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Food Allergy and Intolerance |
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Seafood does not agree with me; I think I must be allergic to it".
But what does it really mean to be sensitive, allergic or intolerant to food?
Food allergy
Let’s start by looking at food allergy. Food allergy is usually easy to recognise. An allergy to a food gives rise to symptoms very quickly, generally within minutes of eating or even touching the food. The symptoms are often severe, and may even be life-threatening. The kinds of symptoms that might appear include asthma, vomiting, diarrhoea, eczema, urticaria (hives), rhinorrheaa (nasal drip), angio-oedema (swelling of areas of the skin) and in extreme cases, anaphylactic shock (total collapse).
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