With summer skin problems arise from sunbathing, a typical burns must be added the so-called sun allergy, a condition far less common than believed. In fact, experts agree that the spots, itching and small blisters that pop culture blames the sun allergy reactions are caused by photosensitive fairly simple to avoid if you follow some basic preventive rules.
To diagnose an allergy to the sun or photosensitizing characteristics of a product, it is applied in two areas of the patient’s skin. One of them is irradiated with light, and depending on the reaction, the specialist may know why the disease occurs. This is an individual test, since the same product does not have the same effect on different people, because it is the body itself which interprets it as an aggression.
You can define in the case of diseases related to sunbathing, which most often affect young women or who have not yet come into maturity. This is due to the custom of tanning is predominantly female and that women consume a statistically greater number of medications. In fact, some women’s skin is a certain intolerance to the sun that is detected in the first days of exposure, an intolerance that disappears when the skin gets enough pigmentation to protect the settlement.
In addition, people with pale skin are much more vulnerable to problems in contact with the sun. However, in the very few cases where sun allergy is diagnosed, the affected party does not respond to a specific profile, and generally is caused by the intervention of a number of external factors, since it is not a hereditary disease according to the experts consulted.
Sun allergy actually corresponds to different processes whose manifestations are variable, as they may appear immediately (solar urticaria), or after a longer exposure such as polymorphic light eruption. It can also be sensitive to different wavelengths of light rays. According to the SEAIC, the best treatment is to avoid sun exposure through regular physical measures (parasols, suitable clothing, hats with visors, etc.) and high protection sunscreen for UV-B rays and ultraviolet A.
Sun allergy encompasses a number of different diseases. In most cases, what happens is that skin contact with the sun aggravates certain diseases. Thus, photosensitive diseases do exist more or less serious, but in very rare occasion are caused by an allergic reaction to light.
Substances that can trigger sun allergic reactions are:
1. Drugs such as antibiotics and anti-inflammatory.
2. Cosmetics and perfumes.
3. Some acne products.
4. Plants in contact with skin or nasal passages.
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