Food allergy symptoms are not always easily recognizable. They are very often confused with food intolerance or even cases of food poisoning due to the fact that the symptoms of these three phenomena are often very similar. Adam and eve it or not, but only one out of seventy people really suffer from non-confused-with-anything-else food allergy. That’s why it’s important to be able to learn to tell true food allergy from other disorders.
In the majority of cases food allergy ‘attacks’ kids and is connected with immune system’s inability to get satisfaction from certain products it is fed with the whole process being accompanied by negative reaction of the body to certain food. What are this reaction’s main markers? Read on and you’ll find out.
Allergic reaction may start right after you have eaten something you are allergic to, however, the symptoms will most likely knock on your condition’s ‘door’ a bit later, sometimes it even takes them a few hours to arrive.
First and foremost, initial symptoms of classic food allergy are swelling and itching in the mouth (that especially implies tongue and throat itching). Often food allergies affect skin, cause diarrhea, vomiting, running nose, sickly red and itchy eyes.
There’s such a thing as anaphylactic shock which is the severest allergic reaction. It manifests itself in loss of consciousness, breathing difficulties, blood pressure lowering. If a person is not provided with proper medical assistance, the chances of lethal outcome are very high. That’s why it’s vitally essential to react to your body’s allergic reactions immediately. In case you still doubt whether you’re having food allergy or not and need more tangible evidence, consult your doctor for further tests and analyses.
