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

how
many

How
many
people

How
many
Die

How
Die
from

How
many
People
Die
From
Food

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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