Saturday, November 14, 2009

Allergies To Certain Types Of Food

By Charlie Monaghan Carter

Food allergies are quite common in children and in some cases adults too. An allergy is a negative reaction to any particular substance and food allergy refers to the adverse response that the body might have to a particular food. The most common food allergies in children are that of milk, peanuts and eggs and in adults it is fish, eggs, peanuts, shellfish and fish.

The reaction to food allergies might come in the form of nausea, vomiting, skin rashes, wheezing or scratchy throat and in very worst situations the food allergies might result in death where nothing else can be done.

The very common food allergies are allergy to dairy products, eggs, peanuts, tree nut, seafood, shellfish, wheat and soy. As these are the most commonly occurring food allergies they are referred to as the big eight. The allergens also vary from one country to another because of the differing food habitats.

The most common method of testing whether or not a person has an allergy to a given foodstuff is a skin prick test. Another common test to determine this is a full blood test.

When someone is having a serious allergic reaction the best drug to use is usually epinephrine applied using an auto-injector, this helps them to overcome the systemic reaction. However, as far as a permanent cure to allergies goes, there is no long term solution, the only way to avoid the reaction is to avoid the food that causes it. It is unfortunate, but that's just the way it is. People who already suffer from a disease of some kind have been found to be more prone to developing these allergies.

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