Allergic cough, also known as cough variant asthma, is an allergic disease. The clinical manifestations of allergic cough are: chronic cough without cause for more than two months, with paroxysmal irritating dry cough, or a small amount of white foamy sputum; it can be aggravated by inhaling irritating odors; the application of multiple antibiotics is ineffective. There were no obvious abnormalities in X-ray or CT examination. Experts say that allergic cough can be diagnosed if the clinical examination shows high eosinophils and serum IgE greater than 200. Allergic cough is often seen in children. It has a long course and easy recurrence of symptoms. It often gives the impression that it is not easy to cure.
Causes of allergic cough
There are two factors that cause allergic cough: 1. allergen; 2. allergic constitution; only if both are present, the allergen will cause it It's just a triggering factor, but the root cause is people's allergies.
1. Allergic constitution refers to congenital defects in the immune function of the body. The immune response in the human body will reduce the number of TH1 cells. When foreign-related antigenic substances (pollen, mites, fungi, etc.) enter such In the human body, the continuous production of a variety of cytokines, such as increased production of IgE and increased eosinophils, prompts the immune response to move toward the TH2 pathway to form a humoral immune response, resulting in a series of reactions harmful to the body.
At the same time, allergies are hereditary. When both parents have allergies, there is an 80% chance that their children will be allergic; if the mother is allergic, the child has a 50% chance of being allergic; if the father is allergic, there is a 40% chance that his child will be allergic .
2. Allergens. Including factors such as diet, inhalants, climate, and contact allergies. Among them, seafood, spicy food, alcohol, inhalation of pollen, dust mites, cold weather, contact with chemicals, soaps, detergents, etc. are the most common triggers of allergic cough. Such complex reasons cause allergic cough to recur due to the intertwining of many causes and triggering factors.
Myth about recurring allergic coughs: Anti-allergic drugs have an immediate effect, just use them when you are sick. Most of the anti-allergic drugs with immediate effects are antihistamines and hormone drugs, which have no therapeutic effect on the progression of allergic diseases. Repeated use may be ineffective or have serious adverse reactions, and may easily lead to obesity, decreased resistance and other problems, so it is necessary to Change your concept and pay attention to treatment during the remission period. Therefore, experts focus on four main methods for allergic coughs:
1. Avoid allergens
Once exposed to allergens, allergic coughs often occur year-round. Therefore, for patients with allergic coughs, the way to avoid recurring allergic coughs is to avoid allergens.
Common allergens include the following types: 1. Contact allergens: such as cold air, hot air, ultraviolet rays, radiation, cosmetics, shampoo, dish soap, hair dye, etc. 2. Inhaled allergens: such as pollen, mites, catkins, dust, animal dander, paint, oil fumes, etc. 3. Ingestible allergens: such as milk, beef and mutton, eggs, fish, shrimp, seafood, etc.
2. Improve allergic constitution
In clinical treatment of allergic cough, antibiotics are mostly used, and antibiotics are mainly composed of antibiotics. Most antibiotics are broad-spectrum and can kill While pathogenic bacteria also kill a large number of probiotics in the human body. Therefore, the key to treating allergic cough is to reverse the allergic constitution. Modern medical research on microecology has discovered a new anti-allergic lactobacillus strain group, one or more strain compositions represented by Xinminkang anti-allergic probiotics, which have unknown properties in the prior art and can be used to improve anti-allergic properties. ability, and methods to regulate the overreactive TH2-type immune response due to allergies by promoting the TH1-type immune response.
The main purpose is to seek alternative anti-allergic therapies other than drugs, using active, non-pathogenic microorganisms to improve the ecological balance of the human body's largest immune organ: intestinal microorganisms, thereby promoting the secretion of interferon and regulating the balance of immune cell activity. Allergy probiotics have international patent certification for reducing serum IgE allergy antibodies. Continuous supplementation for more than 8 weeks will reduce the IgE concentration in the body. In this way, the allergens will gradually be unable to bind to the IgE antibodies in the body, so allergies will no longer occur. biochemical reactions. Therefore, Xinminkang probiotics can adjust allergic constitution, while drugs can only relieve symptoms and cannot adjust allergic constitution.
3. Develop good living habits
The occurrence of allergic cough is closely related to the patient's usual working status and lifestyle, as well as air pollution and other factors. Therefore, you should make reasonable adjustments to your lifestyle based on your own situation. You should maintain a healthy diet, quit smoking and drinking. At the same time, you should maintain a regular life, pay attention to the balance between work and rest, and avoid excessive fatigue.
4. Prevent colds and improve the body’s ability to regulate.
Allergic coughs are mostly caused by colds. Therefore, you should keep warm at ordinary times. You can use pillows to slightly elevate your head and shoulders when sleeping. The temperature of the sleeping room should be moderate, preferably hot rather than too cold. Pay attention to keeping your body warm when sleeping, especially your feet. During a cold epidemic, you should wear a mask when going out, avoid public gatherings, and go to public places as little as possible to reduce the possibility of infection.