FOOD ALLERGIES

DOC I HAVE FOOD ALLERGIES One of the most common types of the allergy is food allergy. Your immune system believes that food proteins which you enter in your body are harmful, so it reacts with attack. Your immune system make mistake so it recognizes substances of the food as harmful. Immune system makes amounts of the antibodies which try to fight these substances. The causes of Food Allergy are: Every food may cause allergy, but the most foods that are cause of allergy are: 1.tree nuts, peanut,and hazelnut 2.milk, 3.Eggs are rare food allergy, but this food may trigger anaphylaxis 4.fish,seafood like shellfish, prawns, crabs,lobsters or squids 5.duck 6.soy, wheat . Majority of people outgrow their food allergies, but there are people who are allergic on certain food for whole life. In that case the best solution is to avoid these foods. So, before you have to eat something, it is recommended to read all ingredients in the food. If you find that food contain ingredients on which you are allergic, you shouldn't eat it The symptoms of Food Allergy are: Food allergy symptoms may vary from mild to total collapse of the body, followed in the worst cases with the death. These severe symptoms of food allergy are known as anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is followed with violent allergic reaction from certain types of the food. Most common symptoms of the food allergy are:   1.Feeling of tingling in the mouth   2.Tongue and throat swelling   3.Problem with breathing, difficult breathing   4.Hives   5.Vomiting   6.Cramps in the stomach   7.Diarrhea   8.Low Blood pressure   9.In the worst cases death Usually these symptoms appear within minutes to two hours after you have entered certain food to which you are allergic. The Treatment of Food Allergy is: Medical treatment may be urgent in severe cases of food allergy. 1. One of the medical treatment is also known as epinephrine or also known as adrenaline. This medication is only for most severe cases. 2.Antihistamines are used to counter the histamine in the food causing the allergy 3.Corticosteroids may be given to counter the immune reactions from the food allergy Prevention of food allergy is by: If you are allergic on certain food, it doesn't mean that you should stop with eating food on which you are not allergic. It is recommended to write a food diary and make a list of the food on which you are allergic. If you got some reaction to certain food, you need to write in your diary the food that cause allergy. This food diary will help the doctor  know which food you are allergic to.