People are sensitive to all kinds of foods, plants, animals, and even jewelry. We see advertisements for anti-histamines, cortisone creams, and allergy treatments everywhere. All of these allergies and the treatments you see are related to histamine. Histamine is a neurotransmitter, which confuses the issue even more. The big idea is that too much histamine is behind the symptoms of allergy – these sneezing, itching, runny nose, difficulty sleeping, swelling, etc. These problems are all associated with producing too much histamine.
People experience allergies in different ways. One person gets diarrhea and painful bloating when they eat food, and someone else has chronic sinus infections and drainage from dust mites or blooming plants. Another person gets rashes and itchy spots when they come into contact with detergents and personal care products. We’ve seen all kinds of histamine-related problems in our office, and luckily, natural medicine works well to help reduce and eliminate allergy issues.
The key idea in treating allergy problems is to reduce the amount of histamine coming from the immune system. Histamine isn’t coming from outside of the body somewhere; it is made on the inside. Certain supplements and foods are very good at lowering the amount of histamine the body releases. Our clinicians at Red Mountain know the ins and outs of supplements and foods to help people with seasonal allergies and histamine problems. It may be a leaky gut at the source of your allergy problem. It may be a zinc or vitamin C deficiency. It may be something else. The key is working with a clinic that is willing to dig deep to find the source of the problem, and then offer you a comprehensive natural solution.