Food allergy is most common in children. Approximately one fifth of children in the three-year-old is reported to have some kind of hypersensitivity to a food. Even the more serious forms of allergy to nuts, peanuts and soy are often created during adolescence. There are no reliable data on how common food allergy is in adults.
Most reactions are mild and disappear over time, so the child can then eat the suspected foodstuff without any problems. As early as 6 years of age, the incidence of hypersensitivity reactions have fallen to around 8 percent.
There have been due to pollen allergies which are becoming more common and thus are “cross-sensitization” the form of food allergy is more significant. A cross-allergy is such that a birch pollen may experience discomfort with itching in the mouth and throat, for example, apples, nuts, raw potatoes and raw carrots and even of some other fruits and vegetables. This is due to allergen in birch and these foods are similar.
The most common food allergies are those to eggs, milk, fish, shellfish, legumes (soy beans, peanuts and peas), nuts and cereals. It is the protein in these foods that cause allergy.
In recent decades, our eating habits have changed dramatically. We now eat more cooked foods in school meals, canteens and restaurants. In homes, you use more of both full and semi-finished products as various kinds of mixed products, which means that no one really knows what it is getting easier and may experience hypersensitivity reactions. Increased use of additives such as soybean has resulted in an increasing number of individuals develop allergies to just soy.
There is really no good medical treatment for food allergy other than to avoid what is suspected to not sustain. It is a time consuming and complicated task to investigate and diagnose food allergy.
There are also very few doctors who has detailed knowledge of this particular form of allergy. In a severe general reaction, a so-called allergic or anaphylactic shock, is put into acute treatment with antihistamine tablets, cortisone and adrenaline injection, which have been mastered everywhere in healthcare.
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