The laziest will be wanting to know the answer to the question in the headline, and that is that according to a Popular Science study it is possible to be allergic to physical exercise. Although this pathology is not common, try not to be a hypochondriac while reading this article in order to spend the afternoons on the sofa without moving.
What are the symptoms of this allergy?
Perhaps you suffer from it and you are not able to relate it to sport. Depending on each person, the symptoms are more or less intense, although most agree that they suffer irritations in the body, itching in the extremities, swelling of the eyes, hives, serious breathing problems, etc.. They also tend to coincide is that it appears when doing cardio and high intensity activities.
In 1979 this curious pathology was discovered, called anaphylaxis, and that today affects 50 out of 100.000 people.
Su reaction is still of unknown origin, could appear both 15 minutes after starting, and later. Even, regardless much the kind of sport that you do (except swimming, which does not usually appear) and the symptoms will decrease as our constants stabilize again.
What is the link between sport and anaphylaxis?
Actually, the connection between sport and anaphylaxis is still unknown, but may influence diet, menstrual cycle or physiological change that is produced in the body when we perform physical exercise.
Between 30 and 50 percent of the people who participated in the study think that the reaction comes from the combination of certain foods and exercise. For example, there are certain proteins in the gut that change their behavior during exercise, this can cause them to interact with food in ways that could cause an allergic reaction. During exercise, the absorption of material from the gastrointestinal tract is increased, making it possible for more allergens to enter the body during training.
On the other hand, some think that exercise triggers an allergic reaction in the skin. taking medications, like aspirin. Some women even suffer from this allergy only when they are in the phase of their menstrual cycle with high levels of estrogen. There are women more prone than others in terms of having high levels of estrogen, these being a blocker of the cells in charge of combating the allergic reaction.