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You have taken all possible, and you have a runny nose does not pass in the last 7 or 14 days? It is possible that you need to visit an allergist

Our expert - allergist Natella Zinchenko .

Winter and summer

Many of us are the most common symptoms of allergies - rhinitis (inflammation of the nasal mucosa) and conjunctivitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids) - considered "seasonal" problems and often tied to the spring-summer, the time of flowering trees and grasses.

In fact, allergic rhinitis can occur at any time of year. Itching and tickling in the nose, redness of the nose, watery eyes can result from contact with allergens such as house dust, animal dander, foods. Getting on the nasal mucosa, conjunctiva of the eye, they cause an allergic reaction. But to make an exacerbation of allergic rhinitis can and autumn and winter, when the virus is most active, and we often picked up by them, especially in cases where the immune system for one reason or another weakens.

Suspicious reaction

Symptoms of the common cold, or as doctors write in the medical records, "acute respiratory viral infection" (SARS), are well known: weakness, headache, a feeling of aching muscles, sore throat, sneezing, and nasal congestion, pain in the eyes, temperature increase. But each new version of a virus "builds" of these symptoms in their own way: sometimes hurts only the throat and fever, runny nose and headache are no, or a runny nose is attached to the second or third day. Maybe so: it opens the strongest watery runny nose, accompanied by sneezing and watery, as the virus begins to "attack" on the body, infiltrating the cells of the nasal mucosa.

Often, the first signs of colds occur during the night or early morning hours, but at this time of day is shown and enhanced allergic rhinitis as a reaction to house dust, as primary habitat of dust mites - a bedding: pillows, blankets and mattresses.

In order not to get confused and do not hurt yourself in self, you need to carefully listen to yourself and analyze all the signs (symptoms) of the disease.

Food - provocateur

Allergic rhinitis can provoke some food.

And this is connected primarily with the so-called cross-reacting products. So, if you are allergic to tree pollen allergic rhinoconjunctivitis phenomenon can develop in the stone fruit (peaches, apricots, plums), carrots, celery, potatoes, nuts, kiwi, birch sap.

If you are allergic to grasses cross-reactive foods are food grains (oats, wheat, barley, etc.), Sorrel, bakery products, bread kvass, coffee, cocoa, smoked sausages.

If you are allergic to weeds - citrus, sunflower oil, sunflower seeds, halva, beets, spinach, cantaloupe, bananas, honey, chicory. Fans of folk remedies for treatment of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections need to be aware of this.

And in order to know your body better, you need to keep a food diary to record where allergic symptoms that occur after the use of certain products (or combinations thereof), indicating the meal. Keeping a food diary will help the patient to avoid the aggravation of the disease and to determine exactly what was the cause of your ailment - a cold or allergy.

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