Food Allergy
Food
allergy is an abnormal response to a food triggered by your body's immune
system. Allergic reactions to food can sometimes cause serious illness and
death. Tree nuts and peanuts are the leading causes of deadly allergic
reactions called anaphylaxis. For someone with a food allergy, eating or
swallowing even a tiny amount of a particular food can cause symptoms such as
skin rash, nausea, vomiting, cramping, and diarrhoea. Because the body is
reacting to something that is otherwise harmless, this type of allergic
reaction is often called a hypersensitivity reaction.
Do infants and children have problems
with food allergy?
The
Answer is Yes: Allergies to milk or soy formula (a milk- substitute made from
soybeans) can occur in infants and young children. These early allergies
sometimes do not involve the usual hives or asthma, but rather can cause
infantile colic, and perhaps blood in the stool or poor growth.
Causes In adults,
- The
foods that most often trigger allergic reactions include:
- Fish
and shellfish, such as shrimp, lobster and crab
- Peanuts
- Tree
nuts, such as walnuts
- Eggs
- Problem
foods for children are eggs, milk (especially in infants and young
children) and peanuts.
Symptoms
A
person with a food allergy can have symptoms beginning as soon as 2 minutes
after eating the food, but reactions may take 1-2 hours to appear.
Occasionally, symptoms abate quickly, only to recur in 3-4 hours.
The most common symptoms include the
following:
¬ Itching of the skin followed by hives, a rash of raised, reddish
bumps or wheals
¬ Swelling of the lips and mouth
¬ Belly cramps
¬ Nausea
¬ Vomiting
¬ Diarrhoea
Other symptoms may include the following:
Itching
and watering in the eyes
Runny
or stuffy nose
Symptoms of a more severe reaction could
include the following:
Ø Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Ø Tightness in the chest
Ø Feeling of tightness or choking in the throat
Ø Rapid or irregular heart beat
Ø Feeling dizzy or light-headed
Ø Losing consciousness
Treatment
Food
allergy is treated primarily by dietary avoidance. Avoiding the offending
allergen in the diet is the primary treatment of food allergy. Once a food to
which the patient is sensitive has been identified, the food must be removed
from the diet.
if
you have food allergy
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