Today, there are so many different types of allergies: dust, animal dander, food, medicine, etc. Just do not take into account. But there are people who are allergic to the sun. How to treat this disease and how to identify the symptoms?
About the concept
An allergy to the sun in medicine is called photodermatosis (photodermatitis or, popularly, “solar” dermatitis). Most often, this disease affects children who were first brought to the sea, to the south. Similar allergic reactions occur around the month of May and end at a time when the sun ceases to be so active - around September-October. It is also worth noting that this disease is not chronic. Having suffered from this type of allergy and correctly cured it, you can get rid of it once and for all.
Symptoms
Before understanding what to treat an allergy to the sun, it is worth identifying its main signs. If a person simply sneezes, going into the sunlight, there is nothing wrong with such an allergic reaction, it does not require treatment. But if a person has redness of the skin, itching, and in more severe cases - rashes, as well as varying degrees of swelling, you need to see a doctor and get an appointment.
Course of the disease
How often does this disease go? Independently pass the various signs of allergies to the sun can take about a few days. However, if you do not carry out treatment, then this is fraught with the development of various skin diseases, a decrease in blood pressure, the occurrence of bronchospasm.
What to do?
Before you figure out how to treat allergies to the sun, you should follow a few simple rules for people suffering from this type of disease. On sunny days, it is better for them to appear on the street in long clothes made of dense fabric, not to use deodorants, and try to get as little as possible in open sunlight. With less severe symptoms, you can train your body by exposing the skin to moderate sun exposure.
Treatment methods
So, how to treat allergies to the sun? It all depends on what kind of symptoms are observed in a person. After using all the means of prevention, the first helpers in this situation are antihistamines. If there is a rash on the skin, doctors may recommend the use of ointments that include zinc. With inflammation, aspirin can help. If the skin is affected, you can use nicotinic acid, antioxidants, B vitamins, as well as C and E.
Folk remedies
But in addition to medicines, there are still ways to treat allergies to the sun. Folk remedies can help. It is worth noting that these options remove symptoms, but do not relieve the cause of the disease. So, if a person's skin is affected, the cabbage leaf or potatoes (sliced in circles) will help relieve pain and swelling. These products need to be applied to the affected areas of the skin and after a while you can feel some relief. Other options than to treat allergies to the sun: a decoction of wormwood and celandine oil will help in this. Various herbal baths can be an excellent helper, in which you need to dip the parts of the body affected by the sun.