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		<title>Аллергия</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Антитела &#8211; основные факторы иммунитета, направленные против чужеродных веществ, попадающих в организм. Производятся антитела в строго определённых местах организма: костном мозге, селезёнке, лимфатических узлах. Исключительно важную роль играет вилочковая железа (тимус), которая защищена грудиной. Все эти органы относятся к системе иммунитета. Иммунитет – единственная и очень надёжная система, охраняющая целостность организма человека от агрессии внешней [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Антитела &#8211; основные факторы иммунитета, направленные против чужеродных веществ, попадающих в организм. Производятся антитела в строго определённых местах организма: костном мозге, селезёнке, лимфатических узлах. Исключительно важную роль играет вилочковая железа (тимус), которая защищена грудиной. Все эти органы относятся к системе иммунитета. Иммунитет – единственная и очень надёжная система, охраняющая целостность организма человека от агрессии внешней среды.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Главная роль во всех ответах иммунитета отводится лимфоцитам, которые производятся в органах иммунитета. Определённая часть лимфоцитарных стволовых клеток производит иммуноглобулины (антитела), которые циркулируют в крови. Эти лимфоциты называют В-лимфоцитами. Именно В-лимфоциты производят 5 классов иммуноглобулинов – ИгА, ИгЖ, ИгМ, ИгЕ и ИгД.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Больше всего производиться ИгЖ, ИгА и ИгМ – они защищают организм от воздействия бесчисленного количества вирусов и микробов. Содержание в организме здорового человека ИгЕ – низкое, но оно резко повышается при возникновении аллергической реакции.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Часть лимфоидных стволовых клеток поступает в вилочковую железу (тимус), в ней эти клетки созревают и, выходят тимус-зависимыми, или Т-лимфоцитами. Эти Т-лимфоциты также являются клеточными антителами, но это особые антитела. Они играют выдающуюся роль в реакциях защиты организма против чужеродных субстанций. Различают несколько субпопуляций Т-лимфоцитов: Т-хелперы (помощники), Т-супрессоры (подавляющие), Т-киллеры (убийцы). Субпопуляции Т-клеток взаимодействуют друг с другом и регулируют продукцию В-лимфоцитами всех классов иммуноглобулинов.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Аллергены. Вещества, способные вызвать аллергическую реакцию, называются аллергенами. Аллергены попадают в организм человека различными путями &#8211; с воздухом и пищей, через рот, через дыхательные пути, через кожу, а иногда и при инъекциях.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Аллергенами могут быть самые разнообразные вещества: пищевые продукты животного или растительного происхождения, пыльца растений, лекарства, домашняя пыль, перо птиц, шерсть и перхоть домашних животных, корм для рыбок, различные бактерии и вирусы, а также химические вещества (ядохимикаты, лаки и многое др.).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Выделяют следующие большие группы аллергенов:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">1. Аллергены, поступающие в организм извне (экзогенные), к которым относятся:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- бытовые (домашняя пыль (клещи), шерсть и перхоть домашних животных, пух и перья птиц, корм для аквариумных рыбок и пр.);</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- пищевые (яичные белок и желток, шоколад, какао, рыба, икра, коровье молоко, апельсины, мёд, клубника, пшеничная мука, орехи, томаты и другие продукты);</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- пыльцевые (пыльца различных растений, деревьев, кустарников, луговых трав, цветов берёзы, ольхи, тополя, ржи, овсяницы, тимофеевки, амброзии и др.);</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- лекарственные аллергены;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- химические и промышленные аллергены;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">- бактериальные, грибковые и вирусные аллергены.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">2. Аллергены собственного организма (эндогенные).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Иногда, когда ткани собственного организма подвергаются каким-либо вредным воздействиям (химические вещества, радиация, воспалительный процесс, вызванный микробами или вирусами), иммунная система, по неизвестным пока причинам, перестаёт узнавать ткани организма (их называют аутоаллергенами) как собственные и начинает на них вырабатывать антитела (их называют аутоантителами). Такой процесс называют аутоаллергическим. Аутоаллергические процессы играют большую негативную роль в развитии таких заболеваний как ревматизм, красная волчанка, нефрит и многие другие.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Что же происходит, когда аллергены попадают в организм человека?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Попадая первый раз в организм, аллергены сразу соединяются с поверхностными клетками различных органов (в зависимости от того, каким путём попал в организм аллерген). Иногда некоторые аллергены проникают внутрь клеток.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Первая фаза. После попадания аллергена в организм, на поверхности клеток сразу начинается его распознавание (свой-чужой) и вырабатываются специфические только к этому аллергену антитела. Эти антитела отличаются от нормальных, защитных. Называют их агрессивными антителами. Они относятся к ИгE. ИгЕ оседает на поверхности тучных клеток, которые в огромном количестве располагаются в слизистых оболочках носа, лёгких, бронхов, кишечника и т.