Recently, Ms. Li from Xiamen, Fujian Province, brought her 6-year-old daughter, Yiyi, to the respiratory department of Xiamen Children's Hospital, where she told the doctor that Yiyi's coughing had lasted for half a year. At first, Ms. Li thought that Yi Yi just by the wind and cold, after taking cold medicine, headache and other discomforts improved significantly, but the cough is always "rely on not to go". "The throat is very itchy, from time to time, but also runny nose and sneezing, every time you cough, feel chest tightness, shortness of breath. Especially at night, the cough is more powerful, simply can not sleep." Ms. Li to Yi Yi tried a variety of ways to stop coughing, but four or five months past, the cough is still not better, in desperation, she came to the hospital to check.
Zhang Fanghua, chief physician of the respiratory department at Xiamen Children's Hospital, speculated that Yiyi was probably suffering from an allergic cough. Subsequent allergen tests showed that Yi Yi had a strong positive allergic reaction to cypress pollen and dust mites. Dr. Zhang diagnosed that Yi's cough was actually an allergic cough (also known as cough variant asthma) complicated by the patient's allergic rhinitis.
What is the root cause of allergic cough?
The causes of allergic cough are numerous and complex, but there are two main aspects, namely the patient's constitution and environmental factors. The patient's constitution includes subjective conditions such as "genetic quality", immune status, mental state, endocrine and health status, which are important factors in the patient's susceptibility to allergic cough. Environmental factors, including allergens, irritant gases, viral infections, area of residence, conditions of the room, occupational factors, climate, medications, exercise (hyperventilation), food and food additives, dietary habits, social factors and even economic conditions may be more important in the development of allergic cough. The increasing trend in the incidence of allergic cough is also related to the susceptibility of patients due to their allergic constitution and to environmental factors.
How can allergic cough be effectively treated?
The emergence of allergic cough brings great pain to the patient, because this disease is prone to recurrent attacks, but also affects the psychological health of the patient, so the best way to treat allergic cough is which? The best way to treat an allergic cough includes desensitization, medication, and IGE, etc. If you want to completely cure an allergic cough, it's important to choose the right method.
1, desensitization treatment
Also known as desensitization treatment, or specific immunotherapy, is the main antigenic substances that can not be avoided and confirmed or suspected by the skin test or other methods, made of a certain concentration of leachate, in order to gradually increase the dosage and concentration of the method of injection, by repeatedly injecting the patient with specific antigens, to promote the production of the corresponding antibodies in the body.
2, medication
Allergic cough generally take drugs to control the treatment, the drugs chosen for this type of disease have a lot of drugs will generally choose antihistamines to, control the condition, the drug for the treatment of urticaria has a better efficacy, if the patient alone to use the effect is not good, then the joint use of medication, and then in accordance with the doctor's instructions, on time to use the medication, the condition will soon be improved.
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3, IGE treatment
Modern medicine in the study found that the immunological changes from the allergic cough attack to find the root cause of allergic cough attack - IgE sensitizing antibodies, IgE is mainly in the allergen invasion sites such as nasopharynx, bronchial tubes, gastrointestinal tract, and the plasma cells synthesized in the mucous membranes of the skin in the lamina propria, in all types of immunoglobulins - IgE is the lowest rate of synthesis, if self-synthesis, IgE is the lowest rate of synthesis. is synthesized at the lowest rate among all types of immunoglobulins. If the ability of the body to synthesize -IgE is too high, the more it binds to allergens, the more inflammatory mediators such as histamine are induced, and the more allergic symptoms such as hives will appear. Then, controlling the synthesis rate of -IgE becomes the key to treating allergic cough! Anti-Allergy Xin, Min, Kang Probiotics helps to reduce the production of specific IgE antibodies in the serum, and also helps to promote the amount of cytosolic interferon secreted by splenocytes. Xin, Min, Kang anti-allergy probiotics can enhance the TH1-type immune response, which can regulate the overreaction of TH2-type immune hyperactivity due to allergen stimulation, and stimulate the regulation of the Th1-type immune response in the allergic immune response to balance the allergy triggered by the Th2-type immune response, so as to achieve the effect of improving the allergic body.
How to effectively prevent recurrent allergic cough?
1, in the change of seasons, sudden change of temperature, parents should try to do a good job for the child to keep warm, to avoid catching a cold, cold.
2. Avoid foods that can cause allergic symptoms, such as seafood, cold drinks and carbonated beverages.
3. In bathrooms or basements, dehumidifiers and air filters should be used and filters should be changed regularly.
4, do not keep pets and flowers at home, do not lay carpet, to avoid children's exposure to pollen, dust mites, fumes, paint, etc..
5, do not let the child sleep holding a long fluffy toy. Because dust mites easily attached to the doll, it is best not to put the doll in the child's bed, if you have to put the doll, it is best to use a plastic bag to wrap the doll or wash it in hot water every week, you can also put the doll into the refrigerator for a few hours every week, to prevent dust mites from breeding.
Curing allergic coughing is very important to choose the right method. I believe that every patient will be able to understand, because there are many ways to treat allergic cough, but patients can not blindly choose, the symptomatic treatment is the most important.