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Allergy pregnant women - what you need to do

In our time, not every perfectly healthy person can efficiently maintain the required level of strength and health, not to mention those who are prone to diseases and allergies, especially for pregnant women. If we are talking about the emergence of new life, marked by the problem becomes a hundred times more relevant. If in the last century the bulk of disease was cardiovascular, the current called the century of allergies.

Under allergies it should be understood that the protective reactions of the human organism, when does the process damage its own tissues. If we talk about terminology, this phenomenon is called allergic disease, e.g., acute allergosis.

Sadly, but that is allergies in the acute form of their manifestations affects many pregnant women and the fetus during pregnancy. The proportion of such cases can be from 5 to 20 percent of all registered. Statistics say that over the last two decades the number of women in the position of suffering from illness has increased 6 times. If we consider the age of those who often hurts, it is mothers 18 to 24 years.

Based on the peculiarities and risks of the threatening state of the patient, all acute allergies (HAPS) can be divided into:

  • lungs (localized manifestations of urticaria, allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis);
  • heavy (Oakville, generalized urticaria, and even anaphylactic shock).

The mechanism of disease development oaz

Allergy during pregnancy is developing so that it is accepted to allocate only 3 stages.

During the first period is the penetration of the allergen into the human body for the first time. These include the hair of different animals, pollens, flowers, trees or weeds, cosmetics and foods.

Immune cells recognize the body of alien substances and launch the mechanisms of formation of antibodies to them. The latter are attached to the walls of the fat cells located under the tissues of the mucous membranes and epithelium. Such combinations can exist long enough, and is awaiting subsequent contact with the source of the allergen.

During the second stage of acute allergies re-ingress of the pathogen into the body. This leads to a bunch of antibodies with the surface of fat cells, so they begin active secretion of histamine and serotonin.

Data from biological substances rather active and cause the main signs of the beginning of an allergic reaction. Histamine and other similar substances are called mediators of inflammatory processes or inflammatory hormones.

In the third stage of the disease biologically active substances begin to causesignificant expansion of blood vessels and lead to increased permeability of the tissues. As a result of this process starts swelling and inflammation, and in serious enough cases, there may be penetration of the allergen into the blood stream. After that can start strong vasodilation and a rapid drop in blood pressure. This condition is called anaphylactic shock.

How allergies affect the fetus?

As for pregnant women, here also there are several stages of Allergy development. If the mother starts an allergic reaction, the fruit of her does not arise. This is possible because through the placenta can not penetrate specific immuno complexes, which react to an irritant and allergen. However, being in the womb, the baby can suffer from the effects of HAPS. This is influenced by several factors

  • changes in the General state of the mother;
  • the probability of impact of drugs on the circulatory system while the fetus;
  • some medication used in the treatment of allergic reactions, may adversely affect uteroplacental blood flow. It is from the latter depends on providing conditions for a child's life.
  • the negative impact of drugs on the fetus.

Methods for the treatment of allergies in pregnant women

In order to exclude all possible risks that can inhibit the fetus, effectively, quickly and safely eliminate any acute allergies symptoms in women, this is treatment based. Repeatedly it was noted that every body is different and tolerates the use of drugs. This may depend on health status, type of therapy and the nature of the pathology. It is therefore important to know the decision about medication independently, without strict on the doctor's recommendation.

The bulk of those antihistamines who are constantly on the ear, is absolutely contraindicated during pregnancy and it's not a cure, they have an impact, negative, on the fetus. For example, diphenhydramine, a part of their composition, could trigger excessive irritability of the uterus and its cuts on those dates, when the probability of childbirth, especially if we are talking about the dose more than 50 mg.

The result of the use of terfenadine weight of the newborn may be reduced and astemizole in General is characterized by toxic effects on the fetus, so it is possible to abandon them and to treat Allergy during pregnancy other drugs that will not affect the fetus.

If to speak about valid in pregnancy, the drugs, the treatment can be carried on means on the basis chloropyramine, loratadine, allepey, we are talking about medicinalpreparations:

  • "Suprastin",
  • "Claritin",
  • "Cetirizine",
  • "Fixedin".

However, the treatment they receive is possible only in those cases when the result of the treatment significantly outweigh the potential risks of fetal development and Allergy in pregnant women may be on drugs, so before you do anything, you need to consult a physician.

Only health reasons are allowed the use of the drug "Tavegil", based on clemastine from allergies during pregnancy. It is not recommended even during breastfeeding "Pipolfen".

If allergic disease manifested first, in any case, it is important to seek medical help to the allergist. It is especially necessary to highlight that the process of treatment is not only elimination of symptoms of allergies, but also absolute to get rid of its causative agent, for example, if you have all of Smoking, if present in their lives. There is evidence that during pregnancy, Smoking of any type has a negative impact on the child and can cause delayed fetal development and lung problems. In addition, it is cigarette Smoking that causes the stress in the unborn child.

Even after 30 minutes after Smoking observed spasms in the uterus and disturbance of oxygen and other important nutrients. If the mother smokes, her children are more likely to suffer from atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma and then you have to learn what is dermatitis in a child the symptoms and treatment.

During pregnancy it is better to refrain from acquiring Pets, it will be good as often as possible to ventilate the dwelling, to carry out wet cleaning. In addition, we recommend that you regularly vacuum carpets and soft furnishings, drying pillows.

You should care about breastfeeding because mother's milk the most suitable food for a newborn. It is always the right temperature, no need to spend time preparing food for baby. In addition, in breast milk no bacteria or allergens. It is well absorbed and well digested little by the body. If you stop breastfeeding before 4 months, that would significantly increase the probability and frequency of allergic reactions in the baby.