Health Care Clinic

Increasing incidence
In the 80′s Dr. Neffen claimed that one in six people in the world suffering from some kind of allergic disease. In 1996, the president of the European Academy of Immunology, one of the discoverers of IgE (immunoglobulin E, present and increased in all allergic process), Dr. S. Johansson, said that one in three people in Europe suffering from an allergic disease. This information brought to our country show revenues of approximately 10,000,000 allergies in all its varieties.

This worldwide growth is most pronounced in countries with Western lifestyle. It would show that the increase in allergic diseases are more related to the quality of air breathed indoors with air pollution. In fact, in practice there is a greater incidence of allergic reactions triggered by household allergens, mites, fungi, etc., that other substances.

How to treat
In childhood and adolescence, antihistamines based treatments seem to be the answer you are looking for, especially when used in a preventive manner for a long period. In adolescence, when most recurrences occur, but this is due to low effect of the drugs but the higher number of desertions. That is why we must strengthen a lot of work with young people, to avoid complications of allergy, especially involving the respiratory system.

Until recently, the use of antihistamines was a problem: they produced sleep interfered with the study or sport. Currently, work is well with the new generation antihistamines, such as the fexofena-dina with one or two meals a day is enough to stop the major symptoms. As it has no side effects, dropouts are less frequent and protective effects can be achieved with long-term use.