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Many people like to eat fruits and vegetables in the warm season to stock up on vitamins. The hero of our article, eggplant, is very popular in the markets.
Before talking about an eggplant allergy, let's get to know it better: the vegetable belongs to the nightshade family, as well as potatoes, and peppers with tomatoes. For its high nutritional properties, eggplant is loved in third world countries and is even called the "meat of the poor." In Africa and India, the vegetable is one of the staple foods. In the people, the fruits of this vegetable are also called blue. It is easy to guess that this is due to the color of the outer shell. However, we are more interested in its internal content.
An interesting fact
Eggplant contains vitamin BB, which allows smokers to quickly overcome addiction. Eggplant contains a large amount of vitamin C, as well as the substance atropine.
Identification of the disease
Allergy to eggplant in the conditions of advanced medicine is detected within a few hours. It is necessary to take tests to the laboratory at the slightest suspicion of an allergic reaction. A biochemical blood test will give answers to all your questions. After the results of the tests, the doctor will be able to prescribe the appropriate treatment.
Diagnostic methods
- A blood test for the presence of immunoglobulin E, according to experts, is the best way to diagnose an allergic reaction, but such a study is not affordable for everyone.
- A cheaper way is skin tests. But there are a number of contraindications here. This method will not suit either pregnant women or babies under 3 years old, and it will not work for those who took antihistamines the day before. This method requires abstaining from pills for at least three days. And during this time, allergies can give complications.
- The most effective method for detecting an ailment is ELISA - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, which is based on the principle of antigen-antibody. Such an analysis does not violate the skin, therefore it is suitable even for children under 3 years old.
The questions that the attending physician will certainly ask you are as follows: what did you eat immediately before the deterioration of your health, are you allergic to any other substances, do relatives suffer from allergies.
Blue intolerance is quite rare. By itself, an allergy to eggplant does not appear. Most often, these are the consequences of an allergy to the pollen of weeds and meadow grasses.
What to exclude from the diet?
If you are allergic to eggplant, you will need to temporarily exclude mayonnaise, vegetable oil, seeds, halva, zucchini, and beets from the menu. It's all about the possibility of cross-allergy , which makes it difficult to find the substance that brings you so much discomfort.
Symptoms of Eggplant Allergy
The symptoms of any allergy are similar. However, once again we list the symptoms of allergies:
- Itching
- Pimples on the tongue and itching in the mouth
- Swelling of the mucous membranes
- Sore throat, cough
- Asphyxiation
- lacrimation
- The appearance of spots on the skin, peeling
- Weeping wounds (if the disease is advanced)
- Violation of the digestive tract (constipation or vice versa, indigestion)
- Skin rash, hives
Allergy manifests itself in all patients in different ways, depending on the immune system and the strength of the body. But for all patients, the advice is the same: start treatment as soon as possible, because the consequences of allergies quite seriously affect health in the future.
Treatment
There are many new generation drugs that allow you to quickly and painlessly relieve allergy symptoms. The top sellers are Claritin and Zyrtec. Also popular in pharmacology are Erius and Citrine.
Erius is good because the release form in syrup allows you to give it to children under 3 years old.
Children's dose - 5 mg, adult - 10 mg per day. Claritin children from 3 years old can be given half a tablet, adults - a whole tablet once a day.
Loratadine is another effective remedy. But be careful with all medications: some of them cause drowsiness, so read the instructions for use carefully and do not drive after taking antihistamines .
In addition to taking medications, a number of other measures must be observed, because every allergic person knows that an ailment requires the use of a whole range of measures in combination.
The use of sorbents that remove harmful substances from the body along with the liquid will come in very handy.
To maintain your health, take also means to strengthen the immune system. Vitamin complexes will prescribe you a doctor.
Expert advice:
- If you suffer from an allergy to ragweed and meadow grasses, stop eating eggplant as well.
- Follow a special type of diet - a diet will help to avoid the manifestation of the disease.
- Children under 3 years of age should not introduce this vegetable into the diet, since the body, due to age, is not able to process all the substances.
- When the child has grown up, spend "acquaintance" with a product. Give a small amount of vegetable to your child and observe the body's reaction.
- It is important to remember that not all manufacturers are conscientious about their work. Increasingly, we hear about the use of chemicals in the process of growing vegetables, which, of course, is not good for health, especially for allergy sufferers.
- Refrain from buying vegetables in the winter. There is a high probability that the manufacturer uses hormones for growth, increase in size and hasty maturation of the fetus. Nitrates are harmful to both a sick person and a healthy one.
Disease prevention
You will be surprised, but eggplant is part of hypoallergenic diets, being itself an allergen.
We repeat once again that in winter it is better not to acquire fruits at all, since chemistry will provoke complications.
Do not abuse products, because an excess amount of a substance is not beneficial under any circumstances. Everyone who is attentive to their health knows that quality food is an integral part of good health and the prevention of many diseases.
