Pochihali - and hvatit.Nashi scientists have created a drug cure for allergies

This year, due to the late spring allergies sneeze begin in mid-May. But maybe soon they will forget about this issue. Our scientists have developed drugs that allow to get rid of it in just two weeks

On this and on how to prepare for allergy season, "Corr." Said KHaitov Rahim, chief allergist and immunologist at the Health Ministry, the director of the Institute of Immunology Research Center, RAS and RAMS .

Not cold!

" Corr. "- Rahim Musaevich like to understand: you sneeze because of a cold or allergies?

RH .: - The most difficult to do so. Even doctors in district clinics may not always make the correct diagnosis. Comes sick: sneezing, coughing. The doctor seems to be: his colds, acute respiratory disease. He appoints the medication, often antibiotics or sulfonamides. But these drugs only aggravate the picture. The patient gets worse. Therefore, if you have symptoms of the common cold - runny nose, conjunctivitis, coughing, but there is no heat and will not help anti-infective therapy, is necessary to address to the allergist-immunologist.

"Correct.": - Why a healthy person begins to suffer from a harmless pollen? This is not the microbes ...

RH .: - The exact cause of allergies, no one knows. Genetics plays a huge role. If mom or dad's allergies, the child's risk of disease - 25-30%. And if the two - mom and dad - allergies, the risk in the offspring increases to 80%. But in principle, the allergy can occur in any person. Umbrella to close on her, no. Unfortunately, the number of cases doubles every ten years. At the beginning of the last century there were only 1-2%, while in developed countries - up to 35% of the population.

Why is an allergy - is unknown, but how to develop an allergic reaction, are well known. When the body get bacteria, viruses, and other harmful substances, the immune system produces protective proteins that destroy the "enemy", and save us. They are called antibodies. If allergy is a malfunction of the immune system, and instead of protective proteins it begins to produce allergic (immunoglobulin E). These "abnormal" proteins are deposited on the surface of certain cells and freeze - until the body again misses the allergen that caused their formation. Then they connect with the allergen, the cell is destroyed and thrown out of her special substances - mediators of allergy. Once on the mucous membranes of the nose, they quickly cause swelling and runny nose, eye - conjunctivitis, the airways - asthma.

Prick the poison

"Corr." - Is it true that created a cure for allergies?

RH .: - Yes, our institute developed such drugs .  For it was clear what our innovation, remember what today there are ways to treat allergies .  Those antiallergic medicines in the form of tablets, filled what pharmacy shelves do not cure, but only temporarily suppress symptoms .  Stop taking them - again an allergic reaction .  Until now, around the world there was only one way to present the treatment of allergy - specific immunotherapy .  At first, the doctors determined the cause of allergies, then clean it in the laboratory and in very small doses administered to the patient in a few months .  It was only after 4-5 such courses can achieve cure .  We also highlight the cause of allergies, and then connect it to a molecule immunomodulator, so an allergic reaction is converted into protective .  New drugs we called allergotropinami .  Years of research have shown that such drugs are much more effective than the "pure" allergens .  Suffice it to 2-3 weeks to reduce the body's sensitivity to an allergen .  Now preparations are registered, and I think by the end of the year will be available to patients .

"Correct.": - How to prepare for seasonal allergies?

RH .: - First of all, to know what a particular person reacts when these allergens appear in your area. When the snow melts and begins to warm the earth, rotting leaves and last year's grass, wake up fungal spores in the air appear fungal allergens. In May, begin to "dust" the trees are blooming in June, some grasses, in July and in the fall - the other.

It is best to go for a while in those places where the flowering season of these plants has not yet come or already passed. If it is impossible to leave, take care of the house. Use air purifiers and vacuum cleaners with anti-allergic filters. Pre-put in the medicine cabinet antihistamines.

"Correct.": - In the summer of telling horror stories: a man went to the village, he was stung by a bee, and he died.

RH .: - It Insect sting allergy to mosquitoes, wasps and bees, other insects. The first sting causes the formation of human allergic antibodies, and the second - a very heavy reaction or death. Therefore, if you have ever had an allergy to insect sting, consult an allergist. The main method of treatment for these patients - specific immunotherapy allergens from the venom of bees and wasps.

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