Millions of people fight allergies every day, desperately trying different methods to reduce the symptoms. There could be a hand-written method passed down for generations in your family, or you may swear by the latest generic medicine on sale. One option that many people overlook is IV vitamin therapy.
What Are Allergies?
Allergies happen when the immune system responds to a foreign substance, like pollen, bee venom or pet dander, or foods that don’t trigger a negative response in most people.
When the immune system is working correctly, it makes antibodies. If you’re allergic to something, your immune system creates antibodies that recognize a specific allergen as harmful, even though it’s not. When you interact with the allergen, your immune system reacts by enflaming your airways, skin, sinuses, or digestive system.
Common Allergy Symptoms
- Mild reactions like a rash or hives, itchiness, watery/red eyes, hay fever, and runny nose. None of these spread to the rest of your body.
- Moderate responses – itchiness, hives, swelling, and trouble breathing – may radiate to somewhere else in your body.
- The worse reaction – anaphylaxis – is a rare, potentially deadly emergency where an allergic reaction is sudden and affects your whole body. It can cause you to go into shock — blood pressure drops abruptly, and the airways narrow, hindering breathing. There are other symptoms, too.
Types of Allergies
There are many kinds of allergies to be aware of, some of whose symptoms can be relieved with IV vitamin therapy, ketamine, and other treatment including certain medicines, natural remedies, and avoiding allergy triggers. Common types of allergies include:
- Drug allergy. Few people have true drug allergies. Most bad reactions to drugs are not due to an allergic reaction but, rather, side effects of the properties of the medicine.
- Food allergy is an immune system response that happens quickly after consuming a particular food. Even a small quantity of the allergy-producing food can trigger harmful symptoms and reactions.
- Insect allergy is an allergic response to insects that don’t bite or sting, such as cockroaches or dust mites, but whose symptoms can be confused as the common cold linger for weeks or months.
- Latex allergy
- Mold allergy
- Pet allergy
- Pollen and seasonal allergy symptoms only happen when the pollen you’re allergic to is in the air.
Vitamins for Allergy Relief
If you have any sort of allergy, you’re not alone. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America estimates that 50 million people have allergies, and they are one of the most widespread health issues facing children. From natural and holistic remedies to anything in between, people searching for allergy relief often switch between whatever works at any given moment. One option worth considering is IV vitamin therapy.
IV vitamin therapy is a process in which vitamins and nutrients are mixed with a saline solution and dispensed via a needle inserted into a vein; the needle is attached to a rubberized tube connected to a drip bag containing the intravenous mixture. It’s a painless and risk-free way of getting vitamins quickly into your bloodstream because it bypasses the digestion process involved in eating food and converting it to energy.
Popular vitamins for allergy relief
The most well-known vitamins to provide allergy relief and boost the body’s immune system include:
- Vitamin B family vitamins reduce stress inside the body and fight off inflammation. Vitamin B12, for instance, may offset the discomfort of sneezing, congestion, and runny noses. B Complex also works against stress and inflammation and can decrease the intensity of an allergy attack, lessen throat constriction, and minimize the amount of mucus in the nose.
- Vitamin C. The beauty of this vitamin is that it works like a natural antihistamine and antioxidant, possibly decreasing the risk of infection, inflammation, swelling, and other symptoms common at the site of an allergic response.
- Vitamin D is critical for lung development, cell growth, bone health, running the immune system smoothly, and decreasing inflammation.
Diagnosis & Treatment
Your healthcare provider or another medical professional specializing in allergies is best suited to offer diagnosis and treatment options. Certain tests may uncover the source if you suspect you have allergies, including a skin test (where your skin is pricked and exposed to certain substances) and a blood test.
Treatment depends on many factors, including medicine, allergen avoidance, ketamine for certain symptoms, or IV vitamin therapy.
