Allergies: Is Your Body Trying To Tell You Something?

We will start by identifying the different lip allergies, symptoms and signs of particular allergies, considerations for the causes of these allergies, what the different features may be, how these allergies may affect you and lastly how you may go about preventing any allergies from occurring.  

Identification:

Itchy lips may be caused by an oral allergy, which will affect your mouth and throat causing swelling, tingling or itching. Such allergies may be caused by breathing allergens in through the nasal passage or ingesting allergen foods. Gastrointestinal problems may occur every time you ingest an allergen causing different types of symptoms, and if the patient experiences an anaphylactic allergic reaction, this may cause pulmonary and cardiovascular problems that may be life threatening if not treated immediately.   

Symptoms and Signs:

Some symptoms and signs that you are having an oral allergic reaction may pertain to but are not limited to the following:  

1. Rhinitis: running nose, sneezing and nasal congestion  
2. Conjunctivitis: watering and itching eyes  
3. Skin Rashes: allergy rashes are bumpy, itchy and often results in a reddening of the skin. You may know the common name of hives or nettle rash.   
4. Angeo-oedema: This results in the swelling of tissues such as eyes, lips, tongue and throat. This condition may block off the patients airway, which could potentially become fatal to the individual.   
5. Difficult Breathing: This condition may become fatal if the patient is going through anaphylaxis. The individual may experience breathlessness, tightening the chest and wheezing.   
6. Cardiovascular Collapse: This is the final stage of anaphylaxis, and may result in the individual's demise. The chemicals that are released during an allergic reaction may cause the individuals blood pressure to drop extensively, which will lead to cardiac arrest. 

Considerations:

By cooking certain foods you may be able to manipulate the protein compounds within the food in order to reduce the chances of any allergic reactions from occurring, however this is not always the case and allergic reactions may occur with little to no warning if anaphylaxis takes place. There are certain foods that you cannot prepare in order to reduce the chances of having an allergic reaction when ingesting them, some examples being fish or different types of tree nuts.   

Features:

Most people begin feeling the symptoms of an allergic reaction right away, which usually start with tingling or itching in the lips, hives, swelling of the eye lids and nasal congestion. As the allergens travel through the body, the antibodies will begin fighting off the intruders, which is what causes the different occurring symptoms. Then after approximately one hour this allergic reaction may result to stomach cramping, nausea/vomiting and diarrhea.   

Effects:

There are no determined lasting side effects from allergic reactions unless the individual has under gone an anaphylaxis allergic reaction, which could result in injury the heart and lung functions. Individuals may have dizziness or feel weak after an allergic reaction, but nothing too serious if they only had a general reaction.   

Prevention:

In order to prevent an anaphylaxis allergy, the only main tactic would be to find out what the allergen food is and avoid eating it completely. Allergies may develop over time, and if this is the case then in order to prevent any organ damage, be sure to consult a paramedic immediately in order to gain medical attention.

Individuals can help their physicians determine if they have any particular allergies by giving information of different symptoms that they have had after eating particular foods, and you can also do a skin test in order to determine what your body is allergic to.   

If you are experiencing a tingling in your lips, consider if you just ingested any particular food that your body may be reacting to, and be sure to take appropriate measures in order to help you prevent any harm to the lips. If you are experiencing a slight allergy, you may be able to take allergy medications in order to reduce any of the side effects such as nasal congestion, tissue swelling, and itchy or tingling lips.