What

Is

Food

Allergies ?

A food allergy is

an exaggerated

immune response

triggered by eggs,

peanuts, milk, or

some other

specific food.

Type Of

Food Can

Cause An

Allergic to

Children

and adult

Allergic To Children

Allergic To Adult

Symptoms

Of Food

Allergic

usually begin within 2 hours after eating. Rarely, the symptoms may begin hours after eating the food.

Other symptoms

that may occur

include

Stomach cramp

Nasal congestion

itching

Common symptom

of food allergies

• a tingling of the mouth • Fatigue • Hyperactivity • Headaches • eczema (skin rash) • itchy skin • Asthma • drop in blood pressure

Approximately 12 million Americans suffer from food allergies.

how

many how

many people

How

many

Die

How

from

How

Die

many People

Die From

Food

How

How

Many

people Die

From

Food

Allergies

How Many

People Die

From Food

Allergies ?

Each year about 150 people, mostly children and young adults, die from anaphylaxis due to a food allergy.

Treatment

Check to doctor

medicine

Inject the epinephrine

asthma

REFERENCES

JOURNAL

A.M. Branum, S.L. Lukacs.Food allergy among children in the United States.Pediatrics, 124 (2009), pp. 1549–1555 Stacie M. Jones,A. Wesley Burks. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, January 2013, Pages 3–11 Anna Nowak-Węgrzyn. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, March 2011, Pages 558–573

WEB-SITES

Melissa Conrad Stöppler.Food Allergy.retrived from.http://www.medicinenet.com/food_allergy/article.htm 8 Facts about food allergies.retrived from http://www.allergyaware.org/articles/facts_about_food_allergies.html

William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR. Food Allergy on 6/7/2011

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