Allergies Can Lead To Depression

Allergies Can Lead To Depression.
Allergy mellow may not mean just the absolute coughing, sneezing and itching, it could also significantly darken your mood. Researchers reported that finding at the American Psychiatric Association's annual convocation in New Orleans this week. "Depression is a very common disorder and allergies are even more common," said workroom author Dr Partam Manalai, in the department of psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. "Allergies produce one more prone to worsening mood, cognition and blue blood of life".

A large peak in pollen particles floating in the air occurs in the spring, with a smaller summit in the fall. This coincides with a worldwide spike in suicides every spring and a disgrace peak in the fall. To explore this relationship, Manalai and his colleagues recruited 100 volunteers from Baltimore and Washington, DC, who had dominant depression. About half were allergic and half were not allergic to trees and/or ragweed pollen.

Volunteers were evaluated during both high-pollen ripen and low-pollen season, and also had levels of their IgE antibodies (a system of sensitivity to allergens) measured. This is believed to be the first place study to link actual IgE measurements with depression scores.