п., а также внутри кожи. Тучные клетки содержат большое количество специфических веществ, называемых медиаторами. Эта фаза имеет медицинский термин – иммунологическая фаза. Теперь организм готов к повторной встрече с аллергеном.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Вторая фаза. Когда аллерген попадает в организм повторно, ИгЕ распознаёт его, воздействует на тучную клетку. Она «взрывается» и выбрасывает медиаторы на окружающие её ткани. Медиаторы обладают способностью вызывать в тканях ряд изменений: расширять капилляры, снижать артериальное давление, вызывать спазм гладких мышц (в частности, бронхов), нарушать проницаемость сосудов, в результате развиваются нарушения деятельности того органа, в котором произошла встреча поступившего аллергена с антителом. Эту фазу аллергической реакции называют патофизиологической &#8211; эта фазу чувствует больной, её уже видит врач, потому что развивается клиническая картина аллергического заболевания.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Клиническая картина зависит от того, каким путём и в какой орган поступил аллерген и где произошла аллергическая реакция, и от того, каким был аллерген, а также от его количества.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Аллергические реакции могут развиваться быстро &#8211; в течение 20 мин &#8211; 1 ч после встречи с аллергенами, в этом случае, реакция называется немедленной или реакцией первого типа. К аллергическим реакциям немедленного типа относятся: аллергический шок, крапивница, отёк Квинке, приступ бронхиальной астмы.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Однако возможно развитие аллергии через много часов после воздействия аллергена. Это &#8211; замедленная аллергическая реакция. К аллергическим реакциям замедленного типа относятся контактные дерматиты, экзема и т.п.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Итак, особое значение для развития аллергии имеют аллергические антитела &#8211; иммуноглобулины класса Е (ИгЕ). Они обнаруживаются у лиц с аллергией в очень больших количествах. Они прочно соединяются с тучными клетками и очень специфичны (каждому аллергену – свои ИгЕ антитела).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Медиаторы &#8211; биологически активные вещества. К ним относятся: гистамин, лейкотриены, простагландины. В результате действия этих веществ в органах, в которых произошла встреча аллергена с ИгЕ, повышается проницаемость сосудистой стенки, развиваются отёк, спазм сосудов, сокращение мышц и падает артериальное давление. Такой орган принято называть шоковым. К «шоковому» органу под действием выделяемых факторов устремляются эозинофилы. Их можно обнаружить у аллергиков в больших количествах в крови, в слизи носа и бронхов. Вырабатывается также фактор, активизирующий тромбоциты.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Важнейшим из медиаторов является гистамин. Он вызывает образование характерного волдыря, похожего на возникающий при ожоге крапивой.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Гистамин у здоровых людей содержится в небольших количествах, и, кроме того, в крови здоровых людей содержатся вещества, способные связывать гистамин. При аллергических заболеваниях немедленного типа (первого типа) в крови и тканях обнаруживается гистамин в больших количествах, а способность связывать гистамин у таких больных снижена.</span></p>
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		<title>CONTACT ALLERGIES: &#8216;WHY ME?&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people can practically swim in poison ivy and suffer hardly an itch. Others break out after merely handling exposed clothing or animal fur. That&#8217;s because sensitivity depends on several factors &#8211; and many of them are within our control First and foremost, how long and how frequently you come in contact with the offending [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Some people can practically swim in poison ivy and suffer hardly an itch. Others break out after merely handling exposed clothing or animal fur. That&#8217;s because sensitivity depends on several factors &#8211; and many of them are within our control<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">First and foremost, how long and how frequently you come in contact with the offending substance makes a great deal of difference. Similarly, pressing or rubbing against it increases the intensity of contact and may prolong the reaction.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The health of your skin is also a factor. Infected, inflamed, burned or otherwise irritated skin is in no condition to defend itself against an allergic contact, skin that&#8217;s overly dry or too alkaline&#8217; (from washing with alkaline soaps) is also vulnerable. So is skin that&#8217;s already in the processor reacting.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Perspiration can also fuel a reaction because it dissolve and spreads allergic and irritating substances such as nickel and clothing dyes in fact, some people break out only when they<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Certain drugs such as antihistamines and antibiotics increase your sensitivity to sunlight, making you more easily sunburned and susceptible to an allergic reaction. <a href="http://www.medrx-one.me/category_allergies_1.php" title="prevent asthma attacks">Some topical salves and lotions can also cause reactions in the presence of sunlight.</a> Antiseptics in some soaps, for instance, are allergenic only under sunlight.