What foods are allergic to?
I have allergy. My new baby is 5 months old, my baby is about to eat period. I'm worried if I'm allergic to the baby, especially with food. Do you know what foods are allergenic?
Food allergies are the body's immune response to a protein in the food. There are many risk factors for food allergies such as: protein and molecules do not change when going into circulation. Immune system in the intestine and immunity of the intestinal mucosa. Some substances increase the permeability of intestinal mucosa such as alcohol, aspirin, virus, parasites, fungus. After eating allergenic foods, doing stressful work can lead to anaphylaxis.
In adults, hypersensitive food is: fish (especially sea fish such as puffer fish) and seafood such as shrimp, crab, shellfish, peanut (peanut), walnuts, eggs In children, it is often allergic to eggs, milk (especially in infants and young children), peanuts, soybeans, wheat, walnuts. All foods can cause allergies, especially high protein foods (90% of the cause). Cross-allergy occurs in foods with the same ingredients. As milk, if allergic to cow's milk, may also be allergic to goat milk, sheep, buffalo, beef. If you are allergic to chicken eggs, it can also allergy to chicken, the type of cake that uses eggs ...
Some factors increase the risk of allergy: genetics (if the parent is allergic, 20-30% also have allergies, if both parents are allergic, the rate to 50- 60%), combined conditions such as viral infection, intestinal mucosal damage, etc. The duration of the allergic reaction may be within minutes or hours after ingestion. But there are also cases of delayed reactions, which occur after several days with unclear symptoms such as nausea, irritability, rash, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and bloody sepsis. Therefore, you should try to eat slowly, a little to follow.
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