Welcome to Allergy and Health, a space where we explore the impact of allergies on our well-being and how environment, diet, and lifestyle can influence our health. Here, Dr. Susana Ranea shares information, tips, and approaches to better understand allergies and learn how to manage them more naturally and consciously.
Although eczema can develop in the area around the eyes, it's important to keep in mind that it's a skin condition. In other words, eczema on the eyelids and under-eye circles is a skin condition, not an eye condition, and should be treated as such. In some cases, when eczema is located in an area very close to the eyes, the allergist may request the help of an ophthalmologist....
Did you know that more than 90% of patients with AD are colonized by S. aureus? This microorganism plays a very important role in the skin of atopic patients, producing super antigens and promoting an inflammatory response that perpetuates the pruritus....
Many people come to my office and, when I ask about their medical history, they tell me: I have allergic rhinitis caused by olive pollen and/or dust mites. Then, at the end of the interview, they tell me they also have asthma. As if having asthma were something unrelated to allergies. The patient is unaware that asthma is an allergic disease and can therefore be largely cured and prevented....
Asthma is the most common chronic disease in childhood and adolescence. It affects 12% of children between the ages of 6 and 14 and is currently the leading cause of school absenteeism. While children with asthma are at home, they are closely monitored by their parents, always on the lookout for any sign of a flare-up in their illness so they can administer rescue medication or seek emergency care if it worsens....
When you're faced with atopic dermatitis and nothing works, you do the impossible to improve the situation. You buy a miracle cream from another country, drink medicinal infusions, find some home remedy from YouTube, and seek endless advice from friends and neighbors. Sometimes they can help, but mostly they don't give the desired effect and only lead to frustration....
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Pollen can travel up to 800km a day!… In this video, Dr. Ranea gives us a series of guidelines and tips that will help improve the quality of life of a person with an allergy to any type of pollen and in any season of the year....
The doctor answers questions about pollen allergy symptoms, cases, and other interesting facts....
Atopic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin disease characterized by redness and dryness, causing severe itching and scratching. Atopic dermatitis is not an isolated phenomenon. It can sometimes lead to other conditions such as respiratory and/or food allergies. This is called the atopic march. Studies show that a child with well-controlled atopy is less likely to develop these types of complications....
Interview on the program "La Mirada" on June 24, 2014, about allergies, with Dr. Carlos Bover – Otorhinolaryngologist, and Dr. Susana Ranea Arroyo, from the Allergy and Asthma Unit of the Juaneda Miramar Clinic in Palma de Mallorca....
