Question

Antihistamines have advantage over antacids in the treatment of acidity.
If true enter 1, else enter 0

Answer 1

Hint:Antihistamine plays a crucial role in prevention of allergic reaction, created by the formation of histamine in our body. It is used as a medication to relieve symptoms of various kinds of allergies, including, indoor, seasonal and food allergies.

Complete answer:
-Antihistamines are the drugs which are used to treat allergies. Generally people take antihistamines as a generic, inexpensive, drug which could provide relief from sneezing, nasal congestion, or hives caused by animal allergy, dust mites, or pollen, with limited side effects. Antihistamines are generally used as short-term treatment.
-Chronic allergies escalate the risk of health problems which antihistamines might not be able to treat, including sinusitis, asthma, and lower respiratory tract infection.
-Allergies could be triggered in various ways for instance, when your body comes into contact with pet dander, pollen, or dust mites, ragweed, for example, it produces chemicals called histamines. This results in swelling of your tissues of nose and running eyes, and your nose, eyes, and sometimes mouth to itch.
-Antihistamines block or reduce histamines, so they stop allergy symptoms. It is used as a medication to relieve symptoms of various kinds of allergies, including, indoor, seasonal and food allergies. But it can’t relieve every symptom, observed in the body.
-In order to treat nasal congestion, the doctors may recommend a decongestant. Some medicines when combined with an antihistamine and decongestant may work.
-On the other hand antacid contains weak bases that neutralizes the acid which is present in the stomach by chemically reacting with them in order to produce water and salt.
-However, antacids provide merely temporary relief as they act on the symptoms only and not on the cause of gastritis.
-Hence, the effect of antacids can wear off very quickly and they have to be taken continually in order to obtain relief.
-In case of gastritis, the histamines tend to bind with the receptors in the stomach wall and promote the effect of acidity.
-Antihistamine drugs provide relief from the allergic effects of histamines by getting attached to the receptors and therefore preventing histamines from binding to receptors present in the wall of the stomach. Thus treating the cause of the problem, hence a better treatment.
So the correct answer is 1.

Note:
Antacids could be used to treat excess acid in stomach, such as
-Acid reflux, which can include long term persistent dry cough bitter taste, regurgitation, trouble swallowing and pain when lying down.
-Heartburn, which is a sort of burning sensation in your throat or chest caused by acid reflux