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Developing allergies
Why/how does this happen? Can they go away again? Is there anything that can be done to make them go away rather than cure the symptons (ie. not by taking anti-histamines)
I have a bit of a problem at the moment in that I've developed a nasty allergy to cats in the past 12 months since starting uni (could this be related). If I'm near them, or in a house where they have been, I sneeze constantly, my nose streams and my eyes go horribly itchy and bloodshot...the main problem is that we have two cats (at home) who I love to bits, as do the rest of the family. Other than being plain annoying and uncomforable, will it do me any harm to keep reacting to them? Getting rid of the cats is not really an option, or one I want to even think about unless they will do me long term damage. (Not including losing nose skin from so many tissues...not nice.)
I have a bit of a problem at the moment in that I've developed a nasty allergy to cats in the past 12 months since starting uni (could this be related). If I'm near them, or in a house where they have been, I sneeze constantly, my nose streams and my eyes go horribly itchy and bloodshot...the main problem is that we have two cats (at home) who I love to bits, as do the rest of the family. Other than being plain annoying and uncomforable, will it do me any harm to keep reacting to them? Getting rid of the cats is not really an option, or one I want to even think about unless they will do me long term damage. (Not including losing nose skin from so many tissues...not nice.)
The biological explanation is that particles like pollen get into your system via your lungs and your immune system can sometimes pick them up and react to them as if they were antigens (bad stuff like bacteria), but not a full blown alergic response first time.
This then leaves the immune system with a memory of the particle and so when it comes into contact with it again it uses this memory to respond to the 'invasion' it sees.
This means that second time round the response (release of histamines (causes swelling) etc) will be worse. It will continue to respond in this way indefinitely due to the 'memory' it has.
There is no real reason for it happening to pick up a bit of grass pollen, say, and responding to it like this, it just can happen, bad luck really
I don't think there's liekly to be long term damage but I don't know for sure. You can take stuff to lessen the symtoms though.
Hope that helps
This then leaves the immune system with a memory of the particle and so when it comes into contact with it again it uses this memory to respond to the 'invasion' it sees.
This means that second time round the response (release of histamines (causes swelling) etc) will be worse. It will continue to respond in this way indefinitely due to the 'memory' it has.
There is no real reason for it happening to pick up a bit of grass pollen, say, and responding to it like this, it just can happen, bad luck really
I don't think there's liekly to be long term damage but I don't know for sure. You can take stuff to lessen the symtoms though.
Hope that helps
Gexko
The biological explanation is that particles like pollen get into your system via your lungs and your immune system can sometimes pick them up and react to them as if they were antigens (bad stuff like bacteria), but not a full blown alergic response first time.
This then leaves the immune system with a memory of the particle and so when it comes into contact with it again it uses this memory to respond to the 'invasion' it sees.
This means that second time round the response (release of histamines (causes swelling) etc) will be worse. It will continue to respond in this way indefinitely due to the 'memory' it has.
There is no real reason for it happening to pick up a bit of grass pollen, say, and responding to it like this, it just can happen, bad luck really
I don't think there's liekly to be long term damage but I don't know for sure. You can take stuff to lessen the symtoms though.
Hope that helps
This then leaves the immune system with a memory of the particle and so when it comes into contact with it again it uses this memory to respond to the 'invasion' it sees.
This means that second time round the response (release of histamines (causes swelling) etc) will be worse. It will continue to respond in this way indefinitely due to the 'memory' it has.
There is no real reason for it happening to pick up a bit of grass pollen, say, and responding to it like this, it just can happen, bad luck really
I don't think there's liekly to be long term damage but I don't know for sure. You can take stuff to lessen the symtoms though.
Hope that helps
Thanks. I get the biology of allergies (sort of, I asked my over annoying knowitall medic sister and got everything except the bits I actually wanted to know) but I still don't get how it's decided to develop now, we have always had cats, and I've always been fine until now!
Maybe it was wishful thinking that it might go away as quickly as it came.
Apparently this stuff seems to work http://www.bio-life.co.uk/home.html I saw an article about it in a magazine once, you put it on the animals neck ( i think) and it doesnt harm them at all, but it prevents you being allergic to them..... i cant really explin it that well but the article made it sound really effective.
Heh, a similar thing happened to my grandfather. He worked on a farm as a cowman, and one day, randomly, developed some sort of allergy to cows. Bit of a bummer...
But yeah, I've heard about that anti-allergy thing, no idea if it works or not though...
But yeah, I've heard about that anti-allergy thing, no idea if it works or not though...
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