Cakes, sweets, pastries, cookies - with thisproducts nowadays, you should be careful. And excess weight has nothing to do with it. Everything is much more serious. The fact is that all these delicacies and sweets can lead to an allergic reaction. Dermatitis, nausea, itching, swelling - this is just a small list of what can happen after a single candy. Therefore, you should not ignore or mock this problem. Remember the famous expression: forewarned is forearmed. After all, if you manage to recognize an allergy to sweets in the early stages, you can avoid many dangerous complications in the future.
Why appears on a sweet allergy
Many people mistakenly believe that allergies toSweets are our body's reaction to sugar. In fact, this is not true. The product itself is harmless. Sucrose contained in goodies causes and stimulates fermentation. As a result, the food in the stomach does not have time to digest in time, which is why it spoils. The decay products that are formed as a result of this chemical reaction are absorbed and immediately begin to enter the blood. But they only increase the existing allergy to foreign protein, and do not cause it. But what then provokes the allergy itself? Let's first study the composition of modern sweets. Almost all such products, be it cakes or chocolates, contain dyes, flavors, stabilizers and other chemicals that affect our immune system. As for the allergy to honey, the problem here is not in the sweetness, but in the presence of pollen components. It is because of them that you can feel bad even from one teaspoon. At the same time, such people also feel bad in the spring and summer, when everything around them is blooming and smelling. Therefore, you should first take tests to determine the allergen. And if you really have pollen intolerance, other delicacies may not cause this disease.
Symptoms of allergies: how to recognize the problem
In fact, many of us are confusedintolerance to any substance and allergies. For example, many adults cannot drink milk normally, because it is simply not digested in the stomach. The enzyme that affects this stops being produced. And this is much more dangerous. Therefore, it is so important to know how an allergy to sweets actually manifests itself, what its symptoms and signs are. So, some time after eating (5 minutes or 2 hours - depending on the characteristics of the body), a rash, inflammation, redness may appear on the body. At the same time, the skin can itch incredibly, swell in places. Usually, the face, neck, arms and legs suffer first. Less often - the back and stomach. If first aid is not provided, even anaphylactic shock or Quincke's edema may occur. And this is fraught with a fatal outcome. Thus, if you notice any, even the mildest symptoms of the disease, immediately go to the hospital. It is better to be on the safe side than to undergo long, painful and expensive treatment in a clinic. In the future, get yourself medications that help quickly cope with the manifestation of allergies.
Caution, Dangerous Products
If you have developed an allergy to sweets,try to exclude confectionery, cocoa products, as well as honey, fruits, berries, fruits and milk (cow, goat, mare) from your diet. Perhaps your body reacts to a specific product (for example, bars or chocolates), but until you clarify the situation and determine the allergen, it is better not to take risks and not experiment with other ingredients. Sensitivity to a specific allergen, which is contained in some types of sweets, can be too high. It is enough to put, for example, cocoa, egg or strawberries in a cake or muffin for the patient to develop a reaction to a foreign protein.
How to get rid of allergies
So, the person who was diagnosed with the firstallergy symptoms, you will have to take tests and samples. This will help to identify what exactly the allergen is. In this case, the patient is also prescribed a special diet consisting entirely of substances that are safe for the body. During the rehabilitation period, it is better for such a person to keep a diary in which he should write down how he feels after eating this or that dish. As a result of such observations, you can track the course of the disease, find out what is better not to eat in the future, etc. By the way, this method is used when they cannot identify the allergen using tests. After the problematic ingredient or product is identified, you can try to gradually accustom yourself to it. But you need to do this very slowly, gradually adding a few grams of the intolerable substance to your diet. If you are allergic to food that can be excluded from your diet without harming your health, you will have to decide on this step. You can forget about honey, chocolate, citrus fruits, watermelons or melons, peaches and other delicious things that you can live without quite normally. In extreme cases, some berries and fruits can be added to compotes. You can’t get your body used to sweets, but you can’t control yourself and occasionally try forbidden delicacies? Then you will have to always have special medications on hand that will help get rid of the symptoms. But remember that they only remove external manifestations: itching, redness, rash. You are unlikely to be able to completely eliminate the problem. You can also decide on a course of desensitization. The main goal of the procedure is to eliminate hypersensitivity to a foreign protein. But remember that all this should only be done in the presence of a doctor who can provide first aid if something goes wrong. So, let's figure out how this can help you. As you remember, an allergy is a kind of reaction of your body to an allergen. In order for the immune system to accept such a substance normally, the patient is regularly injected with it little by little. Gradually, when the body gets used to the established amount, the amount is increased. This procedure is long and tedious, and there are risks. But if everything is done correctly, in the future you will be able to fully enjoy life.
Self-treatment is life-threatening
Often modern residents do not havethe ability to go to the hospital immediately. Some people have seven kids at home, some don’t want to let their boss down, and others don’t trust doctors at all. Indeed, why get distracted if it’s not mortally dangerous? Therefore, such people try to use means and methods that could help them get rid of the disease. In reality, it’s like playing minesweeper. If you’re lucky, everything will work out. However, if you make a small mistake, make the wrong choice, trust people who have had something similar, you’ll end up in the hospital, and in the best-case scenario. Thus, a person unfamiliar with medicine is unlikely to be able to correctly diagnose and prescribe treatment. Of course, pharmacies are full of pills that will relieve you of simple symptoms (itching, rash) in half an hour or an hour. But you can’t take them uncontrollably and constantly. This, again, is dangerous to your health. By the way, what manifests itself on the outside is just the tip of the iceberg. Imagine what’s happening to your organs inside. Therefore, you should understand that only an allergist can conduct treatment. And only after receiving the test results. After all, the symptoms of allergies can be similar to other diseases.
