How to Cure Allergies without Without Using Syringes
Allergic diseases are generally caused by hereditary and environmental factors. Sometimes to make sure the trigger factor is not easy. Through various types of tests at the Allergy and Immunology Clinic, the trigger can be identified. Furthermore, it is certainly easier to choose the most appropriate therapy. The incidence of allergies worldwide has increased rapidly in the last 30 years. Most types of allergies are eczema, nasal allergies, and asthma. Allergy is a disease that is usually caused by hereditary factors and environmental factors.
Both factors interact with each other to cause allergies. Then there is the name of hereditary allergies and there are also environmental allergies, depending on which factor is a larger portion. The onset of allergic disease, explained Prof. DR. Dr. H. R. Karnen Garna Baratawidjaja, Sp. PD-KAI, FAAAI. Indeed, it depends on the size of the originator. If heredity is large and small environmental factors, allergic reactions can still occur. Vice versa. "But if the heredity is large and the environment does not spur, allergies will not occur," said the allergist from the Allergy and Immunology Clinic.
Quick Reaction Test Affirmed Prof. Karnen, handling allergies due to hereditary factors is still difficult. Although there are currently many studies focused in that direction. Research is usually done since the baby is still in the womb. It is easier to find out allergies due to environmental factors, namely by doing anamnese (interview with patients). "If the patients who come experience itching after eating shrimp, the advice is not to eat shrimp again. In patients who experience itching after scrubbing, the ingredients contained in the scrub should be examined," he said.
He added that to find out the relationship between the causes and the occurrence of itching is not always easy. To ensure that the Allergy and Immunology Clinic will be tested. There are three types of examinations that can be carried out, especially to deepen the case of allergies, especially those caused by environmental factors. The first is a skin prick test. On this examination, the skin will be given a special tool called point. This tool is placed on the skin in a slightly pressured manner.
Point itself in the form of natural ingredients, for example, various types of food, even pollen. "Here we don't use needles at all, so there is not a drop of blood flowing," said Prof. Karnen. This skin prick test is a very fast reaction, only about 15 minutes. Other types of tests are patch tests. If the doctor suspects that there are skin disorders caused by contact with chemicals, then the only way to prove it is by this patch test. This kind of allergy is called allergic contact dermatitis.
Patch test is done by placing chemicals in a special place (finn chamber) and then affixed to the patient's back. The time used is around 48 hours and during the examination the patient is advised not to do physical activities or work hard. Body parts that are attached also must not be exposed to water, so that the chemical paste is not peeled off. Two days later the patient is asked to come back and the test will be appointed and read by the doctor.
The reaction on this test is slow, so after 72 hours it is calculated since the material is attached to a new back, it can be removed. The last type of test is a blood test. In allergy cases there is generally an increased type of IgE antibody. For example, people who are allergic to milk, will show an increase in IgE to milk. The hope is that if the cause has been discovered, the way to overcome it is enough to avoid the originator. But sometimes it's not that easy. Therefore blood tests need to be carried out with allergic.
Lung Function Examination Other examinations are aimed at people with asthma. One symptom of asthma is shortness of breath and coughing. Sometimes in acute asthma sounds occur. If that happens it needs to be examined by a peak flow meter or spirometry. If the lung function is declared bad, then given inhalation drugs.
Examination of pulmonary function was to find out whether there was an increase in the percentage of disease or not. In people suspected of having a history of asthma, but when there is no symptom, there will usually be a pulmonary function test. After that a new asthma drug called a nebulation device is given. Before this tool was found, doctors often gave adrenaline injections. In this clinic no longer use the injection.
"Here you don't use adrenaline because there are so many side effects. Sometimes the blood pressure of a patient can go up, it usually happens to the elderly. In areas where this device is still scarce, I don't blame doctors using injections of andrenaline," said an American Academy member. of Allergy and Immunology.
Patients who take care at this clinic also receive a learning center (LC). In LC, each patient is given special counseling individually by a doctor. For example, a detailed explanation of trigger factors. In this way the patient will get to know his condition better, so that they are more independent in preventing recurrence of the disease.
