Allergy Symptoms and Treatments
Adults and kids alike are all susceptible to allergies. If parts of your body react negatively, such as appearance of rashes or blisters, to substances that are not normally harmful to others, then you probably are allergic to that particular matter. These matters are called allergens. When hands, arms, legs, face, or any part of the body is exposed to these allergens, your system considers these as attackers, and thus, rashes, blisters, and other types of skin irritations appear.
These triggers may be natural materials or synthetically prepared chemicals such as perfumes and colognes, make up, soaps, jewelry, topical medicine, and others. This is also known as contact dermatitis or the exposure of skin on anything that may cause skin inflammation.
In some cases, allergy may be in the form of food that you eat or drink like sea food, poultry, legumes, chocolates, and milk. When these get in the body, this can trigger other physical discomfort in your eyes, mouth, ears, nose, throat, lungs, among others. Sometimes, allergies can be inherited from generation to generation. The kind of allergy you have may not be the same as the one your kids have. In some instances, kids develop an allergy which no one in the family has.
Laundry detergents are one of the most common causes of skin inflammation for both adults and children – because the adult uses the detergent to wash the clothes and kids wear washed clothes using the detergent.
Detergent allergies may only manifest hours after doing the laundry. Noticeable red and dry patches on skin are the common marks of allergy. It can be very itchy and with continued use of the product, this can make the hands blistered and swollen. If left untreated, the worst thing that can happen is the thickening of the scaly patches on your hands.
To avoid such incidences, stop using the brand of detergent you’re currently using and switch to non-allergenic laundry detergents. Wash your hands upon contact with the detergent and apply creams such as cortisone creams and calamine lotion to relieve itchiness and irritation. Cold compresses also help.
Since household chores cannot be avoided, wear gloves as you go about cleaning the house. If you have the budget, invest on a fully automatic laundry machine to ensure you minimize direct contact with the laundry detergent. Lastly, ensure to seek advice from a dermatologist. Your doctor can give you an accurate and sound diagnosis as to what type of allergy you have and advice you on the proper treatment method.
