Today, allergies in children are a fairly common problem that causes concern among parents. The increase in the number of allergic children may be due to environmental pollution, the use of household chemicals, and attempts by relatives to create sterile living conditions for the child.
If it was possible to determine the allergen using special tests, then the most effective treatment in this case is to exclude contact with this substance.
Symptoms of the disease will help mitigate medications. Proper nutrition of the baby is very important. In addition, many experts recommend using herbal medicines for allergies.
Types of allergies in children
In children under 2 years of age, the most common food allergies are cow's milk, egg white, fish, some vegetables and fruits.
There are frequent cases of allergy to saliva, blood serum, epithelium, urine of animals that are carried by wool.
Pollen intolerance reactions appear after eight yearsplants.
Allergy to drugs is often caused by penicillin and its derivatives. This type of hypersensitivity to a substance is very dangerous, as anaphylactic shock can result.
Allergy to house dust occurs as a reaction to the discharge of mites, which even daily general cleaning does not eliminate. You may also be intolerant to insect bites, especially bees or wasps.
In some cases, pseudo-allergic reactions occur, which are the result of helminthic intoxication.
Symptoms
Manifestations of allergies depend on its type. Food manifests itself in the form of skin reactions, dust and plant pollen cause respiratory problems.
In young children, the signs may be mild, so it is necessary to carefully monitor the baby, especially when introducing new foods into the diet.
The appearance of a rash on the skin, itching, anxiety and poor sleep of the child should alert. Urticaria, if left untreated, can turn into allergic dermatitis or allergic eczema, in severe cases - angioedema. Herbs are great for skin problems. Against allergies, many of them are very effective.
If a baby has a runny nose without signs of a cold and it doesn't go away within 10 days, this is a sign of an allergic reaction. At the same time, the child's nasopharynx swells, he often sneezes. More serious respiratory reactions are allergic asthma or bronchitis, which can become chronic.
The mosta dangerous manifestation of allergy is anaphylactic shock. It develops rapidly. It becomes difficult for the child to breathe, the skin turns pale, he loses consciousness. Medical assistance must be provided immediately.
Treatment
The main principle of treatment is to eliminate the source of the allergy. To do this, it is important to determine what exactly causes the intolerance reaction.
Special tests are carried out to determine the specific allergen, after which the doctor prescribes the necessary medications.
It is possible to use a non-drug method of treatment. To do this, over the course of several years, small doses of the allergen are introduced into the body, from which the negative reaction to this product gradually decreases.
Herbal treatment
In addition to modern remedies for allergies, folk methods of treatment are often used. Herbs for allergies for children should be used deliberately, after consulting a doctor, because this method has both advantages and disadvantages.
Treatment can be general or local. Grass for allergies is selected strictly individually. Treatment should be started with very small doses. Grass is harvested in ecologically clean areas or purchased at a pharmacy.
It must be remembered that some medicinal herbs, as well as alcohol tinctures, are contraindicated for small children. In the treatment of babies up to a year, only rubdowns are used, while the use of any antiallergic drugs is contraindicated.
What allergy herbs are used in her therapy?
Recipes most often use herbs that contain azulene, a substance that has anti-inflammatory, bacteriostatic and antiallergic properties. Azulene is found in yarrow, chamomile and wormwood.
Herbal allergy treatment is effective for any reaction, from skin to respiratory.
Pharmacy chamomile
Infusions, decoctions, compresses from chamomile are widely used in the treatment of skin manifestations of allergies. To prepare a compress, you need to pour chamomile flowers (three to four tablespoons) with boiling water and stir until a homogeneous gruel is obtained. Then it must be laid out on a clean cloth, cooled and applied to problem areas for half an hour.
To prepare a decoction, one tablespoon of dry raw materials is brewed with a glass of boiling water, wrapped in a towel and infused for half an hour. The remedy is taken one tablespoon three to four times a day.
