Pollinosis: allergic rhinitis in a child

The fact that pollinosis, like any allergic disease, is often associated with heredity: relatives transmit each other a complex of physiological characteristics. Additional risk factors are poor ecology in the area where the child lives, tobacco smoke, high pollen concentration in the first months of life, frequent respiratory-viral diseases, increased excitability.

Boys are more likely to have pollinosis than girls. Pollinosis - an allergic rhinitis in a child - the subject of our article.

Treatment of pollinosis is usually built in several directions. These include drug treatment, compliance with hypoallergenic diet and preventive measures - allergen-specific immunotherapy. Medication is combined in the appointment of antihistamines. They are divided into two groups: they are older preparations of the first generation and relatively new drugs of the second generation. It is the latter recommended to prescribe for the treatment of allergies, since they have no adverse reactions. At the same time, the child is prescribed nasal antiallergic drops or sprays. The treatment is started one to two weeks before the beginning of the flowering of the plant-allergen, and it should continue all the time while the plant blooms, to which the baby reacts negatively. To treat pollinosis was more effective, the child also needs to follow a hypoallergenic diet. It is that during the flowering of the plant-allergen to exclude from the food products of the so-called cross-reaction. Allergen-specific immunotherapy is a kind of vaccination against allergies and is carried out in the autumn. Blood tests for antibodies to allergens and a study to determine the level of specific IgE pollen irritation gels will help to identify specifically. Still it is possible to make tests on a skin is a popular method of recognition of an allergen at children. On the inside of the arm of the youngster, a drop of an allergen solution is applied and scratches are made. If after 10-15 minutes redness appeared, it means that the doctor got to the point and it is this substance that prevents the baby from enjoying the spring. But keep in mind that skin tests are made for children older than 3 years, and in practice - over five years, since the child must sit for 20 minutes motionless with arms outstretched on the table.

Eliminate smoking in your presence

And, of course, it is strictly forbidden to smoke the most future mother. And after the birth of the baby, make sure that he does not at all breathe tobacco smoke.

• The first symptom of pollinosis is a seasonal manifestation of the disease. If you observe the same clinical picture in the second year of the baby's life as at the first year, at the same time, it is safe to say that your child is affected by some plant that blooms during this period in spring or summer.
• The second symptom is the duration of the reaction: in hay fever, its symptoms persist for about a month and even more.
• The third symptom is the absence of temperature. True, sometimes, in especially severe cases, the temperature still happens, but as a rule, the pollinosis passes without it.
• The fourth symptom is the transparency and abundance of watery discharge, while when cold they are not watery. If the baby constantly sneezes, this is also an additional sign of hay fever. In addition, unlike a cold, pollinosis does not go away within a week or two.
• The fifth symptom is that an allergic person usually has intense reddening of the eyes and lacrimation.
• The sixth symptom is that the child sneezes without end when he goes outside, and at home he feels much better. Typically, allergy sufferers feel better when the pollen in the air is less: after rain, in windless weather.