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Sun Allergy - how to treat

The sun is able to deliver not only joy in the cold season and provide heat in the summer, but also to help in strengthening the immune system. However, not all children and adults rejoice in the sunlight, because in some cases they can be a causative agent of allergic reactions, and begin to be signs of the so-called sun Allergy.

Photodermatitis (sun Allergy) is a sickness, sun Allergy, is caused by excessive sensitivity of the skin to sunlight. It is noteworthy that the disease is not sufficiently rare, because about 20 percent of the world's population suffer them, photos speak eloquently about this.

Photodermatitis or it is called photodermatosis manifested under the influence of the sun, in fact it is a real Allergy to the sun. Its toxic effects began to occur with close interaction between ultraviolet radiation and the various chemicals that are in the skin or its integuments. In the first case, the person will suffer from photodermatitis induced endogenous and the second exogenous.

Exogenous photodermatitis

The most striking example is the so-called Rhus dermatitis. It occurs in summer in the period when there is an active flowering meadow plants that produce furocoumarins. These special substances can settle on the skin, if the person spends a lot of time in this area, the photos confirm this.

If there is simultaneous exposure to furocoumarins and sunlight, some people with high sensitivity can feel on my skin red itchy rash, that is so allergic to the sun and its symptoms. They can still be characterized by bubbles of small size. The affected area on the skin will be for a long time pigmented. As can be seen in pictures.

Sun Allergy can appear even in cases when before leaving the house, people have used cosmetics in the form of ointments or creams, or deodorant, perfumes, symptoms will occur quickly, especially at sea.

The substances which enter into the composition of these cosmetics, to engage in a strong reaction with the sun rays and thereby become a cause of Allergy, pole symptoms immediately revealed. A similar effect may have eosin, which is included with almost all lipsticks for the lips, as well as para-aminobenzoic acid is a component of the creams from the sun.

React with skin can also:

  • bergamot oil;
  • polyunsaturated fatty acids;
  • retinoids;
  • rose oil;
  • the oil of musk;
  • mercury products;
  • sandal;
  • parsley juice;
  • boric acid;
  • salicylic acid.

Most are allergic to the sunsuffer little children, and people with lighter skin, because they have no special mechanisms of protection against external factors, especially the sea.

Cause photodermatitis can become more some medications. This effect have:

  • sulfonamides;
  • barbiturates;
  • nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
  • oral contraceptives;
  • certain antibiotics (Tetracycline, Doxycycline);
  • Chlorpromazine;
  • antihistamines;
  • cytostatics;
  • cardiovascular drugs (Amiodarone, Trasicor).

In addition to this, the excessive sensitivity of the skin, a sun Allergy can manifest itself when the body is weakened by some cosmetic procedures, and in particular, a tattoo, or peeling. Which is especially seen in the photo.

Endogenous photodermatitis

In order to start to develop this type of Allergy to the sun, the body should be a violation of the correct operation of the immune system and metabolism. Endogenous photodermatitis quite rare compared to exogenous.

Allergies and the sun can be expressed: solar pruritus, eczema, vacciniformia Hydroa, xeroderma pigmentosum a and palifermin photodermatosis sometimes Quite high risk beginning of the development of allergic reactions, fair-skinned people, young children and those who have relatives who are allergic to the ultraviolet light, a separate case — it is Important to protected ample clothing and headdress bright colors, but these things made only from natural materials such as cotton. If we are talking about children under the age of three, they absolutely can not be under the direct rays of the sun, otherwise you'll have to treat burns and looks such as quite ugly, by the way, can manifest this Allergy in late August.

It will be good to use protection from ultraviolet radiation with the highest level of sun protection, and to apply them on the skin should be every two hours. The best option will be branded sunscreen with possible protection from both UVB and UVA rays, because they provoke the beginning of an Allergy to ultraviolet light, as seen in the photo.

How to remove Allergy yourself?

If you have experienced an allergic reaction to the sun, but there is no way to ask for help, it is possible to independently relieve the symptoms of the disease and treat the problem, in both adults and children.

It is necessary to make lotions, ice tea infuser or chilled dairy products. Well, a special after-sun products that possess soothing properties, and thanks to panthenol, the skin begins to actively recover in adults and in children.

Ifarose phototoxic reaction in an adult or child, it is first important to find out the true cause, understand how it looks and try to resolve it starting to heal.