The allergies are a reaction of the immune system to certain substances that, in absence of this "special sensitivity", are innocuous.
These adverse reactions can innate or be acquired.
The nourishing allergies are those that take place by the ingestion of the substances to which he is allergic (alérgenos).
The symptoms can even appear in a matter of minutes or up to two hours after the ingestion of the food.
In some cases, the symptoms can not appear later up to one or two days.
Causes
The allergic reaction can be caused by the ingestion of any food or abridges.
The foods more commonly implied in the allergies are:
the cow milk,
the clear ones of egg,
the wheat,
the seed of soybean or sésamo,
the dry fruits like the nuts, the peanuts, the almonds, the pipes of sunflower...
the fish and the seafood,
the melons or
the chocolate
Signs and symptoms
Diarrea (common).
Abdominal pain (common).
Flatulencia and swelling (common).
Eruptions in the skin.
Urticaria.
Picazón.
Swelling of the face (in special of the lips), hands and feet.
Allergy to polen, asthma, cough.
Nauseas and vomits.
Headache, migrańa.
Faint or mareos.
Factors of risk
Other allergic problems, familiar inheritance or allergy to some type of food.
Prevention
Identification and elimination of foods responsible for the allergy.
The suckling babies who begin in solid foods to one more an age outpost, tend to have less allergies.
Diagnosis and treatment
General Measures
Eliminate suspicious foods of its diet during two weeks (or until the symptoms disappear) and next, it returns to take foods one by one to verify again if the symptoms reappear.
The skin analyses can turn out useful to identify foods causes of the allergy, but often they give false positive results (that is to say, you will be able to give positive in the analysis of determined food although he is not really allergic to him).
The patients with serious allergies to certain foods will have to be extremely cautious at the time of avoiding these foods.
Take with you a Seth with a syringe that contains adrenalin in case of accidental ingestion of the harmful food in case the allergic reaction appeared.
Consider the possibility of taking to a bracelet of medical alert or a hung medal of the neck that indicates its allergic problem.
Medication
It is not had any medication to the treatment of the allergies to foods; nevertheless, his doctor can prescribe a certain medication to alleviate some to him of the symptoms.
Activity
Restrictions do not exist.
Diet
Avoid foods causes of the allergy. Kindly read the labels of foods. With this disease it is advised to follow the following diet:
Complications
Anaphylactic reactions (cardiac difficulty in the breathing, irregularities, abrupt slope of the sanguineous pressure and collapse).