Most people with New Year's holidays associate a single fruit - a mandarin. It is really useful, because antidepressant effect, increases the ability of the immune system to fight viruses, invigorates. But there were minuses. Obviously: if you go too far with the use of sweet citrus, an insidious disease - an allergy to mandarins - will easily appear. In the festive winter, it is especially important to deal with prevention and treatment, if it already happens to get sick.
- Causes of allergies
- Symptoms in adults and children
- Allergy to mandarins: treatment
- Treatment with pharmacies
- Treatment with folk remedies
- Prevention of allergy to mandarins
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Causes of allergies
The reasons, at first glance, are quite obvious. People who zealously interested in the practical answer to the question "whether an allergy, if you eat a bucket of mandarins," earned a lot of unpleasant sensations. But there are less noticeable reasons. These include:
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
- a malfunction in the liver;
- rejection of the body of substances, which are processed mandarins for a beautiful appearance;
- excess of sugar in the blood;
- individual intolerance to citrus;
- improper storage of mandarins, as a consequence - the appearance of mold;
- hereditary factor.
Important!How much do you need to eat tangerines so that there is no allergy? Limit yourself to several fruits a day. Remember that in some people the rejection reaction manifests itself after a couple of lobules.
Symptoms in adults and children
The first signs are associated with violations of the skin:
- irritation, itching, further peeling - allergic dermatitis;
- rashes on the face;
- the appearance of catarrhal symptoms - cough, stuffy nose;
- swelling;
- redness of the eyes;
- nausea, vomiting.
Characteristic is the following: the stomach reacts immediately to the stimulus (mandarins). There is a heaviness, passing into a nausea and vomiting.
In children, the allergy is treated more difficult, so do not give a dangerous citrus since childhood. In the diet, the fruit is administered gradually, no more than 2-3 lobules a day. First you need to consult a doctor: the child may have an individual intolerance to tangerines. If the body does not object, the portion is increased - also little by little.
Children can not control the amount of citrus eaten by themselves, and during a large feast, no one pays any attention to this. Often the fault lies with adults, which they simply could not see for the child who ate the mandarins. Remember that he will use them until he becomes ill, and the consequences do not bear anything good. Anaphylactic shock ends with resuscitation.
What does the allergy to mandarins look like? Look at the photo.
Important!When pregnancy is worth doubly cautious way of life. If from the tangerines you suddenly have an allergic reaction, then wait for her transfer to the baby. The genetic factor of intolerance development can not be dismissed as unnecessary.
Allergy to mandarins: treatment
Self-treatment is strictly prohibited. And the people's means, even if they have been checked for centuries, still require the approval of a doctor.
The specialist must make a diagnosis and make sure that the reaction was caused precisely by mandarins. From this very much depends - what to do and how to treat, whether it is possible to use some drugs. In addition, you are obliged to give information about other types of allergies, if they are present. A patient with intolerance to certain medications will be very difficult to correctly prescribe medication.
Treatment with pharmacies
It consists in taking antihistamines. They simultaneously eliminate the most noticeable symptoms, and block their further development. It is effective to use medicines of the third and fourth generations - these are the newest medicines, practically having no contraindications.
It is worth remembering that children and pregnant women should definitely consult a doctor. Most drugs are simply not designed for their organisms, because they contain substances that are at risk.
Below is a summary of the most effective medicines in comparison: generation, contraindications, price.
| A drug | Generation | Contraindications | Price |
| Zirtek | II | Allowed during pregnancy | 209-436 rub. |
| Claritin | II | Allowed during pregnancy | 231 rubles. |
| Cetrin | II | Allowed for children | 170 rubles. |
| Xizal | III | Prohibited to 6 years, pregnant with caution | 434 rubles. |
Important!Cost can not be a decisive factor when buying a medicine. More cheap medicines do not mean the best, and vice versa.
Another effective method of treatment - a special vaccine, which contains a little allergen. Such a procedure is carried out several times, due to which the organism of the patient is much easier afterwards to tolerate the use of the irritant (mandarins). How is intolerance manifested after this method? In a very light form, it can be prevented by preventive measures.
Are allergies to mandarins after drug treatment? Yes, because you can not get rid of it completely. The only way is to correct the blood composition with the help of gravitational surgery. But the method requires a lot of money. With a shortage of finances, it is quite possible to dispense with conventional pharmacy products, necessarily presence of sound prevention.
Treatment with folk remedies
Folk methods are reduced to the use of certain decoctions that affect the stimulus. Consultation with a doctor is mandatory. Treatment of this type can be carried out at mild stages of the disease. It can progress.
Infusions of the following herbs have an antiallergic effect:
- hop;
- succession;
- St. John's wort;
- wormwood.
Could there be benefit from cleaning the liver? Yes, it takes several days to consume a large amount of water. Agree this procedure with the doctor.
Prevention of allergy to mandarins
Preventive measures are the easiest way to prevent the penetration of allergies into your life. Adhering to the rules is not difficult, but this requires the presence of willpower.
- Knowing the tendency to allergy to mandarins, you should not eat a lot of fruits at a time. Limit one. In especially difficult cases it will be easier to completely stop using citrus.
- Wash the fruit well before use. It contains not only harmful substances that can poison the body, but also a lot of dirt, even if it is not immediately visible.
- Do not take the cheapest mandarins. Before the New Year holidays in stores like to arrange shares, in order to sell lots of goods that are stale. Sweet citrus refers to them in the first place, so inexpensive price tags are not very fresh fruit. They can have mold.
- In the presence of diseases of the digestive organs, give up citruses altogether. Then it will not provoke complications.
Mandarins have useful properties, but sometimes they present a bad gift to the New Year tree - allergy. Monitor the diet, using only fresh fruit. It is worth worrying about the amount eaten - several fruits are enough. Restrict permanently, if there are diseases of the digestive system, the liver. Do not be afraid to turn to a competent specialist for help in time - this will save your health for many years.
