I have a seasonal allergy although it does not persist for longer period of time but it causes me to sneeze, to cough and to wheeze a lot. Can anyone tell me what else can happen in allergies and what are the factors that can cause allergies??
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January 19th, 2010 at 8:27 am
depends if it’s an environmental/medicine/food allergy.
Most commonly are the symptoms you have mentioned but also a swollen throat (lymph nodes in the neck/throat), rash on the skin, sharp stomach pains, high fever, itchy watery eyes, congestion. there’s a number of things that can occur.
medicine usually has rash, high fever
food is usually inner problems stomach pains, throat swollen, difficulty breathing
environmental- molds, pollen, chemicals, smoke, can cause all the above. depends if you ingest, breathe, or touch it.
peeps react to allergens in different ways so, I’d get tested for allergies or just see your general practioner/allergist/ ent (ear, nose, throat) doc’s. and go from there. They may prescribe a rx for you instead of suggesting otc.
good luck!
January 19th, 2010 at 8:29 am
hi Stephenie, me too is allergic to dust. i think it vary from person to person depending upon their on biological make up. For me, its consistent coughing and a runny nose. And i hate it. The factors that causes allergy is called allergen. and again it vary widely.
January 19th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Allergy is the body reaction to the foreign substance that comes in contact with the body through the surrounding environment and is mostly known as allergen. Basically, these are the factors that cause allergic reaction in your body and they include so many things like egg, milk, fruit, Soya, pollen, some drugs like penicillin, dust, smoke, flakes of pet skin and etc
Allergic response varies from person to person. It can be different for you and different for me and it also depends on the factor that is causing this response I usually suffer when I take seafood and what happens to me is shortness of breath, sneezing and diarrhea. And it subsides after some time I do not need to take any medicine for that. I hope this will help you, and still if you have any confusion related to allergies read the following article