Know About Some Foods Which Can Cause Food Allergy
Food allergies are an exaggerated reaction of the immune system against some food proteins and can be IgE mediated, non-IgE mediated or mixed. IgE-mediated allergy results from the production of IgE-like antibodies against food. It is an immediate reaction and symptoms appear within the first 30 minutes or up to 2 hours after contact with food. It can be very serious and life-threatening in a few minutes. Non-IgE-mediated allergy involves other immune mechanisms, namely other types of antibodies or cells that react against food proteins. The symptoms are usually digested and it is usually a late reaction, starting more than 2 hours after ingestion of the food, which makes the diagnosis more difficult. Mixed allergy involves IgE and other immunological mechanisms, such as eosinophilia esophagitis, for example. Now know about some of the food which can cause food allergy- Milk allergy Allergy from cow's milk protein is the leading cause of food allergy in the first two y...