Allergic Reaction

In allergic reactions, special allergy cells in the body release a chemical called histamine. Histamine causes the rashes, sneezing, itching, and running noses. The features of allergic ailments. It does this by causing blood vessels to widen and leak. Nerves to itch. Secretions to pour from the lining of your nose and lungs, and in a variety of other ways.

If we can stop histamines working we can help allergies. This is what antihistamines do. (This is why so many drugs are called antihistamines, they work against histamines). They are chemicals, which look enough like histamines to fool the cells of the body. But not enough like histamines to make the cells of the body do nasty things, which cause allergic symptoms Antihistamines, stop histamines from working in the body following an allergic event. In technical jargon they block histamine receptors.

This is key. They work to combat the allergic reaction after the event; it is not a preventative measure. You can take these treatments regularly before the allergic reaction begins. But for how long. Why take medicines regularly for no need?

Also histamine is not just involved in allergies. It plays a vital role in the brain keeping us attentive, alert, awake, and therefore alive! So if we stopped all the histamine in the body from working, we would get rid of our allergy troubles, but also fall asleep or at least become inattentive.

This would make us dangerous drivers, lethal airline pilots, deadly train drivers, bad students, in attentive mothers, and generally poor at all our daily tasks. This is exactly what happens when you take old antihistamines. They should not be used anymore, unless prescribed by your GP, for situations where sleepiness is an advantage i.e. recuperation in bed.

Newer antihistamines help allergies with little or no effects on the brain. They are amongst the safest medicines there are but they are still medicines. All have side effects, but some have very few, mostly mild, whilst others have a lot, mostly serious.



All of these treatments are medicines that treat the symptoms of allergic reaction to inhaled pollutants, pollen, dust mites, pet hair etc. As a result all work to varying degrees with varying benefits and side effects. But what if there was a remedy to act before the allergic reaction form dust and pollen impacts the body? One that would stop the allergens getting into the nose in the first place.



Why can't we filter out all the allergens to stop the allergic reaction? Just like non-sufferers do, who lead normal lives no matter what the season or environment. This would require a filter to be placed in front of the nose to absorb all the pollutants, like a mask. This is what some cyclists do nowadays in city centres.

This is very cumbersome, a little embarrassing and not very dignified. We need is to improve the filtration system inside the nose. We need to understand how the normal filtering process works. This is carried out in the nasal tract behind the nose.

Click on the link to discover how the nasal tract works and responds to allergens like pollen, dust and pet hair. Also look at Nasaleze a hayfever prevention product made form natural ingredients.