allergy is more than just a runny nose. In practice, environmental medicine, allergies are a number of environmental disease or disorder. However, many people do not realize how many different problems can develop due to allergies.
The term allergy was first introduced by Dr Von Pirquet in 1904 and was defined as “anything that changes the reaction to a substance.” This definition of allergy is generally accepted until 1967, when Dr. Ishizaka isolated immunoglobulin E in the blood of people and identified this protein as a specific marker for the identification of allergic reactions.
In addition to the identification of what was then thought of as the only means of mediating physiological allergies, allergies term came to be applied only to the immunoglobulin E (IgE) mediated reactions.
Ishizaka new definition of allergy, however, resulted in the failure of most physicians to recognize that people may or may not respond to many things that are not IgE mediated. Allergens such as pollen, dust, molds, and danders (usually IgE-mediated) are the main causes really severe allergies – allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema and – and it is useful to reduce the allergic load of them come through the avoidance or allergy extracts .
However, sensitivity to foods and chemicals are often mediated by IgE and thus missed the diagnosis. In our 29 years of experience in the Centre for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, we found that chronic symptoms and diseases are often caused by exposure to food allergens and chemicals. Reactions to these substances may be mediated by immunoglobulin G (IgG), or other immunoglobulin, or may occur as a reaction within the gastrointestinal tract itself.
Based on our experience in working with thousands of patients, we at the Center rather use the term “food and chemical sensitivities” rather than “food and chemical allergies, knowing that people respond even if the mechanism is not IgE mediated. We found that the most common causes of headaches are often (but not always), the sensitivity of the cane, corn, cola, chocolate, and / or citrus, and the most common causes of arthritis are pain sensitivity in beef, pork, apples, soybeans, coffee, and Solana contain food – tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant and peppers. mechanism of these reactions is apparently not mediated by IgE. To complicate matters further, each person is unique and the triggers for these disorders and other pain syndromes are very individual.
Most doctors practicing environmental medicine are of the opinion that if you could only do one thing with patients who have more chronic signs and symptoms, it would be the elimination diet followed by the deliberate challenge to test the patient food. Most patients are amazed to learn that the problem of food are usually the ones that are eaten often or asked for. Experience with brittle asthma revealed that 50-60 percent better with food elimination. This again suggests an important role as a gatekeeper hose body and the importance of good digestion.
Any organ or system of bodies can be the target of “allergic” reaction or sensitivity. So, we often see patients with multi-system involvement. Recognition of their food, chemical and inhalant triggers helps to resolve such problems as gastro-esophageal reflux, chronic nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bedwetting, urinary frequency and urgency, chronic persistent cough, asthma, and chronic pain in the joints. However, organ system taking the biggest hit of the nervous system. Allergy or sensitivity involves the nervous system as a target reaction can cause learning difficulties, psychosis and schizophrenia, depression, lethargy, fatigue, agoraphobia, panic attacks, sleep apnea, restless legs, and other neurological damage. Why use long-term treatment, when in many cases, identifying contributing to allergies or sensitivities can eliminate or greatly reduce these problems?
People often notice that their medical problems are cyclical, occurring at specific times of the year. What they do not recognize that the seasonality is related to the start of pollen – the trees in the spring, grasses in summer and weeds in the fall. It is therefore important to ask not only what the problem is the patient, but when they get symptoms? It is equally important to understand that foods cross-react with pollen. One May be more responsive to certain foods when there is concomitant pollen in the air. In addition, women cyclical signs and symptoms may be associated with their menstrual cycle. We call this the endocrine allergy, reactions are related to the hormone sensitivity. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a manifestation of hormonal sensitivity and reacts quickly Environmental Medicine approach.
One of the main causes of autoimmune disease: the body literally attacks because you do not recognize just from non-self. Such diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome, multiple sclerosis, and thyroiditis are autoimmune diseases. They are often caused by microorganisms that live in the body that cross-react against specific tissues. Cross-reactivity of the organism group beta hemolytic streptococcus with heart and kidney tissue is the cause of rheumatic fever and glomerulonephritis. Allergy or sensitivity to even appear normal microbial flora can cause autoimmune disease in susceptible individuals. Using the techniques of Hypo-sensitization and neutralization may be useful in overcoming cross-reactivity of different organisms, and thus helps to control autoimmune diseases.
Hopefully, this article has shown that the “allergy”is more than just a runny nose, and that this may be the cause of many of your symptoms and signs.
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