| Menopause is said to have set in when a women | | | | caused very severe allergic rashes in menopausal |
| stops ovulating and her period ceases. | | | | women is very difficult to treat. |
| Menopause allergies are common with some women. | | | | Menopause Allergies: Effects |
| Most women reach menopause between the age of | | | | Allergic symptoms during menopause can result in |
| 45 and 55 years and the average age for reaching | | | | acne, rosacea, psoriasis and seborrheic dermatitis. |
| menopause is around 50 years. However, 1% percent | | | | Some relief givers are different topical medications |
| of women reach menopause before 40. Referred to | | | | for the problem. Certain type of seborrhea responds |
| as premature menopause, or premature ovarian | | | | well to antifungal drugs like ketoconazole cream, |
| failure, menopause brings with it a host of | | | | others respond well to sulfa-based compounds. Some |
| discomforts, including allergies from various allergens | | | | need occasional short courses of cortisone creams. |
| present in the environment. The immune system of | | | | Menopausal women should be careful not to overdo |
| menopausal women goes into disarray and many | | | | the cortisones. This can have damaging side effects, |
| become susceptible to allergies during menopause. | | | | if used over a prolonged period, or if the medication |
| Menopause Allergies: What Are They | | | | used on thin skin is too potent. |
| Allergens are substances, most often eaten or | | | | Other menopause and allergies issues extend to |
| inhaled, which can cause an allergic reaction when | | | | inexplicable episodes of anaphylaxis due to abnormal |
| recognized by the immune system. The medical world | | | | reactivity to progesterone that tend to be |
| has not been able to come up with a comprehensive | | | | pre-menopausal, but may occur anytime. The |
| list of allergens, because sensitivities vary from one | | | | pathogenesis of this disorder is unknown, but |
| individual to another. To make matters worse, it is | | | | laboratory studies indicate that progesterone may |
| possible to be allergic to literally anything. | | | | either induce histamine release from basophiles |
| Menopause Allergies: Causes | | | | directly or make mast cells more susceptible to other |
| The main cause of allergy in menopausal women is | | | | mast cell degranulators. |
| usually progesterone. It is very rare and difficult to | | | | Evidence of estrogen and progesterone hormone |
| treat, but occurs often enough to cause discomfort | | | | allergy discovered by researchers in Austin, Texas, |
| and pain. Allergies include a broad variety of | | | | shows that some women with menopausal allergies, |
| symptoms and have an effect on people in different | | | | like asthma and migraine headaches, might be |
| ways. The severity of allergic reactions can depend | | | | experiencing allergies to their own estrogen and |
| on the type of allergen, the level of exposure and | | | | progesterone hormones. |
| each individual's immune response. | | | | Women patients who experienced health changes |
| Menopause Allergies: Symptoms | | | | during their menstrual cycle had higher levels of IgE |
| Medical research on progesterone, irrespective of its | | | | antibodies against progesterone and estrogen than |
| origin, whether synthetic, produced by the body or | | | | menopausal women did. Allergies can be caused |
| from natural supplements or application of creams, | | | | seemingly unexpected. What you are allergic today, |
| has observed and accredited progesterone with | | | | you may not be allergic to tomorrow. Menopause and |
| causing rare allergic reactions to the user. The | | | | allergies is an increasing problem for the medical |
| symptoms can be rashes to urticaria, better known | | | | practitioners the world over, but efforts are on to |
| as 'hives,' or life-threatening reactions like anaphylactic | | | | find healthy solutions for them. |
| shock. Progesterone, produced by the body, has | | | | |