Thursday, September 1, 2011

FAQs on allergies

Antihistamines are harmful if prolonged dosing?

Permanent, irreversible organic damage does not occur. Side effects may occur, which disappears quickly but then again when the drug is discontinued. Antihistamines should be given as long as the patient is benefiting from this treatment, ie Modern antihistamines in seasonal income can be taken without problems even for months. Studies have shown that the optimum efficiency is often reached only after 14 days.

Which antihistamines are most helpful?

The effectiveness of antihistamines is experienced individual. Modern antihistamines are generally very well tolerated. If side effects such as daytime fatigue, increased appetite, or headache occur, a change of the drug may be useful.

What is aspirin allergy?

An aspirin allergy is called in the jargon as aspirin intolerance. There is an incompatibility of the active ingredient acetylsalicylic acid, found in drugs like Aspirina, aspirin or rathiopharmâ togal-assa. The victims react with hives after taking or angioedema, and in severe cases with respiratory distress. In individual cases, the person also restrict the supply of natural substance salicylic acid.

The salicylic acid content of foods varies widely. Have an increased e.g. Sultanas, 78.0 (each mg / kg), with 66.2 raisins, raspberries to 51.4, with 50.6 Red currants, dates, 45.0

What is the most important measure for a dust mite allergy?

The most important remedial measure, the use of mite allergen-proof mattress and coverings (encasings) is recommended. The duvets should be washed at least 60 ° C and all (about) six weeks to be washed. Nichtwaschbare duvets should also be equipped with allergen-proof intermediate terms. The changing of the bedding should be made weekly. In the living environment can upholstered furniture, open shelves, thick drapes or curtains, deep pile carpets, stuffed animals or pillows structure mites represent reservoirs.


If a dust mite allergy vacuuming?

House dust mite allergy should not or only with a mouth guard yourself vacuuming, there is a lot of dust kicked up by the suction. The house dust mite allergens accumulate on the matter and can be absorbed via the respiratory tract. In conventional vacuum cleaners get a large portion of the fine dust back into the air and not enough is withheld from the devices. House dust mite allergy should prefer vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter and also ensure adequate sealing of the entire device. When water vacuum cleaners is a risk of germ and mildew. Steam cleaner generate a lot of moisture, making the mite growth is supported.


Helps a floor in house dust mite allergy?

For floor heating, a very uniform temperature distribution is achieved. This has an effect on reducing the number of mites in carpets, as the humidity decreases when the power heater near the floor and the living conditions deteriorate to the mites. There should be a possible low-emission carpeting, which was not bonded, it may cause enhanced by the warming of the outgassing of contaminants.

If a house dust allergy sufferers prefer to use carpet or smooth floor covering?

Carpets can hold more dust arising sucking up to the next, while the dust kicked up on smooth floors more.

Smooth floors must therefore be two to three times per week and sucked damp mopped. Optimal is a sensible mixture of smooth and textile floor in a house or apartment. Should v.a. the bedroom (people spend the most time) have a smooth floor that is swept and vacuumed frequently. A carpet should consist of short-haired, low-polluting material without foam backing and are clamped. Even on smooth floors should be paid to environment-friendly material. Screeds, floor adhesive, grout, sealers or Schadstoffausgasungen from the different soil materials can cause problems.

     

What do I do when mold and mildew on the wall?

When a mold damage the cause must always be investigated and resolved, as is expected for unknown reasons, a renewed attack.

If it is a large-scale damage, must be consulted in any case a professional. Through health departments, environmental agencies, industry and commerce can be obtained in general office boxes. As an immediate measure, a cleaning with alcohol (70% ethyl alcohol in dry areas and 80 percent ethyl alcohol in damp areas) take place. If it is a porous material (eg porous walls) so no cleaning is possible. If the fungus already penetrated into the masonry, it must be removed to the mold-free layer.

Like a fungus infestation is measured in the flat?

On suspicion of mold and mildew can be a building biology institute should be consulted. When investigating a building inspection is done with a thorough inspection of the interior and exterior walls to mildew, moisture profiles of the walls and the room relative humidity. Through outdoor and indoor air samples can be obtained with an overview of the spore load in the interior. This is then compared with the outdoor air pollution. The spore count in the interior should be at the outdoors and the composition of the mold spores indoors should not strikingly different from the outside. In addition, the specimens may not strongly pathogenic fungi or bacteria contain.

Also, surfaces, materials and household dust samples can be examined, since molds quickly fall into unused spaces with little air circulation to the ground. Upon further investigation in the laboratory, the samples are then placed on nutrient media and incubated. The viable fungal spores form colonies after several days, the types of mold can then be determined and the results in CFU (colony forming units). Another method that can detect even the dead fungal spores, air sampling using a slide on the indoor air is blown. The investigation is carried out under the microscope. Even by the application of agar plates on mold infected surfaces (impression samples) or adhesive tape, which are liable to remain all the particles, the fungi occurring is determined and conclusions are obtained in the present claims.


When a room air cleaner is useful?

An air purifier with a HEPA filter system should be able to retain particles down to 0.3 micron size (1 micron = 1/1.000mm) and thereby have a filtration efficiency of 99.97%. The filter capacity has to fit the room size. The whole room air should be filtered twice per hour. The filters are very effective, but it requires a certain pump power, there is a pressure built up by the filter. Therefore, some units are very noisy. The use of air cleaners should not be considered alone, but should be understood as a supportive measure to reduce allergen.

Particularly useful may be the use of an air purifier for pet hair allergies, after the abolition of the animal or in cases where the removal of the animal is not possible for the time being, can be used for faster cleaning of the air, an air purifier. Animal allergens and cat allergens in particular have properties very good and can beat beiges-long stay in the air.

Helpful, an air cleaning device may also be in-mold, dust mites and pollen allergies.

   

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