Effective treatment of allergies goes beyond using antihistamine drugs, which provide only symptomatic relief. If you want to finally be allergy-free, there’s a bit more work to be done.
In allergy, the natural barriers that the body has in place to stop allergens from irritating you have been compromised.
Because your first defence is down (skin, nasopharangeal mucosa, gastric mucosa), irritants are getting to second base where they are causing an immune reaction, which results in inflammation in the body.
Irritated mucous membranes (eyes, nose, throat, lungs), congestion (sinus, lung), skin reactions (hives, eczema, dermatitis), digestive problems (bloating, pain, diarrhoea) can all result from inflammation caused by allergy.
We need to:
Boost the body’s resources to help break down and clear histamine effectively in the body;
Repair the gut barrier to prevent further provocation of the immune system;
Dial down the inflammatory response to reduce symptom intensity;
Fortify immune defences, especially in mucosal areas (upper respiratory and GIT);
Desensitize the system to allergens.
Identification and avoidance of allergens is not a solution; it’s only the first step. Corticosteroids may reduce the inflammatory response in the immediate time-frame, but they don’t do anything to improve the body’s ability to become less reactive overall, which is the ideal we should be aiming for.
Natural reduction in allergies can be achieved using carefully selected vitamins, probiotics and homeopathics. We can also substitute, in the short term, natural alternatives to antihistamine drugs, which will reduce the burden on the liver and be a step closer to a more holistic solution.
Contact cyena@highervibration.com.au if would like to discuss your allergies with an experienced Naturopath.
“I haven’t needed to give him a single antihistamine since we started!”
– M.S. (Forster); Client
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