Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Identify symptoms such as hay fever, cough, runny nose, or sinus pain. Get a skin prick test to determine your sensitivity to allergens. Get a specific IgE blood test if the skin test shows no signs of allergies. Take antihistamines or corticosteroids to treat allergy symptoms.

Answer: Proteins in dust mite feces cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals. You can react from inhaling them or from contact with your skin. Symptoms may also manifest as watery eyes, asthma, and sneezing. Symptoms in infants can show up as infantile eczema. Children will frequently rub their noses upwards if they're reacting to dust mites. Other visible symptoms include frequent awakening, postnasal drip, blue-colored skin under the eyes, an itchy nose, roof of mouth, or throat. You can get these tests done at an allergy specialist, but you need a referral from your primary care doctor to see an allergist. When you get a skin prick or scratch test, the nurse will poke or scratch your skin with a tiny needle containing a small sample of an allergen. If you are allergic to dust mites, a small, itchy wheal will appear on the test site. A wheal is a red bump that resembles a mosquito bite or hive. It takes about 20 minutes for wheals to appear after pricking or scratching the skin. The larger the wheal is, the more likely you are to be allergic to the substance. If you have allergy symptoms, skin tests won't always show symptoms, especially if you're taking allergy medicine. In an IgE test, a nurse will take a sample of your blood, which is sent to a lab for testing. To test the blood, lab technicians will add allergens to it to see if your blood produces antibodies to attack them. They test the amount of antibodies your blood produces to fight the allergens. This will indicate whether you are allergic to dust mites. To get a specific IgE blood test, your doctor will either do it in their office or send you to a lab to have your blood drawn. A positive blood test to an allergen doesn't mean an allergen caused your symptoms. That's why you should have a full checkup to rule out anything else. Over-the-counter antihistamines and intranasal corticosteroids treat dust mite allergies, but these medications act in different ways. For example, corticosteroids treat inflammation in your nose caused by allergens. Antihistamines block histamine to reduce allergy symptoms, and you take them orally. When over-the-counter medicines fail to work, your allergist may recommend immunotherapy to strengthen your immune system against allergens. You can also limit your exposure to dust by regularly vacuuming carpets, washing bedding, using mite-proof covers for your bedding, and washing your clothes weekly. Use a HEPA air filter to clean the air in the bedroom of the allergic individual. Another option is to have just wood flooring throughout your home, rather than carpets. Dust mites prefer fabric over wood or tile.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Take medication for calcium stones. Get a prescription from your doctor to alleviate uric acid stones. Take antibiotics for struvite stones. Shrink cystine stones through alkalizing urine. Control the formation of calcium stones with surgery.

Answer: The most typical prescriptions are a thiazide diuretic or a phosphate-containing preparation. Hydrochlorothiazide (a thiazide diuretic) decreases the amount of calcium released into the urine by helping retain it in your bones and helps reduce the chance of developing a calcium stone. This medication works best when you also curtail salt intake. Allopurinol (Zyloprim, Aloprim) keeps your urine alkaline and reduces the uric acid levels in both your blood and urine. Sometimes the allopurinol and some kind of alkalizing agent can be combined to completely dissolve the uric acid stone. Taking short courses of antibiotics can keep the bacteria from forming in your urine that causes the struvite stones. Your doctor will typically not want you to take antibiotics over a long period, but short courses can help significantly. This treatment typically involves a catheter and will inject an alkalizing agent into your kidney. The cystine stone typically will respond well to the treatment, particularly when coupled with drinking large quantities of water, both day and night. This is an option only if you have hyperparathyroidism, or kidney stones caused by the parathyroid gland. Calcium stones can be a risk if you have this disease. Removal of one of the two parathyroid glands in your neck usually cures the disease and eliminates the chance of kidney stones.

Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Figure out your skin tone Try neutral colors for warm skin tones. Try silvery and blue colors for cool skin tones. Experiment with everything for neutral skin tones. Avoid ashy or pallid colors for darker skin. Stay away from grays and dark grays for fairer skin.

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. A simple way to determine skin tone is to look at your veins in natural lighting. If they appear blue or purple, you have a cool skin tone, which usually applies to those with fair or pale skin. However, if your veins appear green you have a warm skin tone and may have olive skin. If you can't determine what color they are you may have a neutral skin tone and a darker complexion. However, keep in mind that those with darker skin can also have a cool or warm skin tone. If you are still uncertain of your skin tone, question whether you tan easily or burn when in the sun. If you tan easily, you likely have a warm skin tone. However, if you burn, you probably have a cool skin tone. You can also decide based on whether you look best in silver or gold. Warm skin tones look best in gold, while cool skin tones look best in silver. Neutrals, on the other hand, look the same in both. If none of these methods seem to work, or you can't tell, you are likely in the neutral category. You want to work with the undertones in your skin, which tend to be yellow or golden. Using colors like bronze, light pink, coral, or light green will help enhance your natural coloring. The natural undertones for cool skin types are blues and pinks, so try colors like silver, teal, lilac, or gray to play up your features. Those with neutral skin tones are fortunate enough to have no clear undertones, which means they can pull off almost any color. To work with natural coloring, however, try taupes or creams. These colors will fade and wear off throughout the day. Instead, go for richer colors like jewel tones (emerald, violet, ruby, sapphire), which will appear more muted on darker skin and last longer. These colors will not only wash out your skin, but they can also make you look bruised. To avoid this, go for softer pastels like lilac, rose, or baby blue. These colors will still stand out against your skin without being overbearing.