ALLERGIES

In keeping with Spring season, it also means allergy season.

Here’s a little ALLERGIES 101:
Body exposed to:
Chemicals
Environmental irritants
Inhalants
Food proteins
Medications
Pathogens
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Interacts with immune system
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Antibodies (or immunoglobulins) produced in response to certain allergens (or antigens)
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Immune reaction to above trigger factors = allergic reaction

According to Allergy Foundation of South Africa, a third of the South African population will suffer a form of allergy in their lifetime. Children constitute 40% of allergic disease sufferers, which is the most common chronic diseases of childhood; from eczema, asthma, and allergic rhinitis (hay fever), to urticaria, food allergy, and anaphylaxis.

A significant misconception of allergies is the assumption that the allergen is ‘the problem’. However, Homeopathic doctors seek to prescribe the treatment that will strengthen their patient’s immune system, as opposed to suppress their allergic symptoms or avoid the allergen as a means of remaining ‘healthy’.

When I carried out research for my dissertation, I learned that Homeopaths shared a mutual understanding of paediatric allergies. They indicated positive outcomes in their patient’s quality of life and flattened allergic tendencies with the use of Homeopathic treatment.

If you are frustrated with your bouts of hay fever attacks every time that you play with your pet, or deprive yourself of your favourite food because your gut and skin hate you for it, then let’s chat so that your body (and your pet) can love you, again.