Allergies

Allergies occur when a person’s immune system  produces an abnormal inflammatory response to specific substances in the environment.  People can have environmental allergies and react to grasses, pollens, weeds, dusts, trees and other substances in the environment.  People can also have allergens to foods, or food allergies.  The most common food allergens are wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, shell fish, corn, tomatoes, and citrus fruits.  Often people who have environmental allergies also have some allergies to foods.  Symptoms of allergies can range from a runny nose, hay fever, itchy or watery eyes, headache, sore throat, upset stomach to eczema, hives, asthma and life threatening reactions such as anaphylaxis.  

At Boulder Natural Health, we offer both environmental and food allergy testing as well as natural treatments to heal allergies.  Naturopathic doctors treat allergies by identifying specific allergic triggers–either environmental or foods–and retraining the body’s immune system to have a normal, neutral response to allergic substances.  Naturopathic treatments can include natural medicines that decrease inflammatory mediators such as histamine, leukotrienes and prostaglandins.  Often diet changes and specific food avoidance can decrease overall inflammation in the body and decrease sensitivity to allergic substances.  Allergies are sometimes connected with digestive issues such as leaky gut syndrome.  Healing digestive issues may be necessary to address the underlying cause of allergies.

Every patient’s allergic symptoms are unique therefore we take an individualized approach to treating allergies.  Depending on your specific symptoms, you will receive a specific naturopathic protocol including diet recommendations, lifestyle changes, and herbal, homeopathic, vitamin and/or nutrient supplementation that work together to reduce allergic inflammation in the body and retrain the body’s immune system response.  Naturopathic medicine can successfully treat allergies to environmental triggers and food allergens.

Contact us today at 303-960-3920 to find out more information about allergy testing and natural treatments to heal both environmental and food allergies.