Allergy attack
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
I'm pretty sure I have never had an allergic reaction before.. not to any food anyway. I remember when Veep was really small, she was allergic to apple and pear skin.
But last night, I felt so itchy and discovered red patches on my skin.
Weird thing is - trying to figure out what I was allergic to, but can't arrive at a conclusion. Slightly itchy now as I think about it, though when I woke up this morning, it was much better already.
Had fruit tea with honey to rid of it.
And since we learnt about the immune system in Hubs191, now I know what happens to cause an allergy attack. Allergens trigger release of IgE antibodies that attach to mast cells in the body, and mast cell degranulation is what causes the wheal and flare property of inflammation. :)
Oh I sound so knowledgeable. Haha.
It's actually just regurgitating the info. I hope not to forget the things I have learnt this year!
Labels: holiday, home, illness
5 comments:
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Good that you're applying what you study into real life. That is why, for treatment.. (as an extension to that), you may need anti histamines or mast cell stabilizers. Teehehee
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not to mention that anti-histamine aren't drugs that destroy histamines, but rather a receptor antagonist, which inhibits histamine production pathway and cause histamines to not be released all together. :P
Now can anyone tell me, if Histamines are such a pester, why is it involved in the immune system then?
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hahha .. i dont knw if i learnt it. care to explain?
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eh.. sherp, my mum's been facing this as well.. the doctor prescribed anti-histamines for her. we all don't know the cause. weird!
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histamines are imvolved in selectivity of the types of white blood cells that are activated or inhibited in immune response. also common sense tells me that when histamine is released, blood will gather there, more blood = more white blood cells gathered. but tats all i know about histamines, we din go in details about them :P
pyroboy1911
Good that you're applying what you study into real life. That is why, for treatment.. (as an extension to that), you may need anti histamines or mast cell stabilizers. Teehehee