Signs Of Allergies

Unfortunately, children increasingly suffer from allergies, and there are some signs that indicate when allergies are causing or contributing significantly to health problems. Here is a brief list of what to watch. Most of these children are your most likely to suffer from allergies:

1. Dark circles or bags under the eyes making the child look permanently tired. In Chinese medicine this area of the face is related to adrenal glands. The adrenal glands are one of the main organs of the body involved in stress reactions, and exposure to allergens produced certainly stress in the body. Sometimes there is also a fold seen under the eyelids.

2. The lips often dry and scaly at the edge of the lip is an indistinct blur rather than the existence of a sharp line between himself and the rest of the face. Michio Kushi in his book Oriental Diagnosis says that different parts of the lip correspond to different parts of the digestive system. The upper lip represents the stomach. The lower part corresponds to the intestine. These body parts are often involved in allergic reactions especially if the problem is with food.

3. Sweaty feet The liver is the main organ of detoxification. When he is not working properly or has to work overtime, then the feet tend to be very sweaty. In allergic reactions, the liver is overloaded with toxins.

4. One or both ears sometimes red and / or burning reaction usually begins about one and three quarters of an hour after exposure to the substance in question and takes about half an hour. I do not know if it is significant if one ear or both ears, but the time seems very accurate. The redness lasts about half an hour. This particular reaction can be very useful self-help diagnostic technique if you pay attention to your child's ears!

5. Children with a tendency to allergies are often blond hair. They are usually pale, in fact, so pale that sometimes they are suspected to suffer from anemia. In some children, this pallor is not obvious at first sight, because they have very rosy cheeks or any time or from time to time. Sometimes if you feel the child plays, he will be hot and burning, or papery and dry.

6. A child with many food sensitivities will often be a difficult eater. The parent will often say: "My child would be happy if he could live on X. The child is probably allergic to X, whatever. Often, they become irritable and cranky if they go without their favorite food, even for a short period of time breastfed infants are difficult or feeders need to be constantly fed day and night and can be difficult to wean .

7. Infants and children with food allergies are usually either very good or very bad mood mood first thing in the morning.

8. Very often there is a family history of allergies with relatives suffering from eczema, hay fever, etc.

9. Allergic children (and adults) often like strong odors: they sniff felt pens or enjoy the smell of petrol (gas) in gas stations. They are almost always allergic to the smell as they like, and like a drug addict, looking for a fix!

So what to do? Try visiting a therapist with special interest in allergies. I particularly recommend health kinesiology, which is popular not only to detect allergies, but also correct if the child does not avoid the things he / she is allergic.