Last night you felt awful after dinner. Are you not wondering if it was a food allergy, or if it was merely food poisoning? Food allergies and food poisoning are very different. Food poisoning occurs when you eat food that's either contaminated or not properly cooked. When you're allergic to a specific food, you can't consume that food no matter how it's prepared.
Food allergy symptoms are very similar to any other allergic reaction. Typically, allergy symptoms appear from 15 minutes to an hour or more after eating the food. Some of the most common symptoms include itching, swelling of the mouth and throat, breathing issues, digestive problems and stomach ache. Hives, eczema and asthma can also occur.
If your mouth or throat are swelling, you need to get immediate medical attention. If you have the feeling of being unable to breathe as well as a feeling of tightness in your chest, you could be suffering from a severe food allergy, which needs to be treated right away. A delay could be fatal.
Among the foods that trigger allergies, you can often find soy, corn, gluten, dairy, eggs, tomatoes, shellfish and peanuts. When preparing foods for a group of people where someone has a food allergy, keep all forms of nuts out of the meals that you're creating. Make vegetarian as well as gluten-free versions of everything you create.
Taking an allergy test is the best way to find out if you have allergies. Even if the process if a bit complex, at least it doesn't hurt. There are two main types of tests - one is a skin test where they prick your skin and the other is RAST testing, where they evaluate your blood sample. Skin testing has been known to be the best.
Skin testing has been used for hundreds of years and is the test of choice worldwide. When you start the test, the skin is pricked with a small needle, and the wound is exposed to an allergen. It barely even bleeds - it's only enough to allow the allergen to enter the skin.
A formula of chemicals mixed with the allergen are allowed to enter the wound. You wait anywhere from 10-15 minutes in order for your skin to react. A positive allergy test can be spotted by a red bump that's itchy - sort of like a bug bite.
If you find out you are allergic to a food, it will be important for you to make sure you stay away from it completely and to let the chef know about your allergy if you eat out. Scan all the ingredients of a product when you are at the grocery store.
If you are a parent, get your children tested, since food allergies seem to pass down genetically. Let your child's teachers know what you're allergic to as well as what your child is allergic to just to be on the safe side.
Food allergy symptoms are very similar to any other allergic reaction. Typically, allergy symptoms appear from 15 minutes to an hour or more after eating the food. Some of the most common symptoms include itching, swelling of the mouth and throat, breathing issues, digestive problems and stomach ache. Hives, eczema and asthma can also occur.
If your mouth or throat are swelling, you need to get immediate medical attention. If you have the feeling of being unable to breathe as well as a feeling of tightness in your chest, you could be suffering from a severe food allergy, which needs to be treated right away. A delay could be fatal.
Among the foods that trigger allergies, you can often find soy, corn, gluten, dairy, eggs, tomatoes, shellfish and peanuts. When preparing foods for a group of people where someone has a food allergy, keep all forms of nuts out of the meals that you're creating. Make vegetarian as well as gluten-free versions of everything you create.
Taking an allergy test is the best way to find out if you have allergies. Even if the process if a bit complex, at least it doesn't hurt. There are two main types of tests - one is a skin test where they prick your skin and the other is RAST testing, where they evaluate your blood sample. Skin testing has been known to be the best.
Skin testing has been used for hundreds of years and is the test of choice worldwide. When you start the test, the skin is pricked with a small needle, and the wound is exposed to an allergen. It barely even bleeds - it's only enough to allow the allergen to enter the skin.
A formula of chemicals mixed with the allergen are allowed to enter the wound. You wait anywhere from 10-15 minutes in order for your skin to react. A positive allergy test can be spotted by a red bump that's itchy - sort of like a bug bite.
If you find out you are allergic to a food, it will be important for you to make sure you stay away from it completely and to let the chef know about your allergy if you eat out. Scan all the ingredients of a product when you are at the grocery store.
If you are a parent, get your children tested, since food allergies seem to pass down genetically. Let your child's teachers know what you're allergic to as well as what your child is allergic to just to be on the safe side.
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