Allergy treatments

If you eat strawberries, cherries or bananas and urticaria appears on your body , it mean you have an allergic reaction, a good reason to see the doctor.

Pure strawberry allergy is rare, most people sensitive to such fruits have a pseudo allergic reaction.
In both cases, the patient must go to the allergist.

Pseudo-allergic people may not have allergic reactions from the first time they eat the fruit , while the sensitivity in pure allergic reactions is continuous.

SYMPTOMS
In susceptible individuals, the fruit produce hives (itchy), associated with lips, face or other body extremities swelling . Very rarely happens to reach anaphylaxis (allergic reaction to other organs) or drop in blood pressure.

Those who have eat strawberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, tomatoes, potatoes may showcontact urticaria (oral allergy syndrome), which is manifested in the mouth region by tingling, lips and skin around them itching and swelling tongue.

Treatment
Treatment is by administration of last generation anti-allergic and antihistamines. This should be done only under medical supervision.

What is flour allergy ?
Case flour allergy is intolerance, ie high sensitivity to the protein (gluten) which are found in flour, because of them the patient can’t digest foods prepared from flour.

Flour allergy effects can be countered only by a rational diet.

Flour allergy is an autoimmune disease, meaning the body produces against flour a substance that destroys its own tissues.

At first flour allergy appears without symptoms, usually is associated with weight loss, chronic diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration . Vitamins and minerals can’t be absorbed properly.

Since flour allergy lead to small bowel mucosa decrease, can also mean the starting point for other body diseases.

Gluten intolerance is a disease that is transmitted genetically and it can seriously affects the digestive system. It is not known at present which is the exact number of people who have this disorder, but there are suspicions that the number of patients would be even ten times higher than current estimates. Gluten intolerance is not easy to diagnose and require the passage of many years to detect whether a person is without fault or not this disease.

Gluten is a protein that can actually meet in most cereals (wheat, rye, barley, oats) and therefore often by eating bread or breakfast cereals proves dangerous for people who have gluten intolerance, but were not yet detected the disease.

There are cases where you can develop allergies to certain cereal products, but will not be involved here the intolerance , but an allergic intolerance to deal differently and have other causes.Therefore it is not easy to diagnose gluten intolerance.

Symptoms for gluten intolerance can include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, development and growth problems in children, loss of appetite and menstrual disorders in girls and adult women. Small intestine can not absorb fats and vitamins so some will not be processed properly.

For children who have not been diagnosed, risks are much higher than in the case of adults who had better luck and managed to grow satisfactorily.

Food allergy is the body’s immune system response to a food component, most often in a protein.It can be severe and should be identified by an allergist. A true food allergy, so-called food hypersensitivity may manifest in many forms.

What foods cause allergies?
The most common causes of food allergies are: milk, egg, peanuts, walnuts, soy, wheat, fish and seafood.
These cause 90% of allergic reactions to food. Many other foods cause allergic reactions in some people.

What are the symptoms of food allergy?
Symptoms differ much between individuals.The symptoms may be different and the same man, on repeated exposure to the same allergen.Allergic reactions can vary in terms of severity, time of occurrence and can occur after food has been consumed.The most common symptoms include skin irritation, eczema, urticaria and gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, diarrhea and vomiting.