Find Out About Food Allergies

Did you know that more than 4% of adults suffer from food allergies? One out of three people think they may have a food allergy, and they change their diet to see if this helps. If you have a strange reaction to a food, you may wonder if you have a food allergy. There are some fairly easy things you can do to find out.

To help you recognize a food allergy, here are some of the common symptoms.

1: The first symptom you may get is an itching inside the mouth as you start to eat the food.
2: You may eat the food was no problems, but later on have pain and diarrhea and vomiting.
3: Your skin may react with hives or eczema
4: You may react with your throat tightening and having trouble breathing

To get a diagnosis, your doctor will need to take a history about your food reactions. They will need to know the answers to the following questions.

1: What was the timing of your reaction?
2: Did you react to the food quickly, was it was than an hour of eating? Does it
3: Did allergy medications help?
4: Do you always react to the same food?
5: Did anyone else get sick, who ate the same food?
6: Did you eat a lot of the food before you got sick?
7: Was the food cooked completely?
8: Did you read any other foods at the same time?

Once your doctor has your history, she will decide if she'd like to order a blood test, which will show up your food allergy. Or she may decide to do a skin test to find out which foods you are allergic to.

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