DR JEFF FOSTER is The Sun on Sunday’s brand-new resident physician and is here to help YOU.
Dr Jeff, 43, divides his time in between working as a GP in Leamington Medspa, Warks, and running his center, H3 Health, which is the very first of its kind in the UK to take a look at hormone concerns for both males and females.
See h3health.co.uk and e-mail at [email protected].
Q) I’M a 32 years of age male and I’m dating a female who owns a cat.
I have actually disliked cat fur my entire life.
She desires me to visit her location and I understand I’m going to be a mess, even if I take an antihistamine. Exists anything else I can do to reduce my allergic reaction?
Exists a method to desensitise myself to the cat fur?
Jon May, East Sussex
A) Degrees of allergic reaction prevail however the majority of people do not have allergic reactions extreme enough to run the risk of anaphylaxis (harmful allergies).
Many cases of typical allergic reactions that trigger moderate signs are handled by a mix of avoidance and antihistamines.
Most of clients with less extreme allergic reactions can be treated with recommended antihistamines which are much more powerful than the medications offered nonprescription.
For those clients with more extreme signs, desensitisation (immunotherapy) is offered.
This includes thoroughly exposing somebody to the irritant in time, so your body slowly gets utilized to it.
It’s important that this is just done by a doctor otherwise there’s a threat of aggravating the allergic reaction or setting off anaphylaxis.
It deserves talking to your physician about, however in basic, desensitisation treatment can take numerous months/years to be reliable so the NHS reserves it for just the most extreme cases of allergic reaction.
Q) I HAVE an ingrown toe nail. It reoccurs by itself.
Any recommendations on how I can stop it from taking place as it’s so agonizing when it flares.
Sara Cole, Bucks
A) Ingrown toe nails (IGTNs) can be extremely agonizing and we frequently undervalue simply just how much of an effect they can have on our capability to navigate.
Many cases are because of an overgrowth of toe nails that go into the soft tissue listed below, triggering a break in the skin and secondary germs to survive.
This establishes an infective and inflammatory response that triggers the skin and soft tissue around the nail to swell, end up being aching and often discharge.
In basic I would not recommend you try to cut or dig away at the nail yourself as this can promote additional tissue damage and injury and spread out the infection even more.
My recommendations would be if you fight with nail care, cutting, cutting, fungal nails or deviated development, to go see a chiropodist who can help you.
If it is red, inflamed, tracking up your foot, you can not flex your toe or it is releasing, you might require prescription antibiotics so you ought to speak with your physician.
