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- Dr Colin Tidy
Allergies, Blood & Immune System
Of all the invisible medical conditions you can be affected by, allergies such as hay fever or a food intolerance can be the hardest to live with. It's all linked to your immune system, and we've got lots of expert insight to help you understand how the body's natural defence mechanism works.
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"Allergies are really common – hay fever, for instance, is an allergy to pollen. But severe allergies can be life-threatening, so you need to know what to look out for. "
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Allergies happen because our immune system, whose job is to fight off our body's enemies, over-reacts to something it's exposed to.
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Medications
- Acrivastine for allergies (Benadryl Allergy Relief)
- Alimemazine (Alfresed, Itzenal)
- Antazoline and xylometazoline eye drops (Otrivine-Antistin)
- Azelastine eye drops for allergies (Optilast)
- Beclometasone nasal spray (Beconase, Nasobec, Pollenase)
- Bilastine tablets and liquid medicine (Ilaxten)
- Budesonide nasal spray (Benacort, Rhinocort Aqua)
- Cetirizine for allergies (Piriteze, Zirtek)
- Chlorphenamine for allergies (Allerief, Hayleve, Piriton)
- Clemastine tablets (Tavegil)
- Cromolyn sodium nasal spray (Nasalcrom)
- Cyproheptadine tablets (Periactin)
- Desloratadine (Neoclarityn)
- Emedastine eye drops for hay fever (Emadine)
- Epinastine eye drops for hay fever (Relestat)
- Fexofenadine tablets (Telfast, Allevia, Allegra)
- Fluticasone nasal preparations
- Hydroxyzine tablets
- Ipratropium nasal spray (Rinaspray)
- Ketotifen (Zaditen)
- Ketotifen eye drops for hay fever (Zaditen, Ketofall)
- Levocetirizine for allergy (Xyzal)
- Lodoxamide eye drops (Alomide)
- Loratadine for allergies (Clarityn, Lorapaed)
- Mizolastine tablets (Mizollen)
- Mometasone nasal spray (Nasonex)
- Nedocromil inhaler
- Nedocromil sodium eye drops
- Olopatadine eye drops for hay fever (Opatanol)
- Promethazine (Avomine, Phenergan, Sominex)
- Sodium cromoglicate capsules for food allergy (Nalcrom)
- Sodium cromoglicate eye drops (Opticrom)
- Triamcinolone nasal spray (Nasacort)
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