Sensitive Body
Food allergies are a common cause, these reactions occur because of excessive body’s sensitivity to certain food proteins, and these are an essential part of human nutrition. This reaction is repeated every time we eat the food in question.
Children are much more prone to allergies because their immune system is not fully developed yet, so food is being introduced gradually, until the food is readily assimilated.
There is a different concept called food intolerance, such as milk, gluten etc … which is not caused by an allergic reaction but is caused by a deficiency in certain enzymes involved in digestion of that food.
The most common allergens are:
* Serious Allergens: Peanuts
* Strong Allergens: Cereals containing gluten (oats, wheat, barley, rye), shellfish, eggs, fish, soy, milk proteins, nuts (almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts, pine nuts etc …)
* Mild Allergens: Celery, stone fruits (apricots, cherries, peaches and plums).
What should I do?
* When there is a suspicion that you have an allergic reaction to a particular food, it is first necessary to stop eating the food likely to cause.
* Do not assume that a person or a child has an allergy to a food until confirmed by a doctor.
* Only get a reliable diagnosis of food allergy if appropriate tests are performed by your allergist.
* In the case of outbreaks of allergic reaction to food must act according to the severity of symptoms. Treatment may require from topical treatment to relieve itching until having to go to an emergency department for treatment more specific.
* The only treatment for food allergy is to avoid the food.
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