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4 Symptoms of Allergic Reactions

Allergic reactions can manifest in so many ways throughout the body that we need to consider an allergy when looking at almost every medical symptom!

The most common symptoms are listed in the table below:

Most Common Symptoms of Allergic Reactions

General symptoms:

Fatigue, decreased performance, feeling cold, vertigo

Cutaneous symptoms:

Exanthema (maculate, popular, urticarial, etc.)

Quincke's edema, itching, neurodermatitis—all severities

Irritation of the mucous membrane:

Rhinitis, sneeze impulse, conjunctivitis, itchy eyes, cough, bronchial asthma

Gastrointestinal symptoms:

Feeling of repletion, gastritis, stomatitis, diarrhea, meteorism, Roemheld's syndrome, colitis in various forms

Heart and circulatory symptoms:

Variations in blood pressure, syncope, tachycardia, extrasystole

Bladder symptoms:

Polyuria, dysuria, irritable bladder, susceptibility to urinary tract infections

Muscles, joints:

Sore muscles, rheumatic pain

Psychological symptoms:

Depression, restlessness, confusion, feeling dazed, anxiety and panic attacks, aggressiveness, hyperactivity in children

Headaches and migraines

Weight loss and gain

Anaphylactic shock

The location, intensity, and time of appearance of allergic symptoms depend on various factors:

Allergy symptomatology depends on:

Genetic factors.

Type and quantity of antigens.

Patient's level of sensitization.

Organism's current state of health.

Usually the prerequisite is a genetic predisposition. The ability to create an allergy is inherited, not the type of allergy or the substance that causes it.

The allergen potency of a trigger substance varies. Aggressive allergens are substances that easily cause sensitivities (e. g., grass pollen, cat hair, strawberries). Therefore the clinical symptomatology caused by these substances occurs frequently.

Allergic reactions vary depending on the general state of the organism.

Any somatic stress (other illnesses, focal infections, toxic or geopathic stressors) can intensify a reaction.

Particularly important is any kind of psychological stress. Fear, grief, excitement, being overtaxed at work or school, etc. can cause the onset of or intensify allergic symptoms. On the contrary, these symptoms may improve considerably or disappear completely in a relaxed, harmonious situation.

Most people with allergies have particular “target organs” that tend to manifest allergic reactions (specifically skin, bronchials, intestinal mucosa).