Causes of allergies in children: types and treatment

Symptoms of Allergy to suffer today by many people. While the majority of these patients, unfortunately, are children. The world around the little man is full of the most various substances, which in contact with its mucous membrane and the skin come into the body with food and during breathing.

In the predisposition to acute reactions of individual interactions sometimes cause inflammatory processes, having different manifestations. To prove himself such an affliction can as with the appearance of a newborn in the light, and in the process of growing the organism. That is why those parents who value the health of your child, it is useful to learn what are the causes of allergies in children and how to deal with this disease.

Definition of pathology

An Allergic reaction the child's body caused by its increased sensitivity to the effects of a variety of exogenous and endogenous factors. His negative response, the immune system of the child may give a variety of substances.

To Identify the presence of the disease is not difficult. Allergy in children is determined by skin reactions. This severe pathology is characterized by very dangerous symptoms. Its symptoms can manifest themselves both on the face and entire body, in those places where the skin contact with substances causing irritation of the immune system. For parents it is important to determine the causes of allergies in children, to immediately start her treatment.

What could be a disease?

Allergy is nothing but an acute immune response to the substances (allergens), which for the average person are harmless. Having information that can cause the child has these symptoms, parents can significantly reduce the risk of illness in your baby. It should be remembered that the causes of allergies in children may be hiding in the hereditary factor. If the parents or one of them suffered from this disease, the likelihood of disease in the baby is much higher. So, in those cases where Allergy suffers from the same mother, the risk of disease in a child increases to 80 % if the father – that up to 30-40%. In the presence of pathology in grandparents manifestation of the disease at an early age is possible with a probability of 20 %.

However, in addition there are some other causes allergies in children, which is considered one of the most common. The list includes:

• Genetic characteristics;
• Malfunctions of the immune system;
• Medication;
• Wrong time and wrong started solid foods;
• Eating large amounts of vegetables and fruits that can cause an allergic reaction.

There are other causes of allergies in children. However, they are not as common as the above.

Types of disease

Allergy in children is:

1. Food. the Occurrence of this disease provoke some products, among which is a large number of antigens. So, often the cause of allergies in children under one year – is the body's response to cow protein, and a specific composition of adapted milk mixture. Very rarely, but similar disease occurs as a reaction to mother's milk. Causes of food Allergy in older children - use of eggs, sugar, citrus, buckwheat, and tea with lemon and some other products. Appears like type of Allergy urticaria, eczema and neurodermatitis. Sometimes the reaction of the body are problems of the digestive tract.
   

2. Dosage. What triggered the Allergy in children? The causes of the organism's reaction in this case – taking certain types of medication. Moreover, the pathology can develop with prolonged use of the same drug. Drug Allergy often occurs after the child a course of antibiotics, developing on the background of dysbiosis. Symptoms manifestations of such a reaction are nausea or even anaphylactic shock, blood composition changes, and urticaria.

3. Contact skin. It is atopic dermatitis, which is the body's response to certain types of chemicals included in shampoos, Soaps and other cosmetic products, and certain dyes used in the manufacture of children's clothing. Causes of skin Allergy in children may be hiding and in the household, which my mother uses at home or the cleaner in a kindergarten or school.

4. Respiratory. This type of allergic reaction is most common, but at the same timeand less studied. Often unhealthy reaction occurs because dogs and cats and sometimes for a rodent (sea lions and hamsters) and birds. Such allergies can have different symptoms, manifested by itchy eyes and various edema, laryngitis, tracheitis, sinusitis, or cough. Sometimes the cause of these diseases is pollen. However, the manifestation of an Allergy at the same time more constant and is expressed in respiratory problems.
   
5. Cross. Sometimes the child has an illness that is caused by the simultaneous influence of several antigens. As a rule, a similar phenomenon occurs at the end of the season of flowering per plant and early flowering season of the other. In addition, some types of pollen can create a negative Duo with food.

It is Worth noting the fact that the universal antigen, which equally would be dangerous for all children, does not exist in nature. Even being in the same room, children react differently to being in the air substances. So, some of them may experience an allergic reaction, while others do not. It will all depend on the maturity of the immune system and innate characteristics of the child.

Causes of disease in children under one year

What is most often seen reaction babies-infants?

1. The Cause of allergies in a newborn baby, and the baby months of age, as a rule, lies in the reaction of his body to food. In addition, it is possible to contact the skin disease on washing detergent, care or a diaper. If such has allergies in children causes, treatment will consist in the change care, which provoked a reaction and also diet changes in artificial feeding.
2. Allergies in babies under 4 months of age, usually develops due to late or incorrect feeding. Most often at this time, the reaction occurs in cow's milk. In this regard, those babies who are bottle-fed, recommended mix, which is no milk protein. Such children are transferred to special porridge, allowing you to avoid unpleasant health effects.
3. In six months, the child may suffer from food allergies due to the introduction in its diet of meat sauce. Such products should appear in the menu of the baby very carefully, and start with the smallest portions. In any case, it is necessary to give preference to white meat diet.
4. With the development of allergic reaction in a child in seven months important mandatory consultation with a specialist. You may need a change in the set of products or delivery of the required tests. At this age, young patients can be prescribed antihistamines. However, such a decision should only be made by the allergist.
5. At the age of 8 months, as a rule, pathology in children is gradually taking place. Parents just have to be patient. At this time feeding of formula or breast is minimized, and the baby gets more and more adult food. This period should not risk it by introducing baby food, most of them causing allergic reactions.
6. 9 months symptoms reactions to certain kinds of allergens practically does not occur. But parents should give the child tested products and to be careful with yogurt, curds and other industrial goods. Often they add a variety of flavor enhancers, fillers and other not so useful stuff.
7. 10 months allergies in children is almost completely recedes. But in spite of this, parents should carefully select for your baby food and baby clothes.

