Symptoms of food allergy

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Food allergy, namely food allergy, actually refers to some people after eating a certain kind of food, causing a strong reaction of a certain body tissue, an organ or even the whole body, resulting in a variety of dysfunction or tissue damage. It is an abnormal immune response of the immune system to a certain food. The immune system will produce a kind of specific immunoglobulin to this food. When this kind of specific immunoglobulin combines with food, it will release many chemicals, causing allergic symptoms, and even anaphylactic shock. Symptoms of food allergy? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of food allergy

Gastrointestinal symptoms: nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, diarrhea, mucus like or watery stool, and allergic gastritis, enteritis, celiac diarrhea, etc. Patients with unknown allergens often "no reason" to rash, swelling, throat tight, and even syncope.

Skin symptoms: skin congestion, eczema, pruritus, urticaria, vascular edema. These symptoms are most likely to appear in the face, neck, ears and other parts. After ingestion of allergen, the patient felt numb mouth and itchy throat, which was the lightest manifestation; Severe patients will have rashes and skin swelling;

Nervous system symptoms: such as headache, dizziness, etc., more serious may also have a sharp drop in blood pressure, loss of consciousness, the most serious can cause anaphylactic shock, acute asthma, laryngeal edema and other reactions that can kill people.

matters needing attention

Usually avoid eating food containing allergens, which is the most effective way to prevent food allergy. That is to say, after the clinical diagnosis or according to the history has clearly determined the allergen, we should completely avoid eating this kind of allergen food again. For example, people who are allergic to milk should avoid eating all foods containing milk, such as ice cream, ice cream, cake, etc.