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Contact allergy most often erupts during or after middle age; eczema in children and younger adults is more apt to be triggered by food and inhalants. Many older people, in fact, are taken by surprise by a sudden allergy to something they&#8217;ve been using safely all their lives. Skin allergies also tend to be more stubborn and resistant to control the older you get. Part of the reason is that as we age, we tend to have drier skin. So we use more bath oils and lanolin-containing lotions to relieve dryness. Using more lotions, however, means we&#8217;re exposing ourselves to more chemicals with allergic potential. So the older you are, the more tender loving care your skin needs, including blander lotions and soaps.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Not only does our sensitivity change as we age, but also the way we react. While itching is as bad as ever, older people experience less inflammation and fewer blisters. Instead, the skin tends to thicken and grow scaly &#8211; from the allergic process itself, from the drier skin of old age and from constant scratching.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Your hobby or occupation may also habitually expose you to chemicals and other substances. Many materials used in gardening, carpentry, painting, ceramics and sculpture are potent allergy triggers. Gardening usually demands handling weeds and applying fertilizer or insecticides, organic or chemical. Both organic pesticides (like pyrethrum) and chemicals (like malathion) are potential causes of skin allergy. The turpentine, epoxy resins, glues and adhesives of carpentry can trigger a skin reaction. Cashiers and sales clerks, waiters and waitresses may find that they react to the nickel in coins. Nurses, doctors and dentists are subject to allergic skin reactions from penicillin, antibiotics, antiseptics, metals and the like.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">We&#8217;re not saying you should abandon your hobby or quit your job. Just keep all your regular activities in mind when looking for clues to an unexplained skin rash.<br />
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		<title>MANAGING DRUG ALLERGY</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recognizing a drug allergy for what it really is can be easy . . . or difficult. It&#8217;s easy if: &#8211; you show symptoms while you take the drug or a few days after you stop; &#8211; symptoms disappear a few days after the drug is discontinued; &#8211; your symptoms resemble those experienced by others [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Recognizing a drug allergy for what it really is can be easy . . . or difficult. It&#8217;s easy if:<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      &#8211; you show symptoms while you take the drug or a few days after you stop;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      &#8211; symptoms   disappear   a   few   days   after   the   drug   is discontinued;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      &#8211; your symptoms resemble those experienced by others who are allergic to the drug; or<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      &#8211; you&#8217;ve reacted to the same drug before in the same way.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">It can be difficult to diagnose drug allergy, however, if:<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      &#8211; you have previously taken the drug in question with no difficulty;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">- your symptoms resemble the symptoms of your disease (for instance, drug-induced wheezing and bronchospasms may resemble respiratory problems from asthma);<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.d-store.net/?category=allergy" title="allergy medications"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      &#8211; you are taking several drugs at the same time;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">- the reaction persists for weeks or months after you stop taking the drug, as is the case with drugs that the body eliminates slowly, like Depo-Testosterone and other time-release hormones; or<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">- you&#8217;re unknowingly exposed to unsuspected sources of the drug (for example, penicillin in milk, or aspirin in over-the-counter remedies).<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Overcoming these difficulties with skin tests to uncover the allergy is not really an option. For one thing, skin testing for drugs is risky because of the danger of anaphylaxis. For another, they don&#8217;t offer accurate clues (except for the skin test for penicillin we mentioned earlier in this chapter).<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The biggest &#8216;difficulty&#8217; is the first on our list: drug reactions that get lost among the symptoms of a basic, underlying illness. For instance, say you&#8217;re given streptomycin for a virus and develop an allergic fever. The fever may be misinterpreted as a symptom of the virus, when in fact it is a reaction to streptomycin. And that could be dangerous.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;A minor drug reaction may progress, if unrecognized, to more severe, even fatal, reactions,&#8217; writes allergist Dr Richard D. DeSwarte, an assistant professor at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Common sense, then, says that if you&#8217;re taking drugs of any kind you should immediately report any unusual reactions to your doctor, even if you stopped taking the medication a few days before. That&#8217;s not only for your personal benefit, but it also helps doctors to keep track of reactions so that drugs can be used more safely and wisely.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">For mild drug reactions, stopping the drug is all that&#8217;s usually needed. For widespread skin eruptions, tepid colloidal baths can soothe and relieve the itch. For systemic reactions, like asthma, your doctor may prescribe a short course of antihistamines or corticosteroids to get things under control. By staying away from a drug for a few years, many people lose their allergic sensitivity to it and are once again able to take it if they have to.<br />
