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Food Allergy: An Overview

FOOD ALLERGY: AN OVERVIEW

MEENAKSHI BHARKATIYA*, KAMAL SINGH RATHORE, ANKUR MAHESHWARI, SUNITA PANCHAWAT, R.K.NEMA

B.N.GIRLS’ COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, UDAIPUR-RAJ. 31002

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The ABCs of Food Allergies

Approximately 8% of children and 2% of adults suffer from true food allergies. When the culprit food is eaten, most allergic reactions will occur within minutes. Skin symptoms (itching, urticaria, angioedema) are the most common, and occur during most food reactions. Other symptoms can include nasal (sneezing, runny nose, itchy nose and eyes), gastrointestinal (nausea, vomiting, cramping, diarrhea), lung (shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing, chest tightness), and vascular (low blood pressure, light-headedness, rapid heart beat) symptoms. When severe, this reaction is called anaphylaxis, and can be life threatening.

Allergy or Intolerance?

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Question by apple: How Long does a food allergy last?
If left untreated? The itching only begins at night and eyes begin to swell….

what are the good ways to cure? any relief methods? besides calamine lotion and overcounter medication, what else are there?
i don’t know i have that allergy. after eating it, the symptoms then appear. what can i do now?

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