Allergy management relies on identifying common material and environmental triggers while implementing home relief methods to mitigate respiratory stress.
Zyrtec, or cetirizine, is an antihistamine medication available over the counter to treat allergies and hives. In infants, Zyrtec is the only Food and Drug Administration-approved medication to treat perennial allergic rhinitis and chronic urticaria.
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True allergy to cocoa is rare. Most likely an allergy to or intolerance of other ingredients in chocolate or chocolate desserts, such as soy or dairy, is causing symptoms. You might also be sensitive to the natural chemicals in chocolate.
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If you develop a skin rash after eating shrimp, you are most likely experiencing a type of food allergy. Shellfish allergies are one of the most common food allergies. Shrimp are a type of shellfish, a marine animal with a shell.
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Along with allergies to peanuts, celery allergies affect Americans more frequently than adverse reactions to other foods. Some people only have problems with celery at certain times of the year.
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Kellogg’s Corn Flakes are not a good choice for someone on a gluten-free diet. In fact, Kellogg’s reported in the fall of 2010 that it does not make any cereal, waffle, cookie or cracker that is “suitable for consumers on a gluten-free diet.
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Mold allergies are relatively common. A reaction occurs after inhaling tiny airborne spores or eating foods that contain mold. It can be difficult to avoid mold, since we’re all exposed to it in daily life.
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According to the MayoClinic, food allergies affect 6 to 8 percent of children under 5 in the United States and 3 to 4 percent of adults. Food allergies can cause a range of symptoms from abdominal pain to hives.
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“Dry as a bone, red as a beet, hot as a hare, mad as a hatter, and blind as a bat” is an old saying that emergency room doctors used to describe patients who had taken excessive quantities of antihistamines.
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For those with celiac disease and gluten intolerance, even a minute amount of gluten can present serious problems. While avoiding the obvious gluten-laden foods, such as bread and pasta, may be easy, it is more difficult to avoid drugs that may contain small amounts.
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Small red bumps on the cheeks can signal a number of skin conditions ranging from mild irritation to more serious skin infections. For minor conditions, treatment typically focuses on eliminating the bumps for cosmetic reasons.
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People can have mold allergies to seasonal outdoor fungi or to indoor-growing molds that can plague them anytime—or both. Outdoor molds live on decaying leaves, and indoor molds thrive in damp places, releasing allergenic fungal spores when they reproduce.
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People with celiac disease must avoid gluten, which is the protein of wheat, rye, barley and some other grains. Gluten is found in many traditional snack foods, including some brands of crackers, chips, candy and baked goods.
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Gas and bloating are possible symptoms of a food allergy, but there is no one food, or group of foods, that specifically causes those issues. However, symptoms of a food allergy can vary from person to person, so it's possible that gas and bloating are the only symptoms that you experience if you have a food allergy.
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For someone who needs relief from head and chest congestion and clogged sinuses, the Personal Steam Inhaler by Vicks may be able to help. This system uses the warm, moist heat caused generated by steam in order to soothe clogged and irritated airways in the respiratory system.
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While many people experience adverse reactions to certain foods or food additives, only a small percentage of these are actual "allergic" reactions. Most adverse food reactions are considered an "intolerance," that, while often unpleasant, is not life-threatening.
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Food allergies can cause respiratory symptoms, including clogged ears and nose, according to St. Vincent Medical Center. If your ears become clogged immediately after eating, more serious symptoms caused by the body's rapid immune response also may be experienced.
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If you have hay fever, your symptoms don’t take long to show up after you inhale the smallest amount of pollen. It takes mere minutes for your nose to begin running and for the sneezing (and perhaps wheezing) to start.
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Home remedies for certain conditions may have various approaches, but a home remedy for an allergy to jalapeno peppers has only two options. If your allergic reaction is a genuine food allergy to jalapeno peppers, the only home remedy is to avoid consuming jalapenos and any other peppers that trigger your symptoms.
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Peas are in the same food family as peanuts and may cause an allergic reaction in people with a peanut allergy, according to Allergic Child. A pea protein allergy is an adverse reaction of the immune system to the specific proteins found in peas.
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Severe itching due to allergies can sometimes be remedied right at home, especially when it comes to allergic dermatitis. Also referred to as contact dermatitis, this type of allergy is a result of skin exposure to an allergen, which results in inflammation of the skin.
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