Characteristics Of Children Diagnosed With Food Allergies

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A cross-sectional, descriptive, questionnaire-based survey was conducted in schools in Toulouse, France, to determine the prevalence of food allergies among children in school. The first goal of the survey was to estimate the prevalence of food allergies. The second goal was to determine the main characteristics of the allergies. The questionnaires (3500) were distributed in 150 classes in eight schools. The return rate was 77.6% (2716). (more…)

Food Allergy Labels - Watch Out Allergy Ingredients to Avoid

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I visited GlutenFree.com, which has a wide variety of gluten free fast food products. While not all of its products are gluten free, I still have to watch the milk, eggs and nuts. This is the important of reading the food allergy ingredients label. There was even free cheese in the product that we do not know first! So I am now banned without gluten and dairy free pizza house, but that’s another thing to consider. (more…)

Gluten Free Fast Food – Get it at McDonalds, Wendys, or Taco Bell

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Some chains of fast-food franchise are offering gluten-free or wheat free selection in the menu. But if you are very sensitive to gluten or you suffer from celiac disease, you should cautious and be extra careful. (more…)

Dietary Management of Oral Allergy Syndrome

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Oral allergy syndrome is one form of allergy that body have allergic reaction to fruits and vegetables. Based on statistics facts, The American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology described that probably one third of people allergic to pollen may can extend and develop to oral allergy syndrome. As a matter of fact, not only pollen and fruits allergy are related, but pollen allergy can lead into the oral allergy to certain fruits and vegetables. (more…)

Symptoms of Milk Allergy & Food Allergy in Children

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Cow’s milk is the most frequently encountered food allergen in infancy, and milk allergy is often the earliest indicator that a baby is atopic. Precise figures of the incidence of cow’s milk allergy (CMA) are hard to find because of the difficulties in obtaining an accurate diagnosis, differences in the populations used for research studies, and disagreement about the symptoms (clinical criteria) for the condition. (more…)

How to Treat Your Pet Allergies Symptoms

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Pet allergies are allergic reactions that happened to pets more like allergy reactions that people have. But unlike allergies reactions in human, pets do not get runny noses or watery eyes. Most of pet allergies symptoms appear only on their skins. That’s why you see when your pets have allergies to something, your dogs or cats have tendency to scratching, licking and chewing part of their skins. Pet allergy symptoms may come along seasonally in some time during spring or summer, but the allergy reactions in your pets can be permanent and need a serious treatment.

Pet allergies symptoms may have demonstrated in frequent scratching or bites themselves. (more…)

Kiwi Fruit Allergy Symptoms Especially in Kids

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There’s a recent research from the University of Southampton in Southampton, England, regarding relation of kiwi fruit and allergy. It concludes that kiwi fruit appears to be a significant food allergen especially among kids. This fruit is capable of causing severe reactions combine with other allergic reactions. This study, for the fist time is designed to investigate the clinical characteristics of kiwi-fruit allergy in adults and children. The findings demonstrate that the allergy can result in severe reactions, particularly in young children who suffer from other allergies. (more…)