As we enter winter, many symptoms such as nasal congestion, runny nose, recurrent sneezing, postnasal drip, cough, sore throat, fatigue, sweating and sleep problems occur due to allergies due to the decrease in air temperatures, pronounced changes in day and night, and the increase in winds. .
In children, it occurs as nasal itching, discharge, congestion, itching in the eyes, redness, discharge, cough, wheezing, wheezing, shortness of breath, postnasal drip, itchy rashes on the skin (eczema, urticaria).
Why Do Autumn Spring Allergies Occur?
With autumn, schools begin to open, air temperatures decrease, people start to spend more of their time in indoor environments, and due to the effects of weather changes, people with allergies become more susceptible to allergies. Viral infections start and spread to other people, and children infect each other in schools, causing these infections to spread faster.
What Should You Do to Protect?
First of all, to be protected. In order to minimize the effect of air change on our body, we should not dress too tightly or too revealingly. Sweating and chilling make our immune system vulnerable to external factors. As the amount of humidity in closed environments increases, indoor allergens such as mites (house dust mites) and molds multiply rapidly, triggering allergic diseases, and winds. Weeds and dust flying in the air trigger asthma and allergies, and those who are prone to allergies easily catch these diseases from people with colds and flu and become ill immediately.
Who Gets Spring Allergies Easier?
People who are prone to allergies become ill more easily and infect others. It causes the disease to spread by infecting each other, especially in children at school and adults in closed environments where they work together.
How to Prevent?
If you have had an allergic disease before or have a family member with allergies. People with diseases, children and adults who are prone to allergies, should have an allergy test when mild symptoms begin in the spring to determine what they are allergic to and take precautions, thus preventing nasal congestion, sneezing, cough, and sore throat. By preventing nausea, postnasal drip and runny nose, the disease can be prevented from being transmitted to family members, school and colleagues through diseases such as flu and cold.
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