Fruit allergy is a type of food allergy, it is a rare allergy. Fruits that are known to cause allergies: apricots, bananas, cherries, kiwis, melons, papayas, peaches, pineapples, plums, and strawberries.
Oral allergy syndrome or OAS is an allergic reaction to usually fresh fruits. Common symptoms: itching, and swelling in the mouth, lips, tongue, throat, and palate. Other symptoms include urticaria (hives), contact dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and asthma.
For those allergic to fruits, cooking may help reduce or eliminate the reaction to some fruits.You can avoid the fruits that give you allergies, and you don’t need medical treatment.
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Food allergies at October 15th, 2008.
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The yolk or whites of eggs is a substance hwo is harmfull for the body and is causing an overreaction of the immune system.The immune system reacts by creating specific antibodies to that food, this antibodies fight with the “invader.” These antibodies(immunoglobulin E (IgE) ) release some chemicals into the body, one of which is histamine .
Egg allergy is most common to children. Most children have a egg allergy by the age of five, but some people remain allergic for a lifetime.
Diverse reactions of egg :
* of the skin – hives, eczema, or redness and swelling around the mouth
*of the gastrointestinal tract – diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting
* of the respiratory tract – itchy, watery eyes, and sneezing , coughing and wheezing.
The egg allergy provokes a severe food allergy reaction – anaphylaxis and this emergency situation is requiring immediate attention and treatment with Epinephrine.
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Peanut allergy is a type of food allergy. The substances from peanuts causes an overreaction of the immune system which may lead to severe physical symptoms for many people. Anaphylaxis is a result to a severe peanut allergies, this situation requiring immediate attention and treatment with epinephrine.
Other allergies: half of people hwo are allergic to peanuts are also allergic to tree nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, pecans, cashews, and often sunflower and sesame seeds.
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Definition
The protein in the flesh of shellfish is what most commonly causes the hypersensitised activity, yet it is also thinkable to hit an hypersensitized activity to shellfish dainty, made from the skin and clappers of shellfish.
Examples of shellfish include:Abalone, Clams, Crab,Crawfish, crayfish,Lobster, Oysters,
Scallops,Shrimp, Cockle, sea urchin, Mussels
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of a shellfish allergy include:
* Hives, itching or eruption
* Symptom of the lips, present, ness and throat, or opposite parts of the embody
* Wheezing, bone congestion or discommode exhaling
* Abdominal somatesthesia, diarrhoea, nausea or ejection
* Symptom, lightheadedness or fainting
* Tingling in the rima
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