5 Most Common Types of Allergies

There are many different types of allergies. We should know about all these types of allergies because about 40 to 45 million peoples are suffering from many different allergies in United States.

These allergies include food allergies, pet allergies, latex allergy and many more.

When our body reacts to a foreign substance it leads to allergy and these different allergies occur.

These allergies can vary from person to person because all the allergic substance affect person in different ways. Some substance can cause severe problem in one person but the same substance doesn�t create any problem for the person it all depend upon the immunity of person.

There is no cure of any allergy has been discovered yet but all these different types of allergies can be treated well.

 We can also prevent ourselves from all these allergies only if we know about these allergies that how these react on body. By preventing yourself from all these kind of allergies you can improve the quality of your life as well.

In the following section I will discuss about 5 most common types of allergies. So let�s look at these types

1.  Food allergy

Food allergies occur when our immune system respond to any kind of food abnormally food allergy also called food intolerance. It is clear from name of food tolerance is that if any kind of food which can cause allergy then our body can�t tolerate it anymore and cause allergy.

Food allergy is more common in children�s than adults. About more than 5 million young children�s in United States have food allergy. This allergy may be occur early or later in life.

Signs of food allergy may be from mild to severe and the severe symptoms are called anaphylaxis.

These symptoms can include

• Vomiting,
• Diarrhea
• Breathing problems
• Wheezing
• Hives
• Eczema
• Bronchospasm (like asthma)
• Tongue swells all these are the symptoms of food allergy.

Food allergy does not occur due to just one food it occur from many different foods including

• Eggs
• Milk
• Nuts especially from peanuts which is the number one cause
• Wheat
• Rice
• Fish
• Foods containing sulfite
• Soy (soya-beans)
• Casein which can occur from pizza.

There are some risk factors are also include with which you can also have the chances of allergy not just due to food but some other factors are involved in it like genetic (allergy runs in family), obesity and deficiency of vitamin D can also cause food allergy.

 2.  Dust Allergy

It is also the very common type of allergy approximately more than 20 million peoples are suffering from dust allergy in America. Dust allergy can be very harmful to health if It Is not treated at time can lead to asthma and cause death.

Dust allergies can occur both in our home from dust mites and in the outside of home from pet hairs, furs etc.

There are also many different signs and symptoms of which include

• stuffy nose
• sneezing
• red or itchy eyes
• Itching
• Shortness of breath
• Dry skin

Dust allergy can also be triggered or stimulated

• Dust mites

Dust mites are the most common cause of dust allergy. Dust mites are found under the temperature between 68-78�F and they are also present in most humidity but not present in dry environment.

It is major cause of dust allergy because these dust particles are very small in size and also these are present in the dust of home. When we clean our homes these particles goes into our mouth because we can�t see them and cause allergy.

• Pollen

Pollens are produced by or come from grass, trees and different flower. There many different types of pollen but only few of them cause allergy for instance some peoples are allergic from grasses or some from trees it varies from person to person.

• Mold

It is fungus when spores are produced from these molds which are very small in size can be inhaled by any person because these spores float in air that�s mold can also cause dust allergy.

You can prevent yourself from dust allergy by keeping your environment clean from any kind of dust mostly it occurs from homes.

3. Skin allergy

Skin allergy is more common in Africa and America but more than 8 million children�s are suffering from skin allergy according to the report of 2012.

Skin allergy symptoms include

• Redness of skin
• Bumps
• Itching
• Rashes
• Dry or irritated skin
• Hives
• Blisters

These are all the symptoms of skin allergy by knowing these symptoms you can consult with your dermatitis to take medicines and prevent yourself.

Skin allergy also has many causes like

• Different temprature conditions
• Overuse of cosmetic products
• Some drugs can also cause skin allergy
• Use of different detergents like soaps, shampoo etc.
• Some food products can also cause skin allergy
• Change in climate

These are all the possible causes of skin allergy make you�re using these kind of things which can be not healthy.

4. Drug Allergy

About 10-12 percent peoples in whole world are suffering from different drug allergies. Mostly drug allergies occur due to the use of antibiotics especially insulin.

Drug allergy can be occur be from any kind of drugs or also from doesn�t matter how you take this medicine either in the form of pills, liquid or injection. 

Mostly its symptoms are common with the other types of allergies like skin allergy or dust allergy.

But some symptoms are different from all these allergies are

• Cramping
• Dizziness
• Fainting
• Hives on the different of the body
• Anaphylaxis in which more than one organ of the body affects and it can affect any part of the body.
• Confusion
• Swelling

These symptoms are quite different from the other types of allergy and can be easily recognized.

As like the other types of allergy it also has many causes and triggers which increases the chances of drugs allergy.

Most common causes of drug allergies include:

• Insulin which is the major cause of this allergy more chances of this allergy will be when this insulin derived from animals
• Certain antibiotics like Penicillin
• Drugs containing composed of sulfa compound for example Erythromycin-sulfisoxazole.

These are possible causes of drug allergy you know that there is no cure has been discovered so take all medicine with proper description from doctor.

5.  Pet allergy

It is also the most common type of allergy out of ten peoples three peoples have pet allergies in United States. Cats cause more allergies than dogs and also the pets which contain furs cause more allergies than the other pets which doesn�t contain furs.

Symptoms of pet allergy include

• Skin rashes
• Facial pain
• Red eyes
• Runny nose

These are the signs of pet allergy most of them are also related to the other types of allergy.

Just keep two things in mind if you want to prevent yourself from pet allergies are that first keep the pets both cats and dogs. Second thing you need to consider is that don�t hug the pets.

These are all the most common types of allergies by having information about all these types you can take care yourself better.