Yarrow
Decoction of this herb is an excellent antiallergic remedy. To prepare it, you need dry grass (one tablespoon) pour a glass of hot water and bring to a boil over low heat. After boiling, the dishes are removed from the heat, the remedy is infused for an hour. Then strain the infusion and take two teaspoons three times a day.
Sequence
This allergy herb is used as a prophylactic. The succession is brewed like regular tea, consumed without dosage. You need to pay attention to the color of the resulting broth - it should be golden. Turbid green water indicates that such grass cannot beuse for treatment.
With diathesis in a child, it is effective to use a decoction of a string for baths. It is advisable to bathe the baby at bedtime three times a week. The duration of the procedure is 10-15 minutes. To completely get rid of the disease, fifteen such baths will be needed. Lotions from a series are also effective. Dry grass is crushed and brewed with boiling water. The broth is boiled in a water bath for several minutes, then the product must be slightly cooled and applied to the affected areas.
Mint
Mint infusion has soothing and antiallergic properties. To prepare a decoction, take ten grams of dry grass, pour a glass of boiling water and insist for twenty minutes. The tool should be taken three times a day for a tablespoon.
Ledum
This plant is used for skin manifestations of allergies. You can add a decoction (1 liter) when bathing a child in water or use in the form of compresses.
Nettle
In the treatment, young nettle leaves are used, which must be washed well, finely chopped, put in a liter jar, pour boiled cooled water. The remedy is infused for about ten hours. Nettle is good for cleansing the blood, has a positive effect on the functioning of the intestines, and is good for the nervous system.
Cultural peony
The plant helps to get rid of allergic rhinitis. To prepare the medicine, the peel of the peony root is dried, ground into powder and taken half an hour before meals. The child needs to take 1, 5-2 tbsp. l. in a day. Toto improve the taste of the medicine, you can add jam to it.
Mumiye solution
Very effective remedy. In one liter of water, dissolve 1 g of mummy, take half a glass with milk. For children, the dose is halved. To lubricate rashes on the skin, a mummy solution is used - one gram per hundred milliliters of water.
umbrella centaury
Caucasus is a good remedy for treating food allergies in a child. A tablespoon of dry grass is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused overnight. The medicine is given to the child before eating a tablespoon. Treatment can be lengthy.
Willow branches
They are used for skin rashes in children. The infusion is prepared in the morning. 300 grams of willow branches are added to five liters of boiling water. The remedy is left to infuse until the evening. Before bathing, the broth is heated. The effect is noticeable after three procedures. Treatment should continue for ten days.
Herbal baths
They help relieve itching in skin reactions. To prepare a decoction, you need a string, celandine, sage, valerian root, chamomile flowers. Take two tablespoons of each type of herb and mix. The resulting collection of herbs for allergies (5 tablespoons) is poured into 1 liter. boiling water and insist half an hour. After that, the infusion is filtered and added to bathing water.
Chamomile baths help in the acute stage of the disease. To do this, two tablespoons of flowers are poured into 0.5 liters. boiling water, insist half an hour andadded to bathing water.
Decoction of oak bark has a positive effect. To prepare it, one hundred grams of bark is poured with a liter of water and insisted for six hours. Before bathing, the infusion is heated for 30 minutes on low heat, filtered and added to water. When treating children, care must be taken. One allergy herb should be used first, not a collection. Before you start using herbs for baths, you need to moisten a cotton swab in the prepared decoction and apply it first to a he althy area of \u200b\u200bthe child's skin, then to the affected one. Herbs for allergies, after using which the baby's condition worsens or a reaction appears on a he althy area of \u200b\u200bthe skin, cannot be used. If there is no negative reaction, then bathing will be beneficial.
Baby should be bathed daily for 3-5 days. If the herb used for allergies does not have a positive effect, it must be replaced. Perhaps the improvement will come with a decoction of several herbs.
Folk remedies are no less effective than drugs. But acute forms of allergies require immediate medical attention. Herbs for allergies are mainly used as an auxiliary method in the complex treatment of this disease.
