Thursday, September 1, 2011

Urticaria and nutrition

Urticaria - also known as hives - is the most common disease of the skin. The search for the triggers is often an exercise in patience and requires a lot of doctor and patient endurance, discipline and motivation.
Food allergies have triggered an acute, chronic and contact urticaria in question. In acute urticaria, the place of food allergies, especially in adulthood, in the ranking of the most common triggers for more infections and drugs in the back field. In infants and children, they are more common, especially on basic foodstuffs such as milk or egg.
Besides acute urticaria can occur after skin contact with the food so-called contact urticaria train. Especially cooks / to suffer from this occupational disease which is caused mainly by contact with fish, seafood, eggs and peanuts. While the specific triggers of contact urticaria and acute form by the timely response to contact or consumption of food can be quickly identified, the search for food-specific triggers for chronic urticaria as a detective game.
Allergies incidental rather
True food allergies play in the chronic form of urticaria a subordinate role. Probably not allergic reactions to food ingredients are (pseudo-allergy) as a trigger in the foreground. Approximately 50 percent of patients suffer with chronic urticaria with a pseudo-allergy. Triggers are both artificial and naturally occurring substances in food.
Diagnosis of "pseudo-allergy"
The pseudo-allergic reactions include those diseases whose symptoms of classical allergic reactions almost identical, but which lacks a food-specific, immunological trigger mechanism. With this type of reaction is not IgE antibody production in the body instead. Accordingly, conventional allergy tests (prick test, blood test for IgE Anitkörper) is not meaningful in the diagnosis. The Diagnoise based solely on diagnostic diets with subsequent provocation.
Our Tips For urticaria

    
Is there more you have an urticaria than six weeks, consult a specialist. The DAAB is happy to assist you in finding a suitable partner.
    
Take care when handling the fact that depending on the urticarial form of various tests such as blood and differential blood count, urine and stool analysis, Heliobakter pylori, streptococcal and staphylococcal serology, physical tests, antibody determinations, hormone analysis, investigations of hidden infections and allergy tests are carried out.
    
Only after exclusion of the above triggers, it is useful to perform a "pseudo Low-allergen diet."
    
The diet must be accompanied by a dietician experienced in allergology.
Working with your doctor and the dietician should a suitable hospital for the provocations are picked on the spot.
Clinic - Specialist - dietician
Results in a significant improvement in diet, we recommend a stay in hospital to find out what triggers are relevant. If a hospital stay is not possible, in a personal nutrition therapy, the pseudo-free diet, in consultation with the doctor and the dietician, slowly and gradually built up with acceptable foods. The diagnosis and subsequent treatment of a pseudo-allergy in chronic urticaria by the patient requires much patience, motivation and discipline. Be found in an intensive diet therapy over a longer period for the patient must have a tasty, balanced diet and practicable, taking into account the incompatibility.

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