Causes of disease in children after one year

The complexity of the problem for already grown kids is that in addition to food reactions, their body can respond to such factors as:

• Pollen;
• Dust;
• Animal dander, etc.

Causes of skin Allergy in children 2 years of age are most often new foods. The period in a child's life is particularly important. That's why parents should be attentive to possible reactions of the organism, which at this age is capable of particularly adversely affect the future condition of the little man.

But in five years, allergies in children is most often seen in the offseason. Especially for the development of this disease characteristic of the winter-spring period. The cause of the disease in this case, as a rule, is the deficiency, active growth of the organism, as well as other internal and external factors.

Kids in six years are most likely to suffer from allergies due tocontact with animals and birds. In this case, physicians often prescribe small patients to take antihistamines. But in any case the baby will need to be protected from a possible source of allergens and to form a special diet.

At the age of 7 years old kids from allergies, usually do not suffer. However, the cases of this disease is still possible. Most often they are the result of a sharp decline of immunity under the influence of stress, intake of medicines and common diseases.

Psychosomatic reason

What else can cause Allergy? Psychological causes can also cause a reaction in form of urticaria and angioedema. Often the pathology is manifested and diseases such as eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis and other.

If caused by an Allergy the child's psychosomatic, the cause of pathology may be in the reluctance of the baby to take anything in my life. This way the body protests against any injustice that the child can not Express openly.

Sometimes to restrain strong emotions have children who have not yet learned to speak. They are associated with the habit to behave in the family in a certain way.

Psychosomatics pediatric Allergy can be observed in situations where the mother leaves the baby for the whole day, for example, having gone to work, and the frequent quarrels of their parents. Allergic reaction also provokes and wrong education, not giving the kid a sufficient amount of inner freedom when he is under constant oppression of the prohibitions that suppress him as a person.

Common symptoms

Often the Allergy manifests on the feet of the child. Causes skin lesions that appear on the thighs, calves and feet, can be different.

The Main ones are:

• Food allergens
• The fungal infections that can be transmitted to children from adults through shoes, linens, and General hygiene items;
• Fluff or pet hair, and clothing from natural wool yarn, blankets and pillows;
• Substances in the environment such as household dust, pollen, synthetic fabric of linen and clothing, cosmetics ingredients and toxic components of the toy material;
• Insect bites that transmit the natural venom of wasps, bees, mosquitoes, characterized by strong allergenic properties and toxic effects;
• Hypothermia, caused cold allergies, which provokes a sharp temperature drop or chosen the wrong clothes for the baby during long walks.

Sun Allergy

Alone, the ultraviolet radiation acute reactions of the organism, as a rule, not causes. Causes of allergies to the sun in children is a combination of a number of additional factors, including:

• Antibiotics and other drugs;
• The use of creams, including essential oils, for example, cumin, citrus, etc.;
• Getting pollen on the skin;
• The use of cosmetics containing dyes (for example, hygienic lipstick with eosin);
• Available domestic disease;
• The use of antiseptics in the form of wet wipes;
• The presence of residues on the skin cleansers;
• Exposure to the sun for a long time.

The Symptoms of this Allergy called photodermatosis manifested by the baby after a couple of hours as the following:

• Itching and tingling;
• Small scaly and itchy rashes on the skin;
• Swelling;
• Blisters that occur on sensitive and light skin.

If the photodermatosis is necessary to minimize the stay of the child in the sun. Until the complete disappearance of the redness and rash to sunbathe the baby can not in any case. In order to eliminate the itching, parents are recommended to apply special means in the form of creams and serums. The baby it is advisable to wear minimizes skin exposure clothes.

Definition of precipitating factors

How to identify the cause of the cough? At home you can do it as efficiently as possible. So, if the baby is not breastfed, the mother will have to revise its food, trying to replace one mixture to another. During the feeding will also need to pay attention to the child's reaction to certain products.

To Identify the cause of allergies among older children help the mother opened a food diary. To attend you will need and the condition of the water in the water supply and to ambient air quality. In addition, you must begin to erase safe powders to replace cosmetics, and more to produce wet cleaning, to exclude the presence of carpets, old furniture and Pets. If the Allergy is not observed, the reason was in thesefactors.

To Pay attention to and the period of manifestation of the disease. If the child suffers from it in the spring or summer, then the reason probably lies in the flowering plants.

Medical diagnostics

When you contact kid get a direction to take required tests. They will identify the allergen causing the disease. The final diagnosis on a child can be put only after the implementation of a comprehensive survey of the whole organism. It is performed by a doctor-allergist, which takes into account the development of the child's complaints and the conditions of the disease. Only after that the specialist made the appointment for diagnosis.

It may be skin tests. They are carried out with the introduction of the allergen under the skin through cuts or scratches. This method is painless and allows us to give a presumptive result. During one procedure it is possible to conduct up to 15 tests. The appearance of redness and swelling, the result is considered positive. Also the specialist can send the baby to the analysis of specific antibodies. This study is able to establish a credible group of allergens.

Strange results after conducting the first two methods are assigned to the provocative tests. They are performed with the introduction of the allergen under the tongue, in the nose and bronchi. The result revealed during the evaluation of body reaction.

To confirm the detected allergen conduct an elimination test.

Whatever kind of allergic reactions nor developed, how intensely she would not leak, it is necessary to Supplement the medication from allergies by cleansing the body using sorbents. For example, Enterosgel — this modern gel-based sorbent and bio-organic silicon gently and without harm to the body absorbs as allergens and toxic products of the immune response, and then removes them from the body, thereby making it easier for Allergy.