• April 28, 2024

In Mexico, allergies affect 40% of the population in general, which must take an adequate treatment to reduce symptoms and avoid affecting their quality of life, but, what are the most common allergies in Mexico?

In an interview for GetQoralHealth, the allergist doctor Carlos León Ramírez explains that in Mexico, the most common allergies, either because of their frequency or importance, are:

1. Allergic rhinitis
2. Asthma
3. Atopic dermatitis
4. Food Allergy
5. Prurigo by insects

He too General Director of the Asthma and Allergy Center of Mexico He details that 30% of the population suffers from allergic rhinitis, while 10% have asthma symptoms. In as much, for the other allergies exact figures do not exist.

Reduces the risk of allergies!

In general, explains Carlos León, that all allergies can be prevented if the following recommendations are taken into account:

1. Having breastfeeding
2. Avoid cesareans
3. Try to fulfill the full pregnancy
4. Decrease contact with environmental contaminants or artificial foods

"Another way to prevent them is to prevent two people with allergies from getting married, because the main reason for a patient to develop this condition is inheritance."

"If you have an allergic father, the possibility of inheriting it increases by 30 to 50%, but if both parents suffer from an allergy, the risk rises from 50 to 70%," the doctor adds.

If you consider that you are allergic to something, be it pollen, dust or food, go to a specialist, who will provide you with the necessary information to reduce symptoms and have a better lifestyle. And you, what are you allergic to?

Video Medicine: How to Reduce Your Risk of Allergies (April 2024).