs: levocetirizine, feksofenadine with antihistaminic effect,
glucocorticoids (prescription drugs except hydrocortisone in concentration of 0,5%) - applied locally onto the skin these drugs can reduce itching, as a nasal spray they can relieve hay fever and used as an inhalant they can treat asthma,
pseudoephedrine (available without prescription, in combined products) constricts blood vessels and relieves nasal effusion.
The most effective treatment for an allergy is desensitisation. It is a type of specific immunotherapy or, in other words, a way of “inducing immunologic tolerance” to allergens. Vaccines are applied orally, under the tongue and also as injections. Unfortunately desensitisation must be repeated – usually every 5 years. You can be referred for desensitisation by an allergist.
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