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		<title>UNDERSTANDING ALLERGY: PERSONAL OASIS AGAINST CHEMICALS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creating a refuge against chemicals makes it easier for highly sensitive people to tolerate exposure to the rest of the chemical-ridden world. What&#8217;s more, a personal oasis shores you up psychologically as well as physically, giving you confidence to venture out. Dr McGovern tells his chemically sensitive patients: &#8216;Select any bedroom in the house and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Creating a refuge against chemicals makes it easier for highly sensitive people to tolerate exposure to the rest of the chemical-ridden world. What&#8217;s more, a personal oasis shores you up psychologically as well as physically, giving you confidence to venture out.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Dr McGovern tells his chemically sensitive patients: &#8216;Select any bedroom in the house and make it &#8220;chemically clean&#8221;. It&#8217;s not hard to do. Remove the pictures from the walls. Take down all the curtains. Take out the rugs and carpeting. If there&#8217;s hardwood flooring under the carpeting, so much the better. If not, it&#8217;s best to cover the floor with ceramic tile. If ceramic tile is not available or too expensive, you may also use very inexpensive, hard vinyl tiles.&#8217;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The inexpensive ones?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;The least expensive, self-sticking tiles tend to be harder and less toxic than the more expensive products. Take my word for it,&#8217; says Dr McGovern.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;Next,&#8217; he adds, &#8216;you take out all the furniture. Use an aluminum bed with springs &#8211; a folding cot &#8211; to sleep on. Instead of a mattress, use several 100 per cent plain cotton blankets. Wash them six or seven times in baking soda to remove any chemical treatment. Layer them to serve as a mattress.&#8217; For a pillow, Dr McGovern recommends cotton T-shirts, rolled up and stuffed into a washed, cotton pillowcase.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">A pretty Spartan sleeping arrangement. But Dr McGovern has a good reason to recommend it as some mattresses contain flame-retardant chemicals. Formaldehyde and pesticides are also employed in their manufacture and if chemically sensitive people sleep on such a mattress, they&#8217;ll never get better.<br />
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<p><a href="http://drugstore-one.com/allergies.php" title="treat sneezing; runny nose"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">For other furniture, Dr McGovern recommends nothing more extravagant than going to a second-hand shop.</span></a><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt"> Finished furniture is okay, as long as it&#8217;s a few years old and the fumes from paint or stain have had time to dissipate. And be sure to ask if it&#8217;s been sprayed with pesticides. If it has been, don&#8217;t buy it. If not, you&#8217;re safe.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Do people actually make these kinds of changes in their homes?<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;Nearly 400 of our patients are sleeping on metal beds,&#8217; says Dr McGovern, &#8216;and making nice recoveries.&#8217;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;I&#8217;ve had 3,500 patients get rid of their gas stoves,&#8217; says Dr Randolph.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Dr William J. Rea, of Dallas, Texas, who has treated thousands of environmentally allergic people, adds, &#8216;We don&#8217;t recommend anything people won&#8217;t do. It would be a waste of time.&#8217;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Taking the gas stove out of the kitchen and ripping out the carpeting at home are pretty much within our control. But what about going to work? Or travelling? Again, there&#8217;s more you can do about these situations than you might think.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">*47/65/5*<br />
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		<title>UNDERSTANDING ALLERGY: DUST CONTROL TIPS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The type of vacuum cleaner you use can also make a great deal of difference in dust control. Most conventional air-bag-equipped vacuum cleaners work against you: they vent dust out of the exhaust hatch &#8211; and into the air again &#8211; while you zealously go after every last nook and cranny with the front end. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The type of vacuum cleaner you use can also make a great deal of difference in dust control. Most conventional air-bag-equipped vacuum cleaners work against you: they vent dust out of the exhaust hatch &#8211; and into the air again &#8211; while you zealously go after every last nook and cranny with the front end. And there&#8217;s hardly a housekeeper alive who hasn&#8217;t nearly choked on the cloud of dust stirred up every time the bag is changed &#8211; an utter disaster if you&#8217;re allergic.