What is oral immunotherapy?
oral immunotherapy is a method of treatment of allergies. Historically, patients who wanted to build immunity for identified allergens were to visit a doctor once or twice a week and receive injections containing a regulated amount of allergen extract. During the year, the patient's body has built tolerance against the target allergen. Duties for work, school and family had to be adjusted for weekly visits to the doctor. Oral immunotherapy removes the need and cost of these visits to the doctor. Medicines are supplied orally. There are also liquid and allergen form pills. This makes it easier to treat allergies for children and adults who may not like injections.
Treatment is usually started four to eight weeks before the first week of the allergic season. Before the season begins, many patients have been eating adequate tolerance to their specific allergens. If allergies occur during oral immunotherapeutic treatment, traditional treatment can be combined with an oral method for further coverage.
Such allergic treatment can also be effective in allergy prevention in children genetically endangered by their development. Several studies of immunotherapy showed mixed results. According to the American Academy of Astma and Immunology, 35 percent of the studied allergy showed significant improvement after oral immunotherapy, while 38 percent showed small or no improvement. The article published in the magazine Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Closed Immunotherapy was less effective than standard subcutaneous injections in the treatment of allergies.
those who use the oral treatment method, place pills or liquid liquid under their tongues. Medicapos provides a targeted allergen extract. For example, a person allergic to milk uses drops or pills containing extracted milk. Medicines are rapidly absorbed under the tongue.
Treatment works by stimulating the natural ability of the body to protect itself by developing immunity to allergen. Oral immunotherapywas first designed in the early 20 years; However, injections introduced in 1911 have become a preferred method of treatment due to effectiveness reports in common allergens such as PS and cat, pollen and dust. Immunotherapy was initially more popular in Europe than in the US. The World Health Organization declared the use of oral immunotherapy in 1998 as an acceptable method of allergy treatment.
The dosage is initially twice a day, 12 hours apart. Patients are usually obliged to initiate the treatment of a doctor once a week, but if treatment is well tolerated, it is entitled to continue treatment from home. In addition to this, treatment continues, it is eventually limited to one day. The allergen is slowly re -introduced to the patient in about the fifth week, although treatment usually continues for 22 weeks.