Allergic Rhinitis

Allergic Rhinitis - Causes, symptoms and it’s homeopathic treatment

As the name suggests it is an allergic condition, that affects your nose. You may experience symptoms such as runny nose, itchy eyes, nasal congestion, sneezing and sinus pain. This condition is not due to virus or bacteria. Allergic rhinitis is due to your body’s reaction to the allergic factors in the environment, called allergens.
The most common factors in the environment that could trigger such allergic response are pollens, dust, pet furs, strong odor, humid weather, animal feathers, certain foods like dairy, eggs, artificial food color, pet dander. These are the examples of common allergens. An individual may be sensitive to other factors not mentioned here.
Allergic rhinitis can significantly impact your life due to frequent episodes of allergic reaction, leading to the suffering from the symptoms mentioned above. These symptoms may interfere with your sleep, leading to dullness and laziness during the day. The symptoms may interfere with your attendance in school or workplace.




What are the symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis?

  • Sneezing, runny nose and or nose block with difficulty in breathing.
  • Itching watering, redness and sometimes burning in the eyes.
  • You may have dry or wet cough.
  • Itching at the palate, in the ear, or throat.
  • You may also experience postnasal drip (PND), where the mucus from your nose drips in your throat.
  • You may experience soreness (redness) around eyes and nose which may be itchy and painful.
  • You may experience fatigue, tiredness, headache, and laziness.

What causes symptoms of Allergic Rhinitis?

When your immune system is hypersensitive, it identifies certain factors in the environment as harmful. A hypersensitive reaction is thrown towards there factors. These factors are known as allergens. Function of your immune system is to protect you. Your immune system protects you by producing antibodies against these allergens. These antibodies are IgE. These IgE triggers your immune system to release histamine in your blood. The histamine produces allergic symptoms in your nose, eyes, ears, throat and sometimes on your skin.


How to prevent Allergic Rhinitis?

There is no way you can prevent an attack of allergic rhinitis. If you avoid the factors that trigger an attack of allergic rhinitis, you may be able to prevent it. You may be allergic to more than one factor that triggers an attack; hence it is difficult to avoid an attack.


Homeopathic treatment for Allergic Rhinitis.

You may be wondering how homeopathy can help allergic rhinitis. Patients are usually prescribed antiallergic tablets and syrups, nasal sprays, antibiotics, and nebulizers to control their allergy symptoms. The medications help you in controlling the symptoms, but they do cure the disease. Homeopathy brings your immune system’s hypersensitivity to normalcy with homeopathic medicines which are prepared from plants and minerals. These medicines are free from chemicals hence they are free from side effects. Self-medication does not help in homeopathy. Detailed analysis of your health allows your homeopath to prescribe the best suitable homeopathic medicine for you.

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