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In contrast, central vacuum cleaning systems get rid of dust for good &#8211; as long as the exhaust is vented well away from living quarters. A more convenient and affordable solution — especially for people who rent their house or flat or move frequently &#8211; is a water-trap vacuum cleaner. This model collects dust in water instead of an awkward air bag, so dust isn&#8217;t continually re-circulated into the air you breathe. An added advantage: water-trap vacuum cleaners don&#8217;t lose power the way bag-equipped models do when the pouch begins to fill up. Without that power loss, you can pick up more dust in the first place.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;They really do the job &#8211; and they do help allergies,&#8217; says Robert W. Boxer, an allergist in Chicago who recommends water-trap vacuum cleaners to his patients. &#8216;We&#8217;ve had one in our house for about fourteen years and it&#8217;s very effective,&#8217; he adds.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">A bonus to the chemically sensitive is that water-trap vacuum cleaners offer attachments that allow you to shampoo rugs and upholstery with nontoxic cleaning products, rather than having to hire professional cleaners who use strong chemicals.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Here are a few additional dust control tips to make your life as easy and dust-free as possible.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">      • Purchase only stuffed toys that can be easily laundered.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">• Avoid furniture, pillows, cushions, quilts and sleeping bags stuffed with kapok.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">• Wear a dampened cotton surgical mask over your nose and mouth while dusting,<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">    vacuuming or mopping.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">• To cut down on dust accumulation in wardrobes, hang clothing in zippered garment<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">    bags. Use the compartmentalized ones for shoes and sweaters.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">• If your house has baseboard heat, detach the front and side panels (if they&#8217;re<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">    removable) for vacuuming. &#8216;Fried dust&#8217; can be very allergenic.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">*35/65/5*<br />
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		<title>WHAT YOUR PULSE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT ALLERGY</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In some people, eating troublesome food will speed up their pulse. First noticed by Arthur F. Coca, an allergist and immunologist, that phenomenon was described at length in his book, The Pulse Test (Lyle Stuart). According to Dr Coca, taking your pulse after meals helps to identify allergy-causing foods. Say you have a hunch you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In some people, eating troublesome food will speed up their pulse. First noticed by Arthur F. Coca, an allergist and immunologist, that phenomenon was described at length in his book, The Pulse Test (Lyle Stuart). According to Dr Coca, taking your pulse after meals helps to identify allergy-causing foods.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Say you have a hunch you&#8217;re allergic to wheat. Take your pulse when you first get up in the morning. Lightly press two or three fingers of one hand over the artery just inside the wrist of the opposite hand, below the thumb. (Don&#8217;t try to feel your pulse with the thumb &#8211; it&#8217;s got a pulse of its own.) Count the beats felt in exactly one minute and write it down. (The average is about 60 to 80 per minute.)<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Take your pulse again just before eating a single serving of the wheat alone (or any other suspected food). Then take it again 30 minutes and 60 minutes after the test serving. An abnormal increase in pulse- unrelated to infection, exercise or stress, that is &#8211; presumably indicates an allergy.<br />
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<p><a href="http://leadmedic.com/product_info.php?cPath=50&amp;products_id=148" title="allegra d without prescription"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Sounds pretty remarkable.</span></a><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt"> But William J. Rea, a cardiovascular (heart) doctor in Dallas, told us that the pulse test doesn&#8217;t work for everyone. &#8216;In about one-third of the people, the pulse will go up/ he says. &#8216;In another third, it will go down. And in another third, it stays the same. And some people will experience any one of those changes at different times, depending on what they eat.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;So it&#8217;s only good if there&#8217;s a definite, consistent change in the individual/ he continued. &#8216;For example, I have one secretary who, anytime she has a food reaction, also has a ten-point or higher elevation in pulse. Every time. No question about it. So for her, it works.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">&#8216;We do use the pulse test routinely&#8217;, Dr Rea told us, &#8216;because it&#8217;s one objective measure. But we don&#8217;t rely on the pulse test alone. After all, no test is 100 per cent reliable.&#8217;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In other words, the pulse test is a tool that may be helpful if used along with a food diary and elimination-and-challenge diets.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">*23/65/5*<br />
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