Why are breastfeeding women more prone to allergies?

Frequent allergies during breastfeeding may be caused by food allergies or such symptoms caused by contact with allergens. Choose a reliable hospital to check the cause of the allergy, and then treat it purposefully. Try not to use drugs blindly during breastfeeding. Be sure to choose the drug method for treatment under the guidance of a doctor to avoid affecting the child.

What to do if a breastfeeding mother has allergies

1. Search for allergens

1. When food or medicine is ingested, the allergens can enter the blood and reach distant sites (such as the skin and nasal mucosa). These tissues have many cells with IgE on their surface, and the allergens can combine with these IgE. Allergens can enter the blood and "travel" to distant locations, which explains why allergens can enter the body through the digestive tract but cause extra-digestive symptoms. Food allergies may begin with swelling of the tongue or throat, followed by tingling, nausea, diarrhea, or stomach cramps. Nasal mucosal edema, nasal congestion or skin reactions may occur. The main allergens that enter the body through the mouth include: milk, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat and medicines such as antibiotics or aspirin.

2. If you are allergic to the air you breathe, breathing it may be harmful to you. In addition to CO2, there are also many tiny particles in the air, some of which are harmful, some are infectious, and some are harmless (including allergens). Allergic diseases caused by allergens in particular include hay fever, asthma and conjunctivitis. The following substances are generally harmless, but may trigger allergy symptoms in allergic individuals if inhaled. Bee pollen, dust mites, hair, mold

3. Allergic contact dermatitis caused by things that touch the skin is a fungal infection of the skin caused by local skin reactions. Most allergic contact dermatitis is not caused by IgE, but is caused by body cell inflammation. It is important to note that when some allergens come into contact with the skin and cause skin allergies, they can also be absorbed by the skin, which can cause systemic reactions and may not be limited to the skin at the point of contact. Fortunately, for most people, the skin originally acts as a strong "barrier" to contact allergies, which means that most contact allergic dermatitis is limited. Common allergic contact dermatitis includes: latex allergy, plant skin allergy, dye skin allergy, compound skin allergy, metal allergy and skin care product allergy.

4. Among the injected substances, if the allergen is directly injected into the blood circulation system, it may produce the most serious reaction. This approach can cause systemic reactions, such as anaphylactic shock, which can be life-threatening. The following are common allergens that enter the body through injection and can cause severe allergic symptoms: insect venom, medicines, vaccines, hormones (such as insulin glargine). It is not easy for breastfeeding mothers to inject drugs at will. So this can be cleared up.

2. Treatment Methods

1. Eliminate allergens. After knowing what you are allergic to, the first thing to do is to eliminate the allergens. Prevents aggravation of skin allergies.

Apply topical medications. Breastfeeding mothers are more sensitive and it is best not to use oral medications, so some external medications are recommended. For example, calamine is used to treat acute itchy skin diseases. This kind of medicine can be used to treat prickly heat in children, so if the mother uses it, it will not have any effect on the baby. For the treatment of skin allergies, there are topical hormones such as Piranha, Eucerin (hydrocortisone butyrate), Eloson (mometasone furoate), etc., but be careful: do not apply them on the face, because these drugs can cause skin shrinkage, pigmentation, etc., which can cause irreversible damage to the facial skin.